Francis Southwell (died 1581) was auditor of the exchequer under

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and a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1558. He was the third son of Francis Southwell and Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress of William Tendring. His elder brothers were Sir Richard Southwell (1502/3–1564) and the lawyer

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(c. 1506 – 1559) of

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in Kent. A fourth brother, Anthony, married Anne Le Strange, daughter of

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. Southwell first married Alice, daughter of William Standish, the widow of John Mynne (d. 14 December 1542), Auditor of the Exchequer, Clerk to the Surveyor General and Master of the Woods to

, and the son of Nicholas Mynne of Fransham Parva in Norfolk (d. 1530). John Mynne (d. 1542) was the uncle of Nicholas Mynne. The marriage of Alice and Francis Southwell left no issue, but from her first marriage Alice had many children. Her sons were Edward (22 June 1534 – 14 July 1551R. Hastings, 'Calvert and Darnall gleanings from English wills', ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' XXI no. 4, December 1926, pp. 303-324
at p. 306.
/ref>); George Mynne (14 February 1535/6R. Hastings, 'Calvert and Darnall gleanings from English wills', ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' XXI no. 4, December 1926, pp. 303-324
at p. 305–306.
/ref> – 20 May 1581) of

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in Hertfordshire, whose posthumous son George became a Member of Parliament and whose daughter Anne by his wife Elizabeth Wroth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroth, married

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; and Andrew. Her daughters were Susan who married John Darnall and died soon leaving a son Henry Darnall of Bird's Place, Essenden, Hertfordshire; Elizabeth who married Roger Lawrence and had four daughters, one of whom, Susan, became the second wife of John Darnall; Anna who married Richard Boteler and perhaps others.R. Hastings, 'Calvert and Darnall gleanings from English wills', ''Maryland Historical Magazine'' XXI no. 4, December 1926, pp. 303-324
at pp. 303-319.
/ref> On 6 August 1560 Francis Southwell married Barbara, daughter of John Spencer of

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Suffolk, who was the widow of Richard Catlyn (d. 1556) of Norwich and Honingham, Norfolk, and had by her two sons and one daughter.

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1581 deaths Year of birth unknown English MPs 1554 English MPs 1558 Members of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire {{16thC-England-MP-stub