HUSBAND NOTES:
Henry's occupation: Mayor Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG, 1598 and 1606 (his brother, William, was mayor of Coventry in 1624). Henry's occupation: Linen Draper Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG, Abt 1600. He made a will Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG, 1 September 1624. He was very well to do, making a fortune as a merchant and linen draper. There is no trace of the family in Coventry after 1698, the date the Parish register originates.
He was a linen-draper of Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and acquired a large estate. He was chosen Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1589, and again in 1606. He died in 1628 aged 84 years, and was buried in Draper Hall, St. Michael's church.
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Henry Sewall was mayor of Coventry, England in 1589 and 1606, and was an alderman and a linen draper and acquired a great estate. Henry's will, dated 1 September 1624 and proved in June 1628, bequeaths to his wife, Margaret, all his lands and tenements in the City and County. After his death, certain of these lands and tenements are to be the property of his eldest son, Henry. "And I doe bequeath and devise unto my sonne, Henry, upon trust and confidence and as he will answer it before the Lord at the Day of Judgement that he doe with all humility acknowledge his former offense against his mother, before my overseers, in her content, and afterwards to continue obedient." He gave certain lands to his younger son, Richard; to his daughter, Ann, wife of Anthony Poore; and to his younger daughter, Margaret, wife of Abraham Randall. Margaret (Grazebrook) Sewall's will, dated 7 May 1628, was proved 13 June 1632. In it, she bequeaths lands, which were apparently held in her own right, in Wyhterly County, Leicester, and at Ansley, County of Warwick. She mentions all of her children but cuts off the eldest son with 18 pence in money saying, "And I do forgive unto Henry Sewall, my eldest son, his offense wherein and whereby he hath at sundry times offended me, beseeching Almighty God to give him a heart to deal conscientiously with his brother and sisters, as he would be done unto." This will seems to imply that Henry had made the apology prescribed by his father and had thus received his father's bequest before his mother's death.
HUSBAND FACTS:
_ELEC: 1589 Alderman of Coventry, England
_ELEC: Mayor of Coventry, England
WIFE NOTES:
Margaret Grazebrook died Bef 23 Nov 1629 Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG, at approximately 73 years of age. She made a will Coventry, Warwickshire, ENG, 7 MAY 1628. She wrote her eldest son Henry out of her will for "previous offenses" against her and his siblings. Henry initiated court proceedings possibly to protest the will.
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