Family and Education
bap. 24 Feb. 1582,Lowther Par. Reg. ed. J.F. Haswell and C.S. Jackson, 18. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Lowther of Lowther and his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of William Musgrave† of Hayton Castle, Cumb.Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surtees Soc. cxci), 209. educ. Appleby g.s.; I. Temple 1599, called 1609.Ibid. 209; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 41. m. 2 Feb. 1602 (with £1,000), Eleanor (d. 16 Nov. 1659),Estate Bks. 248. da. of William Fleming of Rydal, Westmld., 3s. 2da.Ibid. 161, 211. suc. fa. 1617;WARD 7/57/59. Kntd. 6 June 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. 15 Sept. 1637.Estate Bks. 50-1; C142/564/168.
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Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 1610–11;Estate Bks. 221. j.p. Westmld. c. 1614 – d., Cumb. 1624 – d., Yorks. 1626–d.;C66/1988; C231/4, ff. 167, 206, 207; C193/13/2, ff. 12, 19, 21, 23, 70; C181/4, ff. 7v, 8v, 176v-7; 181/5, ff. 18v, 19, 51. steward of Richmond fee, barony of Kendal, Westmld. 1617–34;Estate Bks. 226; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 170. commr. border malefactors 1618, 1619, 1635,T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 97; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. subsidy, Westmld. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. oyer and terminer, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 1624, Northern circ. 1626–d.,C181/3, ff. 107, 209v, 262v; 181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; 181/5, ff. 7v, 77. Forced Loan, Cumb., Westmld. and Yorks. (N. and E. Riding) 1626–7;SP16/44/4, 16/53/43; C193/12/2, ff. 8v, 15v, 17, 62; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144–5. dep. lt. Westmld. by 1627;SP16/73/41. commr. sewers, N. Riding 1627-at least 1632,C181/3, f. 223; 181/4, f. 114. gaol delivery, Ripon, Yorks. 1627–d.,C181/3, ff. 222, 265v; 181/4, ff. 8, 178; 181/5, ff. 19v, 52v. recusants, Northern counties 1627–30;APC, 1627, p. 313. member, Council in the North 1627–d.;Estate Bks. 229; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 161; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. piracy, Cumb. 1631.C181/4, f. 81.

Master in Chancery extraordinary 1626;C216/1/97. KC, York 1632–d.;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 421. recorder, Kendal, Yorks. 1636–d.Owen, 164.

Main residence: Lowther Hall, Westmld.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LOWTHER, John I (1582-1637)

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