Richard Broadwell (abt. 1635 - abt. 1673)

Husband of Mary (Freeman) Broadwell — married 24 May 1663 in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died about May 1673 at about age 38 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Broadwell Name Study.

"In June 1660 Quakers were assaulted in the village of Tirley in Gloucestershire. William Sparrow, a Quaker from Ross, had traveled to visit his friends and co-religionists in Tirley. Several villagers subsequently arrested Sparrow and assaulted one of his friends in an attack descibed by one participant as a civil action. Richard Broadwell, another Quaker, went to the house of one of the villagers on the following day to request Sparrow's release but was lured into a room and accosted by Edward Perry, servant of a local gentleman. Perry drew his sword and threatened to kill Broadwell unless he agreed to drink the king's health." [A COMPANION TO THE REFORMATION WORLD]

Buried 27 MAY 1673. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Sources

• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWX6-TDS : 11 December 2014), Richard Bradwell in entry for Mary Bradwell, 10 Dec 1668, Birth; citing p. 81, Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.

• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQQP-QJC : 11 December 2014), Richard Bradwell in entry for Isaac Bradwell, 26 Aug 1664, Birth; citing p. 86, Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.

See also:

• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/broadwell/412/
• FSFTID LDB7-DS5.