Nicholas Bourman (abt. 1490 - 1559)

Born about 1490 in Hemyock, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Russell) Bourman — married 1503 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 May 1559 at about age 69 in Culm Davey, Devon, England

Biography

"The mansion-house of Brook evidently formed part of the Bowermans' moiety of the manor, for when Henry VII paid a visit to the Isle of Wight in 1499 he visited Thomas and Joan Bowerman at Brook House, and was so pleased with the entertainment given him that he presented Joan with his drinking horn and gave her a warrant for a fat buck of the season to be annually delivered to her from his forest of Carisbrooke during her life. (fn. 29) ¶ Joan, dying in 1503, was succeeded by her grandson Nicholas son of Thomas Bowerman, who died in 1559, leaving a son and heir William. (fn. 30) The latter acquired the other moiety of the manor from George Gilbert, as stated above. In 1580 his son Thomas was dealing with the manor, (fn. 31) and it passed from him to his son William, who was one of the judges of the Knighten Court in 1625. (fn. 32) Thomas, the son and successor of William, was member of Parliament for Newport in 1658 and died in 1677. (fn. 33) His second son John succeeded to the manor, apparently settling it in 1688 upon his son William. (fn. 34) The manor passed in the direct line in this family (fn. 35) until 1792, when William Bowerman sold it to Henry Howe. (fn. 36) On Henry's death in the following year it passed to his brother William Howe, (fn. 37) who with his wife Sarah conveyed it in 1798–9 to James Clarke for the purposes of settlement. (fn. 38) In 1848 and 1856 John and William Howe were joint lords of the manor, (fn. 39) but they sold it before 1859 to Charles Seely, (fn. 40) whose son Charles, created a baronet in 1896, (fn. 41) is the present owner of the estate." ^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Nicholas Bowerman

Wife: Elizabeth Russell

Marriage:

Date: Bef 1536

Child: Margaret Bowerman

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria County History - HampshireA History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 Parishes: Brook [1]

Reference: AC95/32.154 Title: TESTIMONIAL Description: Stating that lands in Hulverstone belonged to the Bowremans and that Lady Bowreman gave the same to her younger son Richard Bowreman and John Arney held them in right of Alice his wife, daughter of the said Richard, and they should now return to the right heir of the Bowremans, Nicholas Bowreman Date: 13 May 1551 Held by: Isle of Wight Record Office, not available at The National Archives

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• Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceulx a 1530 : enlarged with the vissitation of the same county made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx anno 1575 both which are continued with the vissitation made by John Phillipott, Somersett (for William Camden, Clarenceux) in a 1622 most part then done & finished in a 1634. As collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1544 by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Mundy, Richard; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922 Page 162: Bourman