John Sewell of Halstead, co. Essex, born about 1525 and possibly son of William and Jane (Swallow) Sewall, held estates at Halstead, including the White Hart Inn, which in 1576-7 he conveyed to his son William, and which still continues as an inn. In 1584-5 he acquired of Nicholas Starlinge a farmhouse called Partriches, which still remains on the road to Gosfield. In 1587-8 he conveyed a tenement to Simon Harvie. He died probably about 1589. No will or administration on his estate has been found, and the name of his wife has not been learned.
