Family
William’s grandfather was Richard Rowswell (1473–1543) of Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset who married Alice Seeley of North Curry, Somerset. His uncles were: John Rowswell (d. 1553) of Bradford-on-Tone; Adam Rowswell (d. 1567); and William Rosewell (Rowswell) (d. 1568) of Dunkerton, Somerset. John Rowswell married Agnes Dyer of Wincanton, Somerset and had issue. Adam Rowswell was rector of Orcheston St George, Wiltshire in 1532; vicar of Clevedon, Somerset in 1558; and rector of Shepton Mallet, Somerset in 1559. William Rosewell of Dunkerton married (1) Joan Fontneys and (2) Agnes Tilley and was the 2nd great grandfather of Reverend Thomas Rosewell.
About 1559 William Rosewell, the Solicitor-General, married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Dale, a wealthy haberdasher of Bristol and London. She was the widow of Gregory Isham, of Braunston, Northants who died in 1558. She is not mentioned in the Solicitor General's will, so it is assumed that she predeceased him. William and Elizabeth had three children – Parry (d. 1573), William (1561–1593), and Philippa. Parry died before he came of age. The second son, William, was born in 1561 and inherited from Parry in 1573. This William came into the possession of Forde Abbey, Devon in about 1581. He married Ann Walkeden in 1588 and had one child, Henry Rosewell in 1590. William died at Ilminster, Somerset in 1593. Philippa married Sir George Speke of Whitelackington, Somerset in 1584.
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