FOWLE, Robert (?1628-81), of Iridge, Salehurst, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. ?24 Aug. 1628, 3rd s. of Sir John Fowle and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir John Wildgose of Iridge. educ. G. Inn, 28 Dec. 1649.G. Inn Admiss. 252. m. 4 Nov. 1657, Lucy, da. of Peter Farnden, of Sedlescombe, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 47; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 33-4; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 112; Add. 39480, f. 253; St Vedast, Foster Lane, London par. reg. transcript. suc. bro. Aug. 1656.PROB6/32, f. 191v. d. 1 Dec. 1681.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 47; Add. 39480, f. 253.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 17 Apr. 1654, 4 Oct. 1660, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/6, p. 31; C181/7, pp. 61, 354. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 7 Dec. 1660, 18 June 1670;C181/7, pp. 71, 552. militia, Kent 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1660-aft. 1667.C220/9/4, f. 42; C231/7, p. 123; E. Suss. RO, QO/EW4, ff. 30, 36v; QO/EW5, ff. 3, 5v, 65, 85. Sheriff, 1665.List of Sheriffs (L. & I. ix), 141; E. Suss. RO, Dunn 54/15.

: of Iridge, Salehurst, Suss.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FOWLE, Robert (?1628-81), of Iridge, Salehurst, Suss.

Will

19 Feb. 1677, pr. 6 Feb. 1682.PROB11/369/161; Stowe 780, ff. 87-9.

Estates

in Aug. 1651 leased Iridge manor from his bro. Annesley Fowle;E. Suss. RO, Dunn 21/2. in July 1652 leased 107 acres in Bodiham from Peter Farnden for 20 years at £56;E. Suss. RO, DUN29/14; SAS-F/413. in Feb. 1653 the Fowle bros. leased lands in Hawkhurst, Kent.E. Suss. RO, Dunn 26/41. Inherited from his bro. manors of Newstead, Peplesham, Fifesham, Hollington, Alderden, Sandhurst, Cowsham, and Yelding, Suss.E. Suss. RO, Dunn 49/23. Bought manor of Barnhurst and Cassingham in Salehurst for £1,120 in 1657.E. Suss. RO, Dunn 23/6. During the 1660s, Fowle controlled the manor of Westmeston as trustee for his kinsman Walter Dobell.Abstracts Suss. Deeds and Docs. 127.

Oxford 1644

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