Family and Education
bap. 28 Oct. 1613, o.s. of Benjamin Bowyer of Camberwell by Joyce, da. of one Edney of London, wid. of John Cownden of Newington. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1630. m. (1) by 1633, Hester (d. 19 Dec. 1665), da. of Sir Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) lic. 7 Jan. 1671, Martha (d. 30 June 1697), da. of Robert Wilson, merchant, of London, wid. of Sir Edward Cropley of Clerkenwell, Mdx., 1s. 3da. suc. uncle Sir Edmund Bowyer 1627; Kntd. 4 July 1633.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 32; Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 153; PCC 30 Fenner; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 432; iii. 426.
Offices Held
Commr. of array, Surr. 1642, j.p. June 1660 – d., dep. lt c. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Home circuit July 1660, sewers, Surr. and Kent Aug. 1660, Surr. Aug. 1660–80, Mdx. 1661 – 69, 1677 – 78, Southwark 1661 – 64; col. of militia ft. Southwark by 1661 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Surr. 1662, recusants 1675, rebuilding of Southwark 1677.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Camberwell Green, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BOWYER, Sir Edmund (1613-81)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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