Nazareth Newton

Nazareth or Nazaret Newton (died 1583) was a courtier and lady-in-waiting. Nazareth Newton was the youngest daughter of Sir John Newton (d. 1568) of East Harptree, Somerset, and Barrs Court, Gloucestershire, and Margaret, daughter of Sir Anthony Poyntz of Iron Acton and Elizabeth Huddesfield. At Harptree, the Newton family lived at Eastwood, a house built from the demolished stone of Richmont Castle. Her sister Frances Newton, who married William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, was a lady of the bedchamber. She was a gentlewoman of the privy chamber to Queen Elizabeth in the 1560s. rdf:langString