Henry Sewall (1544 – 1628) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1622. Sewall was the son of Sir William Sewall of

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and his wife Matilda Home. He became a linen draper in Coventry and acquired a great estate.Abel Bowen, Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith The Boston news-letter: and city record, Volume 1
/ref> In 1587 he became mayor of Coventry. He was mayor of Coventry again in 1606.Coventry's Mayors
/ref> In 1621, he was elected

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for

.Robert E. Ruigh ''The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy''
/ref> Sewall died in Coventry at the age of about 84 and was buried in the Draper's Chapel of St Michael's Church.Henry Fitzgilbert Waters ''Genealogical Gleanings in England'' Parts i-xxiiixxv, volume-2
/ref> Sewall married Margaret Grazebrook, daughter of Avery Grazebrook, and had sons Henry and Richard. She made her will in May 1628 which was proved on 16 June 1632. Their great grandson was

Samuel Sewall Samuel Sewall (; March 28, 1652 – January 1, 1730) was a judge, businessman, and printer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized, and his essay ''The Selling ...

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