Family and Education
bap. 21 Sept. 1623, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Bowyer (d.1641) of Knypersley by Hester, da. of Sir William Skeffington of Fisherwick. m. (1) 4 Apr. 1648, Mary (d. June 1665), da. and h. of Robert Milward of Bradlow Ash, Derbys., 4s. 2da.; (2) 11 Sept. 1665, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Ralph Egerton of Betley, Staffs., s.p. suc. bro. aft. 1641; Kntd. 30 May 1660; cr. Bt. 11 Sept. 1660.Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v, pt. 2), 50-51; Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 72-74; Chetwynd’s Pirehill (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. xii), 217; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme in Tudor and Early Stuart Times, 149.
Offices Held
Capt. of ft. (parliamentary) 1642 – 44, col. 1644 – 47; gov. Leek 1644–6.
Commr. for assessment, Staffs. 1647 – 48, Aug. 1660 – d., j.p. by 1647 – 48, Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 1648, Staffs. Mar. 1660; dep. lt. Staffs. Aug. 1660–1, sheriff 1662–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Knypersley, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BOWYER, John (1623-66)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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