Petronell Byworth of Farnham – 1550-1628

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 […]