BOWYER, John (1557-1605), of Sidway Hall, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. 1557, 1st s. of William Bowyer† of Knypersley, Staffs. and Anne, da. of William Heywood of Stonylowe, Staffs. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1578. m. 30 Aug. 1587, Katherine (bur. 8 Dec. 1631), da. of Sir Christopher Yelverton†, j.k.b. of Easton Maudit, Northants. and Cripplegate, London, 8s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1602. Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), pp. 49-50; GI Admiss.; C142/281/86; HP Commons, 1558-1603, iii. 679; Maer transcribed S. Gill (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 2004), pp. 11-14, 26. Kntd. 12 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 7 Mar. 1605. C142/289/97. sig. Jo[hn] Bowyer

Offices Held

J.p. Staffs. 1594 – 95, 1596–d.; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1932), pp. 54. 100, 118, 205; Staffs. Hist. Colls. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1940), p. 189. ?freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. 1597; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 223. commr. charitable uses, Staffs. 1599, 1603, C93/1/16; 93/2/7. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1603–d., C181/1 ff. 37v, 104v. to take depositions in Sir Edward Littleton I* v. Gilbert Wakering, Staffs. 1603. STAC 5/L49/26.

Parlimentarian

BOWYER, John (1557-1605), of Sidway Hall, Staffs.

Main residence: Sidway Hall, Staffs.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BOWYER, John (1557-1605)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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