Simon Lowe (bef. 1522 - 1578)

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lowe Name Study.

Simon Lowe, also known as Simon Fyfield, was the son of Ralph Lowe alias Fyfield of London.^[1] His date and location of birth are uncertain, but he was likely born around London before 1520 based on him making rental payments as early as 1538.^[2] His home was on the River Thames on the northeast side of Old London Bridge.^[2][3][4] He married Margaret Lacy, daughter of Christopher Lacy. They had at least six children together:

1. Elizabeth Lowe (abt.1543-)
2. Francis Lowe (abt.1544-bef.1577)
3. Timothy Lowe (abt.1545-1617)
4. Thomas Lowe (abt.1546-1623)
5. Anne (Lowe) Aldersey (1549-1641)
6. John Lowe (1553-1586)

He was elected as a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons for the parliamentary constituencies of Stafford, Staffordshire in 1553^[5] and for Shoreham, Sussex during 1554–1555.^[6] He passed away in 1578.^[7] The will of Simon Lowe^[6] mentions:

-his wife Margaret

-his son Timothy

-Timothy's grandmother Elizabeth Simpson

-his 2nd son Thomas Lowe

-his youngest son John Lowe

-his daughter Elizabeth Andrews and her children (unnamed)

-his friends Henry Jones, doctor of the civil law, and John Rogers, citizen and grocer of London, (overseers)

-his man, Henry Crowthe

-his servant Katherine Gregory

-witnesses: Ro: Atkinson, John Barrett, doctor of physick, John Rogers

-Property in Northampton and Surrey, and his house at London Bridge

Research Notes

See Wikipedia profile ^[8] and History of Parliament Trust.^[9]

Further details of the family genealogy can be found in the 1568 visitations of London and the 1574, 1619, and 1623 visitations of Kent. An index to these records^[10] indicate that primary sources for these records include Harley Manuscripts 1106, 1432, 1463, and 4108 and Additional Manuscripts 5507, 5526, 5532, 14307, and 16279.

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/lowe-simon-1522-78

Sources

1. ↑ Joseph Jackson Howard and George John Armytage, editors, The Visitation of London in the Year 1568. Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and since Augmented Both with Descents and Arms, p. 76, Fifeild alias Lowe genealogy, London; vol. 1 of The Publications of the Harleian Society (London, United Kingdom: Harleian Society, 1869); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationoflond00cook/page/76/mode/2up : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing image 76 of 117.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dorian Gerhold, London Bridge and its Houses c. 1209–1761, (Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books, 2021), p. 46, rental account of Symonde Lowy, 1538, London, England; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=Epw3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46 : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing image 46 of 213; citing London Metropolitan Archives, Bridge House Estates, Bridgemasters' Annual Accounts and Rental, 1525–1541, Vol. 6, CLA/007/FN/02/006, folio 249a.
3. ↑ Dorian Gerhold, London Bridge and its Houses c. 1209–1761, (Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books, 2021), p. 63, rental account of Simon Lowe, 1568, London, England; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=Epw3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63 : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing image 63 of 213.
4. ↑ Dorian Gerhold, London Bridge and its Houses c. 1209–1761, (Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books, 2021), p. 89, rental accounts of Simon Lowe, 1536–1578, London, England; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=Epw3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing image 89 of 213.
5. ↑ Josiah C Wedgwood, Staffordshire Parliamentary History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, vol. 1 (1213–1603), p. 334, election record of Simon Lowe, 11 September 1553, Stafford, Staffordshire; series 3, vol. 1917 of The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire (London, United Kingdom: Harrison and Sons, 1919); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi191719183staf/page/334/mode/2up?q=%22Simon+Lowe%22 : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing image 334 of 464.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Josiah C Wedgwood, Staffordshire Parliamentary History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, vol. 1 (1213–1603), p. 336–337, election record of Simon Lowe, 1554–1555, Shoreham, Sussex; series 3, vol. 1917 of The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire (London, United Kingdom: Harrison and Sons, 1919); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi191719183staf/page/336/mode/2up?q=%22Simon+Lowe%22 : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing images 336–7 of 464.
7. ↑ "Discovery," database, The National Archives (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D963068 : accessed 4 Nov 2021), Will of Symon Fyfelde or Fyfeild alias Lowe of Bromley, Kent, 17 March 1578; citing PROB 11/60/165, Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills and Letters of Administration.
8. ↑ Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Lowe_alias_Fyfield), “Simon Lowe alias Fyfield,” rev. 02:47, 5 October 2021.
9. ↑ The House of Commons, 1509-1558, Volume 1 By Stanley Thomas Bindoff, History of Parliament Trust, p. 550
10. ↑ Richard Sims, An Index to the Pedigrees and Arms Contained in the Heralds' Visitations and Other Genealogical Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, United Kingdom: John Russell Smith, 1849), p. 139 and 183, index records for Fifield heraldic visitations; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=hT5FAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover : accessed 19 Apr 2022), citing images 139 and 183.