The Howell family of Albrighton SAL


The Albrighton Howells are traceable back a number of generations with the surname variously recorded as Howel, Howle, Howl, Owel, Owle, and Owl. The earliest Howell recorded in the parish registers occurred with a marriage in 1555:

Humfrey Houle and Agne Jelycors were maryed the 27th daye of October, 1555
Albrighton Parish Register Vol 1 1555

There are no less than 69 Howell events recorded in the registers through to 1812. The earliest reliable record for the family is Thomas and Elizabeth Howell whose children were being baptised in Albrighton from 1684 to 1703.

To date the earliest proven Howle link with the Jaunay family is Thomas who died in 1712. If it could be demonstrated conclusively that he was the Thomas baptised on 22 Aug 1647 at Albrighton then we would have several more generations as shown in the attached charts. For the most part these families have been matched using the more distinctive given names and particularly Humfrey and Ange.

Humphrey Howle, an Albrighton blacksmith, born about 1525 is probably the man in the chart recorded dying in 1595. His birth predates the advent of parish registers! The family lived in Albrighton until at least 1812 and numerous members were employees on the nearby Chillington Estate—the Giffard Family seat. Chillington Hall has been the home of the Giffard family for over eight hundred years. They claim a direct link by descent from one of the knights who came with William the Conqueror in 1066.

The Hardwick ancestors, on other hand, fought on the side of King Harold! The Hardwicks of Pattingham trace their origins back to an Adam Herdewycke of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire who was born in the mid thirteenth century. He purchased an estate in the Manor of Pattingham, which he called Hardwick.

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