John Hewley
Sir John Hewley(1619–1697) was an English magistrate and Member of Parliament forPontefract,an early Whig. He sided with parliament against the king. After his death his widow,Sarah Hewleyfounded the Hewley Trust in 1705, now known as theSarah Hewley Trust.[1]
Life
[edit]He was the son of John Hewley ofWistow,nearSelby.He was admitted toGray's Inn,4 February 1638, and becamerecorderofDoncaster.[2]
He sat in Parliament forPontefract1658–60, was knighted atWhitehall Palaceon 30 June 1663, and sat forYorkin 1678, 1679, and 1681. He encouraged literary work, giving monetary support to the production ofWilliam Dugdale'sMonasticonandMatthew Poole'sSynopsis Criticorum.[2]
He kept a presbyterian chaplain, who gathered a public congregation inYork,for which a small chapel, cruciform in shape, was built atSt Saviourgatein 1692 (registered 8 April 1693). It is nowYork Unitarian Chapel.[2]
Hewley died at his country residence,Bell Hall,near York, on 24 August 1697, and was buried inSt Saviour's Church,York. He married Sarah Wolrych, who survived him and set up theLady Hewley Trust.[2]She was buried alongside Sir John under the sanctuary steps in St Saviour's.
Notes
[edit]- ^Withington, P. J. (2004). "Hewley [née Wolrych], Sarah, Lady Hewley (1627–1710), benefactor".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13156.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^abcd.Dictionary of National Biography.London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:"Hewley, Sarah".Dictionary of National Biography.London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.