Family and Education
b. c. 1497, 1st s. of Thomas Bowes of York. m. (1) by 1526, Cicely Eliott, at least 2s.; (2) by 1538, Anne, da. of John Barrett of Aveley, Essex, at least 5s. 3da.; (3) 1554, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Harlowe, wid. of William Billingsley, haberdasher of London, at least 1s. Said to have had 18 ch. in all. Kntd. 1541.DNB; Hasted, Kent, Blackheath, ed. Drake, 149 n; Harl. 897, f. 21; PCC 3 Stonard; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 27; CPR, 1550-3, p. 433; W. S. Prideaux, Mems. Goldsmiths’ Co. i. App. 336; Reg. St. Mary Woolnoth, 2 et passim; York Civic Recs. v. 20, 153; vii. 256.
Offices Held
Warden, Goldsmiths’ 1532 – 33, 1534 – 36, upper warden 1537 – 38, 1540 – 42, 1549 – 51, 1553 – 57, 1558 – 62; dep. master of the mint from 1526, master 1533 – 44, under-treasurer Tower I 1544 – 50; auditor, London 1536, alderman 1536 – d., sheriff 1540 – 41, mayor 1545–6.
J.p. Kent from 1539, Mdx. 1547 – 54, from 1557.
Main residences: London; Woolwich; North Cray, Kent.
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Commons 1558-1603
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BOWES, Sir Martin (c.1497-1566)
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Oxford 1644
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