Laurence Nowell (priest)

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

This article is about the priest. For his cousin the antiquarian, see Laurence Nowell.

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
  1. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Nabbes-Nykke
  2. 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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