Family and Education
1st s. of Sir George Bowes by his 1st w.; bro. of Robert II and half-bro. of Talbot. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1565; ?L. Inn 10 Feb. 1571. m. (1) Mary (d.1588), da. of Henry, 9th Lord Scrope, 1da.; (2) Isabel, da. of Christopher Wray, wid. of Godfrey Foljambe, s.p. suc. fa. Aug. 1580. Kntd. 1586.Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 38; Surtees, Durham, iv. 110; Shaw, Knights, ii. 84.
Offices Held
J.p. Cumb. 1579 – 82, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1583, q. by 1586 – 1601; j.p.q. Dur. bpric. by 1586 – 1601, Northumb. 1601; member, council in the north Nov. 1582; dep. warden, west march c. 1585 – 92; steward, Marwood park, Barnard Castle by 1586; commr. for middle march 1595 – 96, border causes 1596 – 97; jt. (with Robert Bowes I) ambassador, Scotland Apr. – Nov. 1597, sole Jan. – Feb. 1598, May-July 1599; treasurer, Berwick-upon-Tweed 20 Apr. 1598–1603; member, high commission, York prov. 20 Nov. 1599; dep. steward, Richmondshire by June 1600.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Streatlam, co. Dur.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
BOWES, Sir William (-d.1611)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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