Mary Machell

Date of birth might be 1549.

Parents: Edward Lewknor, Esq., Burgess of Horsham1,2 M, , b. circa 1518, d. 6 September 1556 & Dorothy Wrothe1,2 F, b. circa 1522

Edward Lewknor, Esq., Burgess of Horsham was born circa 1518 at of Kingston Bowsey, Kingston by the Sea, Sussex, England.1 He married Dorothy Wrothe, daughter of Robert Wrothe, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Jane Haute, before 1542; They had 4 sons (Sir Edward; Thomas, Gent; Stephen; & William) & 5 daughters (Leverest (Lucrece), wife of William Jackson; Anne; Mary, wife of Matthew Machell, Gent; Dorothy, wife of Benjamin Pellatt, Esq; & Elizabeth).1,2 Edward Lewknor, Esq., Burgess of Horsham died on 6 September 1556 at Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.1

• Family Dorothy Wrothe b. c 1522
• Citations
• 1.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 365.
• 2.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 400.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 364.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p5149.htm#...

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16. EDWARD LEWKNOR, of Kingston Bowsey (in Kingston by Sea) and Hamsey, Sussex...married before 1542 DOROTHY WROTH...They had four sons, Edward, Knt., Thomas, Stephen, and William, and five daughters, Leverest [Lucrece?] (wife of William Jackson), Anne, Mary, Dorothy (wife of Benjamin Pellatt, Esq.), and Elizabeth.

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.

Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89–102. Burke Gen. & Heraldic Hist. of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 2 (1871): 851 (sub Machell). Hawley et al. Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1 (H.S.P. 13) (1878): 441–442 (1634 Vis. Essex) (Machell pedigree: “Mathew Machell. = Mary d. of Edward Lewknor of Sussex.”) (Machell arms: Sable, three greyhounds courant in pale argent, collared or, a bordure of the second). Chester Allegations for Marr. Lics.: London 1 (H.S.P. 25) (1887): 39. Sharpe Cal. Wills proved & enrolled in the Court of Husting, London 2 (1890): 655–668 (will of Sir William Laxton, step-father of Joan Luddington). Fry Abs. of IPM Rel. London 1 (Index Lib. 15) (1896): 173–174 (inquisition of John Machell). Benolte et al. Vis. of Sussex 1530 & 1633–4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25–30 (Lewknor pedigree: “Mary [Lewknor] ux. Mathew Machell of Hackney.”). Beaven Alderman of London (1908): 205–215. Philipot et al. Vis. of Buckingham 1634 & 1566 (H.S.P. 58) (1909): 88 (Matchell pedigree: “Mathew Matchell of Hatfield in Hartfordshire 2d son. = Mary da: of Edward Lewknor of Okeington Bewsey Com. Sussex.”) (Matchell arms: Sable, three greyhounds currant [within a] border Argent). Mundy Middlesex Peds. (H.S.P. 65) (1914): 7 (Machell pedigree: “Mathew Machell hath yssue as in Buckinghamshire.”). Walker Yorkshire Peds. 2 (H.S.P. 95) (1943): 279–280 (Luddington pedigree: “Matthew [Machell] = … dau. of …. Cotton”). Sussex Notes & Queries 16 (1964): 114–121. VCH Middlesex 10 (1995): 51–59. Boyd Pedigrees with index of London Citizens, #9845 [John Machell] & #9846 [Matthew Machell] [found on FHL Microfilm 94550]. National Archives, E 133/1/94; E 133/10/1588 (abs. of docs. available online at http:// www.catalogue. nationalarchives. gov.uk/ search.asp).

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• MICHELL, John II (d.1555), of Stammerham, Suss.
• b. by 1524, 1st s. of John Michell of Stammerham by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Shirley of Wiston. m. Mary, da. of Edward Lewknor of Kingston Buci, 1s. 5da. suc. fa. 1524.1
• John Michell belonged to a cadet branch of a gentle family long established in Sussex. Although his great-grandfather remembered most of his descendants, including Michell’s parents, in his will of 1520, Michell himself had no provision made for him and was thus presumably under age on succeeding to his patrimony, his wardship and the custody of his lands evidently being acquired by Thomas Shirley. He did not rise to local prominence until the late 1540s: in the earlier part of the decade his kinsman and namesake of Cuckfield was distinguished from him as ‘the elder’. In 1549 Michell bought some former chantry property and four years later the New Park in Beeding (recently forfeited by the 3rd Duke of Norfolk) from his brother-in-law Edward Lewknor. His title to the New Park was questioned by the 4th Duke, who took him to Chancery for wrongful possession and spoiling the woodlands: the outcome of this case is not known, but it was probably brought to a close by Michell’s death.3
• Michell’s home was in the parish of Horsham, and presumably he could rely on his own influence there to secure election to Parliament in the autumn of 1553, as he may have done on behalf of his brother-in-law Edward Lewknor in the previous spring. The borough had then been in the hands of the crown, but its former owner the Duke of Norfolk was restored to favour at Mary’s accession and the Michells’ tradition of service to the Howards would have told in his favour, as would their friendship with John Caryll, one of the knights of the shire on this occasion. Several of Michell’s relatives were Catholic and he did not oppose the first steps towards reunion with Rome, but he was not re-elected in 1554, when his dispute with the 4th Duke may have hindered his Membership. He died in the late summer of 1555 and was buried on 17 Sept. in the family chapel at Horsham. The residue of his goods, his lands in Horsham and the house at Stammerham went to his widow.4
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/mi... __________________________
• APSLEY, John (d.1587), of Thakeham, Suss.
• Family and Education
• 1st s. of William Apsley of Thakeham by Jane, da. of William Ashburnham. educ. ?G. Inn 1562. m. (1) Jane, da. of John Michell of Cuckfield, wid. of one Bullockers, 5s. 5da.; (2) aft. 1555, Mary, da. of Edward Lewknor† of Kingston Bowsey, wid. of John Michell of Stamerham, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1527.
• Of two namesakes, one of Pulborough, the other of Thakeham, it was probably the latter who was returned for Sussex at the by-election following the death of Sir Richard Sackville. The Pulborough man was suspected of harbouring a ‘massing priest’ in 1579, whereas the other was classified in 1564 as a favourer of religion. The lord lieutenant, the Earl of Arundel, may have exercised some influence in the choice: Arundel certainly knew Apsley, who may have been a lawyer, as he was described as ‘learned in the law’ in 1564. He may therefore have been the John Apsley who was admitted to Gray’s Inn in 1562, perhaps from an inn of chancery. He is mentioned in a number of orders from the Privy Council requiring local action. He escaped paying £50 to the loan of 1570 when the collectors, Lord De La Warr and Henry Goring, informed the Council that he was not able to send that sum.
• On 14 May 1587 Apsley was buried at Thakeham, where a monument was erected to him in the church. His will, made on the previous 1 May, was proved at Chichester on 27 Oct. in the same year.2
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ap...

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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.

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