Elizabeth Machell

Origins

“A newsletter of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America.” Fall 2009. Issue No. 4. Page 5. <PDF>

17. MARY LEWKNOR. She married by license dated 1 July 1568 MATTHEW MACHELL, Gent., of London and Shacklewell (in Hackney), Middlesex, Citizen and Haberdasher of London younger son of John Machell, Citizen and Haberdasher of London, Sheriff of London, 1555–6, Alderman of London, 1556–8, by Joan (or Jane), daughter of Henry Luddington, Gent. He was born after 1545. They had one son, John, Gent., and four daughters, Dorothy, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary. In 1570 Queen Elizabeth I sued Matthew Machell regarding money lent by the said Matthew to Thomas, Lord Wentworth for the supposed sale of sugar to Lord Wentworth agreed upon by the defendant and Robert Savadge to escape the penalties of the statute of usury. MATTHEW MACHELL, Gent., died 23 Aug. 1593.