Henry Sewall, Mayor of Coventry

Abt 1544 - 1628  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Henry Sewall
  Suffix	Mayor of Coventry
  Birth	Abt 1544  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	6 Apr 1628  [2]
  Death	16 Apr 1628	Coventry, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Draper's Chapel, St. Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I26866	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	William Shewell
  Mother	Matilda Horne,   b. Between 1513 and 1527
  Family ID	F16052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Gresbrook,   b. Bef 1557   d. Between 10 May 1629 and 20 Nov 1629 (Age > 72 years)
  Marriage	Bef 24 Sep 1575  [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Henry Sewall,   b. Bef 8 Apr 1576   d. Mar 1656, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 79 years) + 2. Richard Sewall,   b. Abt 1585   d. 12 Nov 1638, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F16050	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "Henry Sewall was a member of the Company and Fellowship of Drapers of Coventry, an alderman, sheriff in 1582, mayor of Coventry 1587-88 and 1606-7, and a representative of Coventry to the English parliament that met 30 January 1620." [The Descendants of Henry Sewall, citation details below] His great-grandson Samuel Sewall, chief justice of Massachusetts, described Henry as a "prudent man" who acquired a "great estate." Coventry tax records from just before his death confirm this; he is among the five individuals who pay the most tax. And his inquisition post mortem shows that he died owning sixty-four different properties in and near Coventry, Stoke, and Radford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3675] The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts by Eben W. Graves. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2007. [S3678] "Pedigree of the Family of Grazebrook Since They Settled in Staffordshire, with Sufficient Proofs After Each Generation." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 3rd series, 117, 158. [S3678] "Pedigree of the Family of Grazebrook Since They Settled in Staffordshire, with Sufficient Proofs After Each Generation." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 3rd series, 117, 158., month and year only.