John Spurrell

John Spurrell (1681/1682–3 January 1763) was mayor of Norwich in 1737.

He served as alderman of South Consiford ward for nearly 40 years and was also sheriff of Norwich in 1728.¹ His portrait by William Smith, dated 1758, hangs at St. Andrew's and Blackfriars' Hall in Norwich.²

In 1716 Spurrell married Priscilla (d. 1742), daughter of Robert Chadd of Wells-next-the-Sea; they are buried at St John Sepulchre church in Norwich.³

References

Cozens-Hardy B. and Kent E. A., The Mayors of Norwich 1403 to 1835: being biographical notes on the Mayors of the old corporation (1938).
Art UK, John Spurrell (1681/1682–1763), Mayor of Norwich (1737). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
Farrer E., The Church Heraldry of Norfolk, vol. III (1893).

[1] Cozens-Hardy B. and Kent E. A., The Mayors of Norwich 1403 to 1835: being biographical notes on the Mayors of the old corporation (1938).

[2] Art UK, John Spurrell (1681/1682–1763), Mayor of Norwich (1737). Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[3] Farrer E., The Church Heraldry of Norfolk, vol. III (1893).

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