BOWELEY, William (d.1443), of Bridport, Dorset.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Bridport 1432, 1435.

Cofferer, Bridport Mich. 1424–5, 1427 – 28, 1429 – 30, 1435–6; Bridport ‘Domesday Bk.’, DC/BTB/M11, ff. 100, 107, 113, 119; Bridport deeds, DC/BTB/S39, 41. bailiff 1426 – 27, 1428 – 29, 1430 – 31, 1433 – 34, 1436 – 37, 1438 – 39, 1440 – 41, 1442–3; CAD, i. C14, 681, 1494; ii. C2397, 2530; vi. C3879, 4605; Bridport register, ff. 269, 273; Bridport ‘Domesday Bk.’, ff. 110, 114, 120, 127, 132, 140; J. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 9. constable 1437–8. Bridport ‘Domesday Bk.’, f. 124.

Warden of the fraternity of St. Katherine in St. Mary’s church, Bridport Dec. 1427–8, fraternity of St. Nicholas’s light Jan. 1429–30, fraternity of the two torches Easter 1431–2. Bridport fraternities, DC/BTB/CD14, 16, 22.