William Fowell

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Arms of Fowell of Fowelscombe[1]

William Fowell (died 23 March 1507) of

Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon in 1455.[3]

He was the son and heir of Richard Fowell of Fowelscombe by his wife Mary Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond. He married Elinor Reynell (died 9 April 1507), a daughter of

Walter Reynell (fl. 1404) of Malston[3] in the parish of Sherford in Devon, a member of parliament for Devon in 1404.[4] Fowell died on 23 March 1507 and his wife died 16 days later on 9 April 1507.[3] The couple's monument survives in Ugborough Church.[5]

References

  1. ^ Blazoned as Argent, a chevron sable on a chief gules three mullets pierced of the first in Vivian p.369
  2. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5
    . p. 509
  3. ^ a b c Vivian, p.369
  4. History of Parliament
    : House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
  5. ^ Vivian, p.369 "MI"
Sources
  • Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895.

Further reading

  • Biography in
    History of Parliament
    , Volume 1422-1504, not yet published on-line
  • Holloway, Estelle, The Fowells of Fowlescombe, published in Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol.36:1, 1987, pp. 29–32
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