BOWES, Robert I (d.1597), of Aske, Yorks.

Family and Education

5th but 2nd surv. s. of Richard Bowes and bro. of Sir George. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1547; ?L. Inn 1549. m. (1) his cos. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir George Bowes of Dalden, at least 1s. Ralph; (2) 1566, Eleanor, da. of Sir Richard Musgrave of Eden Hall, Cumb.Cooper, Ath. Cant. ii. 227; Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 38.

Offices Held

J.p. co. Dur. from 1561, Yorks. (N. Riding) from 1569, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks. (E. and W. Ridings) from 1577; commr. musters, co. Dur. and Yorks. (E. Riding); sheriff, co. Dur. 1564, 1569; member, council in the north from 1574; treasurer, Berwick-on-Tweed from 1576; special envoy or ambassador, Scotland 1577 – 79, 1580, 1582 – 83, 1587, from Dec. 1589.Lansd. 56, f. 168 seq.; 155, f. 250 seq., CPR, 1569–72, p. 224; Reid, Council of the North, 495; Cam. Misc. ix(3), p. 67; Sharp, Memorials of the Rebellion, 30 and n.; Corresp. ed. Stevenson (Surtees Soc. xiv); J. Scott, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 173.

Parlimentarian

BOWES, Robert I (d.1597), of Aske, Yorks.

Main residence: Aske, Yorks.

Author

J.C.H.

E.L.C.M.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BOWES, Robert I (-d.1597)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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