Edward Owen gent (abt. 1545)

Born about 1545 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Edward Owen was the son of Richard Owen of Shrewsbury and Alice, daughter of David Ireland of Shrewsbury.^[1][2]

He married Joan, daughter of Richard Purcell of Dinthill.^[1][2]

Children:

• Richard Owen (eldest son)^[1]
• Robert Owen (2nd son)^[1]
• Thomas Owen (3rd son)^[1]
• Nathaniel Owen (4th son)^[1]

Career

Edward Owen of Salop (of the Bellstone in Shrewsbury), Bailiff 1582.^[1]

Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, gent, was a co-Executor of the the will of his 'cousin' Thomas Owen of Condover, Shropshire, one the Justices of the Common Pleas, the will made on 09 Dec 1598 and proved on 28 Feb 1598/1599.^[3]

Arms

On 08 Dec 1582 Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, gentleman, the son of Richard Owen and grandson of Howell Owen was granted a Canton and Crest.^[4]

Monument

At St Chad Shrewsbury was a monument "having thereon the portraiture of a man in a gowne and a woman in a French hood; with three sons, in an arch of the wall kneeling by the man's side; but without any inscription, only on the coate and crest, cut in alabaster, and set in the wall over them". The arms indicate that the monument was for Edward Owen, gent of Shrewsbury and his wife Joan.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by Grazebrook G and Rylands JP 1889. Part II. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol 29. Owen Pedigree pp 383-388 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Second Series Vol II, 1888. Abridged Pedigree of Owen of Llunllo and Bettws, Co. Montgomery : Tedsmore, Woodhouse, Condover, and Whiteley [now Kynaston], Co. Salop, pp 363-375 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Will of Thomas Owen, of Her Majety's Justice of the Common Pleas of Condover, Shropshire. 28 February 1599. PROB 11/93/181. The National Archives, Kew.
4. ↑ Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Second Series Vol II. 1888, pp 249-251. Grant of a Canton and Crest to the Arms of Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, Gent., 8 Dec 1582 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ A History of Shrewsbury. Vol II., 1825, p 232 re Monument to Edward and Joan Owen Internet Archive.