Craddock Nowell (1692)

Born 1692 in Cardiff, Wales

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Craddock was baptised in 1692, son of Craddock Nowell.^[1] At the time of the birth of his son Thomas Nowell he was an alderman of Cardiff, Wales. He inherited his father's residence and the ease of a fulling-house.^[2]

Will of his uncle William Jones

A will dated 28 June 1719 and proved 8 August 1719 made by William Jones of Cardiff, gentleman, has the following provisions: "$50 to the Vicar of St. John's, cousin Alexander Pursell, goldsmith, and nephew Cradock Nowell, all of Cardiff, for "erecting a decent Altar Peece in the Chancell of the Church of St John's." "Item I give devise & bequeath unto the Viccar of St John's in Cardiffe aforesaid my said Couzen Alexander Pursell and my said Nephew Cradock Nowell the sum of ffifty Pounds upon Trust nevertheless and to the intent that ye Viccar of St John's aforesd for the time being the sd Alexander Pursell and my said Nephew Cradock Nowell and the Survivr of them and his heirs shall yearly at the ffeast of the nativity of our blessed Lord distribute the Interest of the sd ffifty Pounds to and amongst Such poor Householders of the Parish of St John's in Cardiffe as they in their discretion shall think for ever And whereas I have lately Purchased of mrs Ann Nowell of the Town of Cardiffe aforesd widdow & my Sd Nephew Cradock Nowell her Son the Inheritance or ffee simple of a certain Close or Parcell of Lands being by estimac'on Seaven Acres (more or less) scituate in Crockertown near the Town of Cardiffe aforesd Now I Doe hereby charge the sd Lands with the payment of the said ffifty pounds hereby devised to the use of the Poor Housholders of the P'ish of St John's aforesd."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFCJ-73D
2. ↑ 'Wills: 1702-1717', in Cardiff Records: Volume 3, ed. John Hobson Matthews (Cardiff, 1901), pp. 138-158. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cardiff-records/vol3/pp138-158 [accessed 27 October 2018].
3. ↑ 'Wills: 1719-1778', in Cardiff Records: Volume 3, ed. John Hobson Matthews (Cardiff, 1901), pp. 159-187. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cardiff-records/vol3/pp159-187 [accessed 27 October 2018].

• Wikipedia: Thomas Nowell
• National Library of Wales website: Thomas Nowell
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol.41 pp.251-2