Henry Sewall (1544 – 1628) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.
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Sewall was the son of Sir William Sewall of Coventry and his wife Matilda Home.[1] He became a linen draper in Coventry and acquired a great estate.[2] In 1587 he became mayor of Coventry. He was mayor of Coventry again in 1606.[3] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry.[4]
Sewall died in Coventry at the age of about 84 and was buried in the Draper's Chapel of St Michael's Church.[5]
Sewall married Margaret Grazebrook, daughter of Avery Grazebrook, and had sons Henry and Richard. She made her will in May 1628 which was proved on 16 June 1632.[5] Their great grandson was Samuel Sewall.[2]
References
edit- ^ The Sewall Family Genealogy
- ^ a b Abel Bowen, Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith The Boston news-letter: and city record, Volume 1
- ^ Coventry's Mayors
- ^ Robert E. Ruigh The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy
- ^ a b Henry Fitzgilbert Waters Genealogical Gleanings in England Parts i-xxiiixxv, volume-2
See also
edit- Eben W. Graves, Descendants of Henry Sewall, 1576-1656 (Newbury Street Press, 2007)