Andrew NoelorNowell (died 1607) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.[1]
He was a second son of Andrew NoelofDalby and Brooke and Elizabeth Hopton.
His father left his estates to the younger Andrew, rather than his eldest son, John Noel.[2]
Noel was Member of Parliament for Rutland. He was Sheriff of Rutland in 1600.[3]
Andrew Noel and his wife attended the funeral of Mary, Queen of ScotsatPeterborough Cathedral in 1587. He carried the banner of Scotland.[4]
His brother Henry Noel was a poet, a patron of John Dowland, and said to be a gentleman pensioner to the queen. He died on 28 February 1597 after playing a ball game called baloune at court with an Italian opponent.[5]
He was involved in litigation with his brother-in-law John Harington of Exton (died 1613).
He died in 1603.
Noel married Mabel Harington (died 1603), a daughter of James Harington of Exton and Lucy Sidney. Their children included:
