LOWTHER, Richard (1584-1659), of Vine Court, Golding Lane, St Giles-without-Cripplegate, London.

Family and Education

bap. 8 June 1584, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Christopher Lowther (bur. 29 July 1617) of Lowther, Westmld. and 1st w. Eleanor, da. of William Musgrave† of Hayton Castle, Cumb.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 85; H. Owen, The Lowther Fam. (Chichester, 1990), 109, 422. educ. ?Appleby g.s.;Owen, Lowther Fam. 109. Queen’s, Oxf. 14 May 1602, BA 22 Feb. 1605;Al. Ox. G. Inn 3 May 1608.G. Inn Admiss. 116. m. by 1615, Anne (bur. 13 Nov. 1660), da. of John Williams of Flint, Flints. 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. St Giles-without-Cripplegate par reg.; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/L/1/1/8; PROB11/302, ff. 210v-211v; Owen, Lowther Fam. 110. bur. 21 Apr. 1659 21 Apr. 1659.St Giles-without-Cripplegate par reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 14 Aug. 1614; ancient, 7 June 1627.PGB Inn, i. 211, 277.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 1 Dec. 1617 – aft.May 1625, 15 Dec. 1626–?, 13 Apr. 1646-bef. Oct. 1653, Oct. 1654–d.C231/4, ff. 53, 213; C231/6, pp. 43, 148, 297; C193/13/4, f. 62; C193/13/6, f. 56; Coventry Docquets, 59; Mdx. Co. Recs. ii. 137, 179; iii. 4, 87. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. sewers, Mdx. 19 Nov. 1629-aft. June 1639;C181/4, ff. 23v, 64; C181/5, f. 143. Mdx. and London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 258. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdx. c.1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 51. oyer and terminer, 30 Nov. 1641, 10 Nov. 1655–d.C181/5, f. 213v; C181/6, pp. 129, 328.

Civic: freeman, Appleby by Feb. 1633–?d.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/L/1/1/6/5.

: of Vine Court, St Giles-without-Cripplegate, London., Golding Lane.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LOWTHER, Richard (1584-1659), of Vine Court, Golding Lane, St Giles-without-Cripplegate, London.

Will

not found.

Estates

by 1630, renting property in Maulds Meaburn, Westmld. from his bro. Sir John Lowther† of Lowther Hall.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/L/1/1/6/4.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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