Sir
William
Bowes
Born about in Streatlam, Durham, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Bowes
and Dorothy (Mallory) Bowes
Brother of
Agnes (Bowes) Conyers, Elizabeth (Bowes) Wandesford, George Bowes Esq, Talbot Bowes [half], Thomas Bowes [half], Frances Bowes [half], Anne Bowes [half] and Elizabeth (Bowes) Hutton [half]
Husband of
Mary (Scrope) Bowes
— married
[date unknown] (to 1588) [location unknown]
Husband of
Isabella (Wray) Darcy
— married
1596 in Streatlam, Durham, England
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine (Bowes) Eure
Died
at about age 60
[location unknown]
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Contents |
Biography
Sir William Bowes (dspm. 30 Oct 1611 Walton).[1]
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich in 1586.
Marriage
William married twice. His first wife was Mary Scrope (d. 1588). He remarried to the widow of Godfrey Foljambe: Isabel Wray, daughter of Sir Christopher Wray and Ann Girlington.
Scrope
m. Mary, dau. of Henry, 9th Lord Scrope
children
- Mary
- m. Sir William Eure.
Wray
m. Isabel, wid. of Godfrey Foljambe. No issue.
Death
William was suc. by his newphew, Sir George Bowes of Bradley Hall.
With no male heirs, the estates of Streatlam were divided between his half-brothers Talbot and George.
Sources
- ↑ Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Bowes, Sir William (d.1611), of Streatlam, co. Dur.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
- Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (London: H. Colburn, 1835-38.), 2:632; see also 1833 ed.[1]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bowes_(ambassador)
- https://ia800306.us.archive.org/0/items/bookofknightsban00metcuoft/bookofknightsban00metcuoft.pdf Metcalfe's Book of Knights p.136]
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