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bap. 29 June 1612, 1st s. of Sir Henry Bowyer (bur. 27 Dec. 1613), of Denham and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Nicholas Salter of Enfield, Mdx. farmer of the customs 1604-21.Regs. of St Olave, Hart Street, London 1563-1700, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xliv), 27; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 14; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1628;Al. Cant. L. Inn 14 Apr. 1630.LI Admiss. i. 211. m. 29 May 1634, Margaret (d. 8 Jan. 1679), da. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. 6s (at least 2 d.v.p.) 3da.St Olave Old Jewry, London par. reg.; Vis. Bucks. 1634, 14; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453. suc. gdfa. 1616;PROB11/128/188. Kntd. by 1660; cr. bt. 25 June 1660.CB. d. 2 Oct. 1679.Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 1639–?, Mar. 1660–d.; Mdx. 24 Mar. 1641–?, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 337, 438; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Bucks. 23 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 17 Mar. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642.LJ v. 207b. Sheriff, 1646–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 9. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Lt.-col. militia ft. Apr. 1660. Dep. lt. by Sept. 1660-bef. 1670.I.F.W. Beckett, ‘The evolution and decline of the Restoration militia in Bucks. 1660–1745’, Recs. of Bucks. xxvi. 29. Commr. corporations, 1662–3; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664;C181/7, p. 255. recusants, Mdx., Bucks. 1675.CTB iv. 696, 788.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, 1665–d.N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into the Place and Quality of the Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Chamber (1829), 176.

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BOWYER, William (1612-79), of Denham, Bucks.
: of Denham, Bucks.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BOWYER, William (1612-79), of Denham, Bucks.

Will
admon. 3 July 1683.PROB6/58, ff. 70-74.
Estates
inherited manor of Denham, Bucks. 1616;PROB11/128/188. sold it to his own use, 1633; sold manors of Rumboldswhyke and New Fishbourne, Suss. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 636, 644. sold some of his lands at Denham, 1670;VCH Bucks. iii. 258. worth £1,000 p.a.I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 6.
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