Laurence Nowell (priest)

Laurence (or Lawrence) Nowell (died 1576) was an English churchman, who became Archdeacon of Derby and then Dean of Lichfield.

Life[]

A first cousin of Laurence Nowell the antiquarian, Nowell entered Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1536 and received his M.A. in 1544.^[1] He was appointed master at the grammar school at Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire in 1546, but after a dispute with the town's corporation he left the post in 1550. In November 1550 he ordained a deacon by Bishop of London [[Nicholas Ridley (martyr)|Nicholas Ridley]. Having strong Protestant views, Nowell fled England when Mary took the throne, eventually joining his brother, Alexander Nowell, in Frankfurt.^[2]

Nowell returned to England with the accession of Elizabeth in 1558. That year he became Archdeacon of Derby. In March 1560, he became Dean of Lichfield. He died in 1576, and is believed to be buried at Weston,^[3] Derbyshire.^[2]

Notes[]

^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Nabbes-Nykke
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Warnicke, Retha M. "Nowell, Laurence". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20380. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ There are several Westons including Weston-on-Trent.

[1] Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Nabbes-Nykke

[ODNB-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Warnicke, Retha M. "Nowell, Laurence". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20380. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] There are several Westons including Weston-on-Trent.

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Medieval	Richard FitzRalph John of Thoresby John Bokyngham Robert Wolveden
Early modern	James Denton Richard Sampson Henry Williams John Ramridge Laurence Nowell George Boleyn James Montague William Tooker Walter Curle Augustine Lindsell John Warner Samuel Fell Griffin Higgs William Paul Matthew Smallwood Lancelot Addison William Binckes Jonathan Kimberley William Walmesley Nicholas Penny John Addenbrooke Baptist Proby
Late modern	John Woodhouse Henry Howard Weldon Champneys Edward Bickersteth Herbert Mortimer Luckock Henry Savage Frederic Iremonger William MacPherson George Holderness John Lang Tom Wright Michael Yorke Adrian Dorber Pete Wilcox (Acting)

show v t Archdeacons of Derby
High Medieval	Godfrey de Luci
Late Medieval	/ Walter Bullock
Early modern	Nicholas West John Taylor Richard Strete David Pole John Ramridge Richard Walker Laurence Nowell John Walton Valentine Overton Christopher Helme Samuel Clerk William Higgins / Francis Ashenhurst Thomas Goodwin Henry Ryder Sneyd Davies Henry Egerton
Late modern	James Falconer Edmund Outram Samuel Butler Francis Hodgson Walter Shirley Thomas Hill Southwell diocese: Edward Balston Henry Freer Edward Were Derby diocese: Edward Noakes Henry FitzHerbert John Richardson Robert Dell Ian Gatford Christopher Cunliffe Peter Walley (acting)

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