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William Fowell

William Fowell

15th-century English politician

William Fowell (died 23 March 1507) of Fowelscombe in the parish of Ugborough in Devon,[2] was a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon in 1455.[3]

Arms of Fowell of Fowelscombe[1]

He was the son and heir of Richard Fowell of Fowelscombe by his wife Mary Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond. He married Elinor Reynell (died 9 April 1507), a daughter of Walter Reynell (fl. 1404) of Malston[3] in the parish of Sherford in Devon, a member of parliament for Devon in 1404.[4] Fowell died on 23 March 1507 and his wife died 16 days later on 9 April 1507.[3] The couple's monument survives in Ugborough Church.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Blazoned as Argent, a chevron sable on a chief gules three mullets pierced of the first in Vivian p.369
  2. [2]
    Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, Newton Abbot: David & Charles. New edition, 1972. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5. p. 509
  3. [3]
    Vivian, p.369
  4. [4]
    Biography of Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
  5. [5]
    Vivian, p.369 "MI"
Sources
  • Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895.

Further reading

  • Biography in History of Parliament, Volume 1422-1504, not yet published on-line
  • Holloway, Estelle, The Fowells of Fowlescombe, published in Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol.36:1, 1987, pp. 29–32
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