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b. c. 1561, 1st s. of John Cowcher, alderman of St Andrew, Worcester.PROB11/235, f. 393. m. 20 Nov. 1581 Mary, da. of Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet† of Worcester, 2s., 2da. (?2 d.v.p.).Parish Bk. of St Helen’s Church in Worcester ed. J.B. Wilson (2 vols. 1900), ii. 7; PROB11/123, f. 191v; PROB11/235, f. 393. suc. fa. by Dec. 1585.Worcs. Archives, 850/BA 4226/4/3. d. betw. Jan.-Apr. 1652.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, A13, box 1, sessions bk. 1631-55, unfol.
Offices Held

Civic: low chamberlain, Worcester 1585 – 86; member, Twenty-Four by 1588; high chamberlain, 1591 – 92; auditor, 1590 – 91, 1597 – 98; low bailiff, 1593 – 94; low alderman, 1594 – 95; sen. alderman, 1596 – 97; high bailiff, 1595–6. 1608 – d.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, shelf 18, box 4, town clerk’s bk. unfol.; x496.5/BA 9360, A14, box 1, order bk. 1540–1602, ff. 161, 176, 181, 185v, 190, 193, 196, 200. Gov. and supervisor, free sch. and almshouses,; treas. 1611 – 12, 1614 – 15, 1617 – 18, 1620 – 21, 1623 – 24, 1626–7.Worcs. Archives, b261:1/BA 3617, ff. 57, 60, 62v. 67, 70v, 76, 85. Permanent alderman and j.p. 1621–d.Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 62, 170.

Mercantile: asst. Worcester clothiers co. 1590; high master, 1595 – 96, 1612 – 13, 1624–5.Worcs. Archives, 705:232/BA 5955/4b, clothiers’ bk. 2, reg. of apprs. 1587–1632 fos. 25, 76, 133v.

Local: commr. gaol delivery, Worcester 1607 – 14, 1638;C181/2, ff. 33, 210v; C181/5, p. 199. subsidy, 1608, 1610, 1622, 1624 – 26, 1628;SP14/31/1, f. 46v; E179/201/276; E179/201/295, C212/22/21; C212/22/23, E115/277/31, 48. sewers, Worcs. 1611;C181/2, f. 143v. Forced Loan, Worcester 1627;SP16/77/33. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 20 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O.

: of St Swithin, St Helen and St Andrew, Worcester and Woodmanton, Worcs., Clifton-on-Teme.
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Commons 1640-1660
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COWCHER, John (c.1561-1652), of St Swithin, St Helen and St Andrew, Worcester, and Woodmanton, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcs.

Will
20 May 1652, pr. 5 May 1654.PROB11/235, f. 393.
Estates
at d. Woodmanton manor, Clifton-on-Teme, lands in Lower Sapey, house in Redmarley d’Abitot and lands in Castle Morton, Worcs.; lands in Rushwick and St John, leases of Worcester city property in Dolday, All Saints par., lands in St Peter, St Clement, St Alban and St Andrew pars., Worcester; lands in Bodenham, Herefs.; lands in Newent, Glos.PROB11/235, f. 393.
Oxford 1644
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