Paternal Family Tree: Spelman
In 1465 Henry Spelman [aged 35] and Ela Narborough were married. She the coheiress of her father brought Narborough to the Spelman family.
In or before 1472 Thomas Shouldham of Marham and [his mother] Ela Narborough were married.
Around 1480 John Spelman was born to Henry Spelman [aged 50] and Ela Narborough.
On 18th September 1496 [his father] Henry Spelman [aged 66] died. He and his wife [his mother] Ela Narborough were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
Henry Spelman: In 1430 he was born to John Spelman of Stow Bekerton. In 1465 Henry Spelman and Ela Narborough were married. She the coheiress of her father brought Narborough to the Spelman family.
Ela Narborough: she was born to William Narborough. In or before 1472 Thomas Shouldham of Marham and she were married.
In 1498 John Spelman [aged 18] and Elizabeth Frowick were married. They had thirteen sons and seven daughters.
In 1508 [his daughter] Elizabeth Spelman was born to John Spelman [aged 28] and [his wife] Elizabeth Frowick. She married before 20th August 1548 Edmund Grey and had issue.
Around 1520 [his daughter] Ella Spelman was born to John Spelman [aged 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Frowick. She married on or after 20th March 1534 George Jerningham.
In 1531 John Spelman [aged 51] was appointed Justice of the King's Bench.
On or after 20th March 1534, the date of the settlement, [his son-in-law] George Jerningham [aged 19] and Ella Spelman [aged 14] were married. They had six sons and four daughters.
On 15th May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn [aged 35] tried at the King's Hall in the Tower of London [Map].
Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 63] was appointed Lord High Steward and presided. Henry Howard Earl of Surrey [aged 20] attended. Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 44] was one of the judges. Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester [aged 34] was the principal witness.
The jurors were:
Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 52].
Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 24].
Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 21].
George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 49].
Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 44].
John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 56].
Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 38].
Henry Parker 11th Baron Marshal 10th Baron Morley [aged 55].
Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 27].
Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle [aged 28].
John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 65].
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth [aged 35].
Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester [aged 40].
Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh [aged 48].
Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 40].
William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel [aged 60].
Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel [aged 24].
Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden [aged 48].
Edward Powers Lord Powers.
William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne [aged 66].
Thomas Ware.
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 69].
George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 39].
She was found guilty and sentenced to be beheaded. John Spelman [aged 56] signed the death warrant.
After Anne's trial her brother George Boleyn Viscount Rochford [aged 33] was also tried and found guilty.
In 1544 [his daughter] Elizabeth Spelman [aged 36] died.
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Before 27th December 1545 [his son] John Spelman of and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Blennerhasset were married.
On 27th December 1545 [his son] John Spelman of died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
John Spelman of: he was born to John Spelman and Elizabeth Frowick. Before 27th December 1545 John Spelman of and Margaret Blennerhasset were married.
On 26th January 1546 John Spelman [aged 66] died. On 5th November 1556 [his wife] Elizabeth Frowick died. They were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
Elizabeth Frowick: John Coningsby of North Mimms and she were married. she was born to Henry Frowick of South Mimms and Anne Knollys. In 1498 John Spelman and she were married. They had thirteen sons and seven daughters.
[his son] Henry Spelman was born to John Spelman and Elizabeth Frowick. He married (1) Frances Sanders and had issue (2) Anne Knyvet, daughter of Thomas Knyvet and Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle.
[his son] John Spelman of was born to John Spelman and Elizabeth Frowick. He married before 27th December 1545 Margaret Blennerhasset and had issue.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1. Prate LXIX. Sir John Spelman And Lady, at Narburgh [Map], 1545.
Blomefield's Norf. vi. 162.
Sir John Spelman was third son of Henry Spelman, whose monument has been given under 1496. He was second justice of the king's bench, and before that one of the most eminent barristers of his time. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Frowick, or Frouyk, of Gunnersbury, in Middlesex, who bore Azure, a chevron between three leopard's faces or, quartering Sturgeon, Azure, three sturgeons naiant in pale or, fretty gules. This is not only the first monument which represents the persons as kneeling at a prayer-desk, or prie-dieu, but is singular, in that the lines of the folds of his robe, and of the armorial bearings on hers, are not engraven, but relieved, as are the letters also of the inscription. It is our only example too of a judge in his robe and coif, and is executed in a style superior to most of its contemporaries. Above them is represented the resurrection of our Saviour, indicative of their hope, that in like manner they should be raised from the dead.
John Coningsby of North Mimms and Elizabeth Frowick were married.
Grandfather: John Spelman of Stow Bekerton 
father: Henry Spelman
Grandfather: William Narborough 
mother: Ela Narborough