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BRACE, John (by 1519-59 or later), of London.

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b. by 1519. educ. Clement’s Inn; I. Temple, adm. 2 Nov. 1533.Date of birth estimated from education.
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Clerk of the pleas, Exchequer by 1545.E405/115, mm. 9v, 48.

Main residence: London.
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BRACE, John (by 1519-at least 59)

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BOZOM (BOSSOM, BOZOUN), John (1487/90-1557/67), of Stody and Whissonsett, Norf.

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b. 1487 /90, 1st s. of John Bozom of Whissonsett by Eleanor, da. of Sir Edward Woodhouse of Kimberley, wid. of Edmund Hastings (d.1487). m. by 1520, Elizabeth Rouncerey of Brittany, at least 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 8 Feb. 1490.Date of birth estimated from death of mother’s first husband and death of father. Norf. Arch. xxii. 104; G. A. Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, i. 276-7, bet. pp. 278 and 9; Essex RO, D/B3/1/2, f. 98v.
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Main residences: Stody; Whissonsett, Norf.
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BOZOM (BOSSOM, BOZOUN), John (1487/90-1557/67)

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BOYS, Thomas (1502/3-63), of Calais and Walmer, Kent.

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b. 1502 /3, 3rd s. of John Boys by 1st w. m. by 8 May 1534, Malyn, da. of Nicholas Leigh of Addington, Surr., 6s. 3da.Aged 60 at death according to MI, Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 225. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 39; Vis. Surr. (ibid. xliii), 13-14.
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Dep. comptroller to Lord Edmund Howard, Calais 1538; yeoman of the guard by 1540–53 or later; gen.-receiver, Guisnes 13 June 1541; j.p. Kent 1542; capt. the Evangelist Jude 10 Aug. 1545; master of the ordnance in the north 1546; victualler, Calais 1546 – 47, mayor in 1548; capt. Deal castle, Kent 20 Feb. 1550–11 June 1555.LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xvi, xvii, xxi; The Gen. n.s. xxx. 22; Soc. Antiq. (1790), 170; LC2/2, f. 38v; SP, i. 811; APC, i. 549; ii. 36–37; P. T. J. Morgan, ‘The govt. of Calais, 1485–1558’ (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis, 1966), 301, 312; CPR, 1554–5, pp. 73–74. According to his MI Boys was ‘two years together mayor’ of Calais.

Main residences: Calais, France; Walmer, Kent.
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BOYS, John (by 1479-1533), of Fredville and Sandwich, Kent.

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b. by 1479, 1st s. of William Boys of Bonnington and Fredville. m. (1) by 1500, Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Aldry (Adley or Alday) of Chequer Court in Ash, nr. Sandwich, at least 3s. inc. Thomas 3da.; (2) Agnes, da. of John Roper of Eltham, 1s. 1da.; (3) settlement 10 Sept. 1531, Alice, da. of one Haman or Harman of Crayford, wid. of John Somer (d.1526) of Sandwich, s.p. suc. fa. 1507.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 39; (lxxv), 123; Berry, Kent Peds. 440-1; PCC 2 Hogen.
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Commr. subsidy, Kent 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, sewers 1531; jurat, Sandwich 1528 – d., auditor 1530, mayor 1531–2.Statutes, iii. 79, 112, 168; LP Hen. VIII, iii-v; Sandwich old red bk. ff. 19, 24, 26, 30, 39.

Main residences: Fredville; Sandwich, Kent.
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BOYS, John (by 1479-1533)

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BOWYER, William (by 1493-1544), of London.

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b. by 1493. m. 1516 /18, Agnes, wid. of William Mynett; 3 illegit. s. 2 illegit. da. by Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas Turner. Kntd. by 29 Nov. 1543.Date of birth estimated from apprenticeship. PCC 11 Pynnyng, 16 Holder; C1/385/35; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 11, f. 14v.
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Warden, Drapers’ Co. 1524 – 25, 1532 – 33, master 1537 – 38, 1541 – 42; gov. Merchant Adventurers 1526; auditor, London 1529 – 31, 1534 – 36, alderman 1534 – d., sheriff 1536 – 37, mayor 1543–d.A. H. Johnson, Company of Drapers, ii. 468–9; Acts Ct. of Mercers’ Co., ed. Lyell and Watney, 732; City of London RO, jnl. 13, ff. 153v, 238, 422, 449v; 14, f. D; 15, f. 55; rep. 9, f. 73.

Main residence: London.
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BOWYER, William (by 1493-1544)

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BOWYER, Robert III (by 1511-76), of Reading, Berks.

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b. by 1511. m. Elizabeth, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 33 Carew.
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Guardian of the old ward, Reading 1532, 1536, member of guild 1539, alderman 1546, mayor 1547 – 48, 1553 – 54, Dec. 1558–9, 1570–1.Reading Recs. i. pp. xli, xlii, 159, 165, 173–4, 201, 233–4, 257, 306.

Main residence: Reading, Berks.
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BOWYER, Robert III (by 1511-76)

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