Through marriage with other North Norfolk families such as the Bacons, Flaxmans and Copemans, the Spurrells became prominent members of the local gentry, serving on local and parish councils.
In the early nineteenth century the family also had links to various London breweries, which were cemented through marriage (Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, the Gray and Dacre Brewery in West Ham, and the Anchor Brewery, Southwark in Southwark), as well as to the coppersmiths James Shears and Sons [REF].