Family and Education
b. by 1513, 1st s. of Ralph Rowlett of London and St. Albans by 1st w. Jane Knight. educ. ?G. Inn, adm. 1533. m. (1) by 1544, Dorothy (d.1557), da. of John Bowles of Wallington, Herts., (2) 27 June 1558 Margaret (d. 3 Aug. 1558), da. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 4 Mar. 1543. Kntd. by 23 Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/68/40. Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 160, 169-70, 364n; LP Hen. VIII, xix; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), viii. 88; C219/19/42.
Offices Held
?Escheator, Essex and Herts. 1540 – 41; j.p. Herts. 1547 – d., q. 1562; commr. relief 1550; sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1559–60.
Main residence: Holywell House, St. Albans, Herts.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ROWLETT, Sir Ralph (by 1513-71)
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