Laurence Nowell (priest)
Laurence (or Lawrence) Nowell (c. 1516–1576) was an English churchman, who became
Life
Laurence Nowell was the third son of John Nowell of
Nowell returned to England on the accession of
Identification
Two 16th-century English cousins, one a churchman and the other an antiquary, were named Laurence Nowell. Their biographies were confused by Anthony Wood in his Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis (1674) and Athenae Oxonienses (1691),[6] and the error persisted through later studies, including the Dictionary of National Biography (1895), and into the twentieth century. In 1974, however, Retha Warnicke's analysis of a 1571 court case made it clear that there were two different Laurence Nowells,[7] and their biographies have since been partially disentangled.[8][9][10][6]
Notes
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20380. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.) [This article is primarily about the antiquary, but includes a summary of the life of his cousin, the churchman.]
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Nabbes–Nykke
- ^ Harris, Oliver D. (2022). "The Laurence Nowell enigma: the enquiries of Anthony Wood". Notes and Queries. 69 (3): 234–238 (234n).
- ^ Lazarus, Micha (2024). "Laurence Nowell, schoolmaster of Sutton Coldfield". Notes and Queries. 71 (1): 25–29.
- ^ There are several Westons including Weston-on-Trent.
- ^ a b Harris 2022.
- ^ Warnicke, Retha (1974). "Note on a Court of Requests case of 1571". English Language Notes. 11: 250–56.
- Antiquaries Journal. 62: 116–123.
- ^ Hahn, Thomas (1983). "The identity of the antiquary Laurence Nowell". English Language Notes. 20 (3/4): 10–18.
- ^ Berkhout, Carl T. (1985). "The pedigree of Laurence Nowell the antiquary". English Language Notes. 23 (2): 15–26.