Nowell, Alexander, c.1508-1602

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Nowell, Alexander, c.1508-1602

c.1508-1602

Second son of John Nowell, Read Hall, Whalley, Lancs., and his second wife Elizabeth Kay, Rochdale, Lancs. ; b. ; ed. Middleton, Lancs., and Brasenose Coll.Oxford ; BA 1536 ; MA 1540 ; DD 1595 ; Fellow, Brasenose Coll. 1536-8 ; Head Master, Westminster School Mar 1540/1-55 ; ordained ; Prebendary of Westminster 5 Dec 1551- c.May 1554, when deprived as being a married man ; MP West Looe Sep 1553, but in Oct 1553 was declared unable to sit, as being “a Prebendary of Westminster and thereby having a voice in Convocation House” ; fled to European Continent 1555 ; studied at Strasbourg and subsequently settled with other English Protestant exiles at Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; did not return to England until after death of Queen Mary ; preached consecration sermon for Right Rev.Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, in Dec 1559, and was appointed his chaplain ; Archdeacon of Middlesex 1 Jan 1559/60 – Nov 1560 ; Rector of Saltwood with Hythe, Kent 3 Feb 1559/60, but resigned shortly afterwards ; Prebendary of Canterbury 14 Feb 1559/60 – res by May 1564 ; Prebendary of Westminster 21 Jun 1560 – res by Jul 1564 ; Dean of St.Paul’s from 17 Nov 1560, also Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 3 Dec 1560 ; Rector of Much Hadham, Herts., 18 Dec 1562-89 ; sat on ecclesiastical commissions 1573, 1576, 1590 ; Canon of Windsor from 25 Apr 1594 ; Principal, Brasenose Coll. 6 Sep – 14 Dec 1595 ; a keen angler ; author of three catechisms ; m.1st, Joan, widow of Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer of London, and dau. of Robert Merry, Hatfield, Herts. ; m.2nd, Elizabeth, widow of Lawrence Ball, and of Thomas Blount, Customer of London, and dau. of William Haste, Norwich ; d. 13 Feb 1601/2, aged 93. ODNB.

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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992