Petronell Strickland was born in Rampisham, Dorset around 1550 into a family with a long history of cloth making. We know she had at least one brother – wealthy cloth merchant Christopher Stickland who retired from his London business and moved to Yelden in Bedfordshire, where his impressive memorial can still be seen in Yelden… Continue reading Petronell Byworth of Farnham – 1550-1628