His mother recorded his birth date as 24 March 1537 in her Book of hours, which now held by Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
[2] The marriage seems to have taken place in January 1558, when black silver tinsel fabric for Mary Jerningham was obtained from the royal wardrobe.
Their children included: In his will, Southwell bequeathed the manors of Hoxne and Woodrising to Nazareth Newton during the minority of his son Robert.
Robert inherited a gilt bowl and cup engraved with the Neville arms.
Amongst gifts to his servants, there was £5 for a Nicholas Stallendge, who may have become an usher to Queen Elizabeth and a landowner in Somerset.