Sir William Shewell, of Coventry

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Born: circa 1510 - 1520 at Warwickshire. William resided in Warwickshire. He married in 1540 Matilda Horne, daughter of Reginald Horne and Margery Lee.

William Shewell and Matilda Horne had the following children:

1. William Sewall (born between 1558 and 1568; died in 1624) who kept a Public House called "The Sign of the Thistle" and was Mayor of Coventry, Warwickshire in 1617. He married Anne Wagstaffe in 1607; and they had daughters Elizabeth who married Thomas Symmes and Ann who married Charles Seller. William adopted Lucy who married William Tadlowe. Lucy appears to have been a daughter of William Wyse (or Wise) (See Eben W. Graves: The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts, Newbury Street Press, Boston, 2007, pages 25 - 27.)
2. Henry Sewall (I) (Born in 1544 at Coventry, Warwickshire Died on April 26, 1628 at Coventry, Warwickshire) married Margaret Grazebrook.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sewall

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"The several lines of the Sewall family have a common English ancestor, known in the records of Richard II as Saswallo, or Seawald, an old English thane, at the time William the Conqueror invaded England (1066). He is represented to have possessed seventeen bull-hides of land (a hide being as much as a plow could cultivate in a year—about 60 acres). A thane of those days in England was a dignitary or lord of his own manor, who had a particular jurisdiction within the limits of his possession. Saswallo lived in Warwickshire. He built and endowed a church there, — near the central part of England.

   "A Norman knight named de Fervaris fell in love with and married Saswallo’s daughter. This saved Saswallo’s estate from confiscation by the Normans, and by special favour he was allowed to retain his estate at Nether Eatondon. This estate remained in the possession of his family and descendants 700 years. Subsequently, the family name was changed to its present orthography — 'Sewall.' In 1250, we find it in the Bishop of York spelled thus.

   "The arms of the Sewall family in England read, 'Sable Chevron betwixt three gad-bees argent.' This reading is the very same as is inscribed by Fuller in his 'Worthies of England' to John Sewall I, sheriff of Essex and Herfordshire (in fourth year of the reign of Richard II, 1380).

   "Another form of the arms represents industry by a common beehive with the bees at work, and another wording is, 'Sa a chevr. or. betwixt three gadbees volant. Arg. (Sewall).'"

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The arms claimed and borne for centuries by the Sewells of New England, and by their ancestors in the United Kingdom, are: "Sable, a chevron between three bees volant, argent"; their crest being: "Within a chaplet of roses, argent, leaved vert, a bee Or."(1) A seal bearing these arms was brought to Massachusetts by {Rev} Henry Sewall in 1634. This seal is now in the possession of the Durnford Family of Montreal who are descendants of Solictor General Stephen Sewell (1770 - 1832). The Sewells claim that these arms belonged to their ancestors before the founding of the College of Heralds in 1483:

   * According to the Dictionary of British Arms - Mediæval Ordinary Volume Two these arms are listed as registered to Henry Sewelle in 1405 and listed in 1415.  Unfortunately in 1415 — the second time we see the arms of Henry Sewelle appear — a dictum was sent out by Henry V that only the "arms which were borne at Agincourt" would be registered by the heralds, unless the bearer could show a long and valid right to those arms.  It appears that Henry did not persue the matter, and the arms were not patented by the Heralds of the College of Arms (2).

   * Fuller, in his Worthies of England (vol i, p. 533), mentions John Sewell, Sheriff of Essex, in 1382, gives his arms as "Sable, a chevron between three gadde-bees, argent."(3).

   * Fuller, in his List of Sherriffs, mentions John Seawale Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, 4th Richard A.D. 1380 whose arms he describes as "Sable à Cheveron betwixt 3 Gadd Bees Argent"(4).

   * Lysons, in his History of Bedfordshire (p. 107) states there is an ancient monument in the church of Houghton Regis, near Dunstan, Bedfordshire with the effigies of a man in armour under a rich Gothic arch which had the arms of Sewell — a Cheveron between 3 butterflies. This monument has been personally inspected by my greatX2 grandfather, {Rev} Henry Doyle Sewell of Headcorn, Kent, who states that Lysons evidently mistook the bees for butterflies as the monument had been "strongly defaced with whitewash and mutilated".(5)

   Despite the foregoing, and despite the fact that the archives of the Heralds' College contain several Sewell coats in which flying bees appear, the bearings described are shown as having been originally recorded at the College by Nicholas Girlington, of York, in 1563.  While the Sewell Family claims that the College has made a mistake, it must be borne in mind that:

   * Our earliest Sewell ancestor who can be traced with certainty is William Shewell of Warwickshire who married Matilda Horne in 1540. Some claim he was a lineal descendant of the knights and gentlemen of his name who bore the silver bees and chevron on the black shield, and it may be that he was; but sufficient evidence is lacking.

   * The Sewells could have, and should have, protested the patenting of these arms by Nicholas Girlington in 1563; but did not. However, in 1638, John Gwillim, Rouge Croix Pursuivant, in a heraldic treatise, makes this explicit statement:  "SEWELL:  He beareth three bees volant."

Last name aka 'Shewell'.

1908 HISTORY OF SEWALL NAME AND COAT OF ARMS

http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewall1908.htm

The Sewall / Sewell Family

http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewell.html

Maryland Historical Magazine

By Maryland Historical Society

http://books.google.com/books?id=ubs1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq...

[http://www.robertsewell.ca/index.html]

Born: circa 1510 - 1520 at Warwickshire. William resided in Warwickshire. He married in 1540 Matilda Horne, daughter of Reginald Horne and Margery Lee.

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"The several lines of the Sewall family have a common English ancestor, known in the records of Richard II as Saswallo, or Seawald, an old English thane, at the time William the Conqueror invaded England (1066). He is represented to have possessed seventeen bull-hides of land (a hide being as much as a plow could cultivate in a year—about 60 acres). A thane of those days in England was a dignitary or lord of his own manor, who had a particular jurisdiction within the limits of his possession. Saswallo lived in Warwickshire. He built and endowed a church there, — near the central part of England.

"A Norman knight named de Fervaris fell in love with and married Saswallo’s daughter. This saved Saswallo’s estate from confiscation by the Normans, and by special favour he was allowed to retain his estate at Nether Eatondon. This estate remained in the possession of his family and descendants 700 years. Subsequently, the family name was changed to its present orthography — 'Sewall.' In 1250, we find it in the Bishop of York spelled thus. "The arms of the Sewall family in England read, 'Sable Chevron betwixt three gad-bees argent.' This reading is the very same as is inscribed by Fuller in his 'Worthies of England' to John Sewall I, sheriff of Essex and Herfordshire (in fourth year of the reign of Richard II, 1380). "Another form of the arms represents industry by a common beehive with the bees at work, and another wording is, 'Sa a chevr. or. betwixt three gadbees volant. Arg. (Sewall).'" _____________________________________________________________________

The arms claimed and borne for centuries by the Sewells of New England, and by their ancestors in the United Kingdom, are: "Sable, a chevron between three bees volant, argent"; their crest being: "Within a chaplet of roses, argent, leaved vert, a bee Or."(1) A seal bearing these arms was brought to Massachusetts by {Rev} Henry Sewall in 1634. This seal is now in the possession of the Durnford Family of Montreal who are descendants of Solictor General Stephen Sewell (1770 - 1832). The Sewells claim that these arms belonged to their ancestors before the founding of the College of Heralds in 1483:

• According to the Dictionary of British Arms - Mediæval Ordinary Volume Two these arms are listed as registered to Henry Sewelle in 1405 and listed in 1415. Unfortunately in 1415 — the second time we see the arms of Henry Sewelle appear — a dictum was sent out by Henry V that only the "arms which were borne at Agincourt" would be registered by the heralds, unless the bearer could show a long and valid right to those arms. It appears that Henry did not persue the matter, and the arms were not patented by the Heralds of the College of Arms (2).
• Fuller, in his Worthies of England (vol i, p. 533), mentions John Sewell, Sheriff of Essex, in 1382, gives his arms as "Sable, a chevron between three gadde-bees, argent."(3).
• Fuller, in his List of Sherriffs, mentions John Seawale Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, 4th Richard A.D. 1380 whose arms he describes as "Sable à Cheveron betwixt 3 Gadd Bees Argent"(4).
• Lysons, in his History of Bedfordshire (p. 107) states there is an ancient monument in the church of Houghton Regis, near Dunstan, Bedfordshire with the effigies of a man in armour under a rich Gothic arch which had the arms of Sewell — a Cheveron between 3 butterflies. This monument has been personally inspected by my greatX2 grandfather, {Rev} Henry Doyle Sewell of Headcorn, Kent, who states that Lysons evidently mistook the bees for butterflies as the monument had been "strongly defaced with whitewash and mutilated".(5) Despite the foregoing, and despite the fact that the archives of the Heralds' College contain several Sewell coats in which flying bees appear, the bearings described are shown as having been originally recorded at the College by Nicholas Girlington, of York, in 1563. While the Sewell Family claims that the College has made a mistake, it must be borne in mind that:
• Our earliest Sewell ancestor who can be traced with certainty is William Shewell of Warwickshire who married Matilda Horne in 1540. Some claim he was a lineal descendant of the knights and gentlemen of his name who bore the silver bees and chevron on the black shield, and it may be that he was; but sufficient evidence is lacking.
• The Sewells could have, and should have, protested the patenting of these arms by Nicholas Girlington in 1563; but did not. However, in 1638, John Gwillim, Rouge Croix Pursuivant, in a heraldic treatise, makes this explicit statement: "SEWELL: He beareth three bees volant." Last name aka 'Shewell'.

Sources 1908 HISTORY OF SEWALL NAME AND COAT OF ARMS

http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewall1908.htm

The Sewall / Sewell Family

http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewell.html

Maryland Historical Magazine

By Maryland Historical Society http://books.google.com/books?id=ubs1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq...