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s. and h. of Sir John Lowther (d.c.1382) of Lowther and Newton Reigny by his w. Margaret Preston, and bro. of William I. m. bef. Sept. 1398, Margaret (bef. 1365-16 July 1449), da. of William Strickland (d. 30 Aug. 1419), bp. of Carlisle (1400-19) by Isabel, da. of Thomas Warcop of Warcop, Westmld., wid. of Sir John Derwentwater (d.c.1396) of Castlerigg, Cumb., 6s. inc. Hugh and William II, 3da. Kntd. by Jan. 1404.C139/133/2; CP25(1)249/8/27; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xvi. 129-31, 158-62; CPL, v. 143. Robert has often been mistakenly described as the son of Sir Hugh Lowther (d.c.1382), but he was almost certainly his grandson. Although correct in this respect, the least erroneous of the family pedigrees (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xlviii. 119-22) is wrong in stating that Geoffrey† and William Lowther I were Robert’s uncles, since they were quite clearly his younger brothers. On the other hand, William Lowther II was not Robert’s brother, as has previously been assumed, but his second son (ibid. xxxix. 113-14).
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J.p. Westmld. 20 Dec. 1382 – July 1386, 12 Dec. 1393 – Mar. 1397, 16 Feb. 1405 – Mar. 1411, 1 Sept. 1421 – July 1423, Cumb. 12 Nov. 1397 – d.

Collector of taxes, Westmld. Nov. 1386, an aid for the marriage of Princess Blanche, Cumb. Dec. 1401, of Princess Philippa Dec. 1406.

Commr. of inquiry, Cumb. Nov. 1300 (detention of tax rebates), June 1406 (concealments and evasions), Feb. 1427 (damage to a watercourse, Carlisle); array Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, Apr. 1418; take prevent the spread of treasonous rumours May 1402; take control of the earl of Northumberland’s castle of Cockermouth for the King June raise royal loans June 1406.

Dep. to Ralph, Lord Neville, as keeper of the royal forests north of Trent by 4 July 1396-aft. 6 Jan. 1397.Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xi. 13.

Lt. of Ric. II in Inglewood forest by 11 Feb. 1309; verderer by d.

Escheator, Cumb. 29 Nov. 1402 – 12 Nov. 1403, Cumb. and Westmld. 9 Nov. 1406 – 2 Nov. 1407, 10 Nov. 1413–14 Dec. 1415.

Collector of wool custom, Carlisle 16 Feb. 1405 – d.

Sheriff, Cumb. 23 Nov. 1407 – 15 Nov. 1408, 4 Nov. 1418–2 Nov. 1419.

Parlimentarian
LOWTHER, Robert (d.1430), of Lowther, Westmld. and Newton Reigny, Cumb.
Main residences: Lowther, Westmld; Newton Reigny, Cumb.
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Commons 1386-1421
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LOWTHER, Robert (-d.1430)

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