Grace (Sherburne) Nowell (bef. 1510 - bef. 1565)

Born before 1510 in England

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Descendants

Died before 31 Jan 1565 at about age 55 in Whalley, Lancashire, England

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Cautionary Note

There seem to have been two Grace Sherburnes living around the same time who are often confused in pedigrees on the internet, as well as in the Sherburne entry in Burke's Extinct Baronetcies of 1838.^[1] There is Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Sherburne, the subject of this profile, who married Roger Nowell; and Grace, daughter of Hugh Sherburne and Ann née Talbot, whose profile is at Sherburne-491 and who married Thomas Bradley. They are clearly distinguished in Flower's Visitation of Lancashire of 1567, when both Graces would have been well within living memory (and the Grace in this profile died just before the Visitation).^[2]

The profiles of the two Grace Sherburnes should not be merged.

Biography

Grace was the second wife of Roger Nowell. He was divorced from his first wife in 1524/5, and her first son by him was born in about 1527 (he was age 40 at his father Roger’s death in 1567), so she probably married him in about 1526. She had at least five children by him, so she must have been of childbearing age in 1531 or later. These facts suggest that she was probably born between about 1490 and 1510. She was buried at Whalley, Lancashire, England on 21 January 1565.

Sources

1. ↑ Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, 1838, p.481
2. ↑ Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1567, Chetham Society vol. LXXXI, 1870, pp.36, 38,39

• An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, Thomas Dunham Whitaker, 4th ed, vol.2, pub. George Routledge and Sons 1876, main Nowell pedigree between pages 40 and 41
• Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1567, Chetham Society vol. LXXXI, 1870, p.36