Family and Education
b. 28 Nov. 1586,Soc. Gen. North Mundham par. reg. o. surv. s. of Thomas Bowyer†, cllr.-at-law, of Leythorne and the Middle Temple, London with his 2nd w. Jane, da. of John Birch of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx., bar. Exch. 1564-81. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 61; HP Commons, 1558-1603, i. 473-4. educ. M. Temple 1605. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) by 1610, Anne (bur. 18 June 1623), da. of Adrian Stoughton* of West Stoke, nr. Chichester, Suss., at least 3s. (2 d.v.p). 4da. d.v.p. ; (2) 21 June 1624, Jane (bur. 10 Apr. 1640), da. and h. of Emery Cranley, yeoman, of Dunsfold, Surr., wid. of Samuel Austen of Shalford, Surr. and (Sir) George Stoughton* of Stoughton, nr. Guildford, Surr., s.p.; (3) c.1641, Anne (bur. 11 May 1683), da. and coh. of James Maxwell, 1st earl of Dirletoun [S], 2s. 1da. (). suc. fa. 1595; cr. bt. 23 July 1627. bur. 28 Feb. 1650 28 Feb. 1650. Soc. Gen. North Mundham par. reg.; J. Patching, ‘Sir Thomas Bowyer’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xlv. 211; Add. 45193, f. 10; CP, iv. 387; PROB 11/221, f. 152; CB, ii. 31.
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Commr. sewers, Suss. 1610 – at least41, Hants and Suss. 1641, C181/2, f. 134v; 181/5, ff. 115v, 296. j.p. Suss. 1611 – 35, 1641-at least 1642; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 38; C231/5, pp. 157, 475; ASSI 35/84/8. steward, Chichester dioc. 1619; Acts of Dean and Chapter of Cath. Church of Chichester ed. W.D. Peckham (Suss. Rec. Soc. lviii), 221. commr. brewhouse survey, Suss. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2; SP14/122/89; C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 66, 156. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. collector, billeting money, Chichester rape, Suss. 1626; E.S. Cunliffe, ‘"Booke Concerning The Deputy Leiuetennantshipp"’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xl. 22. commr. Forced Loan, Suss. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 59v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635 – 36, 1642. C181/5, ff. 8v, 36, 222.

Main residence: Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BOWYER, Thomas (1586-1650)

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Oxford 1644
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