LOWE, George (c.1569/71-1639), of the Poultry, London; later of Lime Street, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1569 /71, C24/499/22; C24/506/35. 2nd s. of William Lowe (d.1587/8) of Shrewsbury, Salop, draper and Isabel, da. of Thomas Bromshall of Cheshire; bro. of Richard†. Wilts. Vis. Ped. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 120-1; PROB 11/72, f. 158r-v. educ. ?Shrewsbury g.s. Salop c.1577; Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert. appr. Draper, London. m. (1) 6 Nov. 1609, Anne (bur. 16 July 1611), GL, ms 4423/1, f. 77v; ms 4399, unfol.; ms 4421/1, unfol. The marriage record gives his wife’s name as Agnes. da. of Sir Thomas Bennett of London, Mercer and alderman, Wilts. Vis. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 120-1; C24/499/22, f. 28. wid. of William Duncombe (d.1608) of St. Stephen’s, London, Haberdasher, Cal. Sherborne Muns. no ed. 20; PROB 11/112, f. 257v; HMC Sackville, ii. 200. 2s. (1 d.v.p.); GL, ms 4421/1, unfol. (2) by Apr. 1625, Katherine (d. 8 June 1629), da. of Sir John Smythe of Ostenhanger, Kent, wid. of Sir Henry Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent, s.p. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 114; WARD 10/43, pt. i, bdle. ‘petitions’. bur. 10 Feb. 1639 10 Feb. 1639. GL, ms 4421/1, unfol. sig. George Lowe.

Offices Held

Factor to John Quarles at Stade by 1593-at least 1601; SP46/176, passim; C78/167/16. freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1599, Roll of Drapers’ Co. comp. P. Boyd, 118. liveryman 1604, Drapers’ Hall, London, ‘Boyd’s list’ (unpublished typescript), ‘George Lowe’. renter warden 1620 – 21, 2nd warden 1627 – 28, master warden 1628 – 29, master 1632–3; A.H. Johnson, Hist. of Drapers’ Co. iv. 418–19. member, E.I. Co. to 1618; CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 230. dep.-gov. Merchant Adventurers’ Co. by 1632-at least 1638; Add. 6394, ff. 55, 71; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 524; 1637–8, p. 176. member, Fishery Soc. by 1633. SP16/231/15.

Trustee, St. Christopher-le-Stocks, London 1612, GL, ms 4424, f. 88. churchwarden 1613–14; GL, ms 4425/1, f. 7. vestrymay, St. Margaret Lothbury, London 1621; GL, ms 4352/1, ff. 111v-12. gov. Bridewell Hosp. London, 1632 – d., auditor (jt.) 1637–d. GL, microfilm, Bridewell Hosp. ct. mins. vii. f. 294v; viii. ff. 138v, 197v; PROB 11/179, f. 486.

Commr. buildings, London 1615; APC, 1615–16, p. 122. collector, tobacco duties 1608–15; F.C. Dietz, Eng. Public Finance, 1558–1641, pp. 350–1. collector and treas. wine licences 1610-at least 1614; HMC Sackville, i. 95, 100. farmer silks 1612, Ibid. 270. customs [I] 1613–19, CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 195; C66/2181/21; 66/2187/9. alum works 1614–19; A.F. Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram, 115–16, 124, 126. ?dep. v.-adm. Munster 1616–?at least 1626; HCA 1/48, f. 104; CSP Ire. 1625–32, pp. 96, 101. esq. of the Body extraordinary, 1628. LC5/132, p. 12.

Parlimentarian

LOWE, George (c.1569/71-1639), of the Poultry, London; later of Lime Street, London.

Main residences: the Poultry, LondonHMC Sackville, i. 217.; Lime Street, London.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LOWE, George (c.1569/71-1639)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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