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Lady Frances Martin Bowes 1542 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Worcester, Worcestershire, England

Death Date: 7 Feb 1567

Death Location: Smarden, Kent, England

Father: Sir Bowes

Mother: Lady LeScrope

Spouse(s): Sir Smarden)

Children(s): Lady James

In 1542, Lady Frances Martin Bowes entered the world in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, born to Sir Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London Bowes and Lady Elizabeth LeScrope. Lady Frances Martin Bowes married Sir Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of Smarden), and had children including Lady Frances James. Lady Frances Martin Bowes passed away in 1567 in Smarden, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1542, Lady Frances Martin Bowes entered the world in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, born to Sir Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London Bowes and Lady Elizabeth LeScrope.
  • Lady Frances Martin Bowes married Sir Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of Smarden), and had children including Lady Frances James.
  • Lady Frances Martin Bowes passed away in 1567 in Smarden, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bowes
1540 – 1576
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Lady LeScrope
1530 – 1556
Birth Location: Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Smarden)
1535 – 1593
Birth Location: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
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Children(s)

Lady James
1563 – 1648
Birth Location: Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
LJ

Lady Bowes's Ancestors

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Lady Bowes
1542 – 1567
Birth Place: Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Parents
Sir Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London Bowes
1540 – 1576
London, Middlesex, England
Lady (Elizabeth) LeScrope
1530 – 1556
Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor) London
1500 – 1566
London, Middlesex, England
Anne, (of Aveley, Essex Barrett) (Bowes)
1505 – 1553
of Aveley, Essex, England
Sir (Richard Le) Scrope,
1505 – 1572
Castle Combe, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Amadas) Bryce
1508 – 1531
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Bowes
1480 – 1591
Lady Conyers
1456 – 1532
Sir Belhouse
1485 – 1526
Philippa Harpsfield
1471 – 1519
Sir Scrope-Ludlow
1466 – 1517
Lady Scrope
1466 – 1512
Robert Goldsmith
1482 – 1532
Elizabeth Bryce
1479 – 1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jane Bingham
1438 – 1485
Sir Arms)
1455 – 1487
Margaret Hawkins
1460 – 1490
James Bryce
1453 – 1490
Elizabeth Wood
1457 – 1479

Lady Bowes's Descendants

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Lady (Frances Martin) Bowes (1542 – 7 Feb 1567) m. Sir (Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of) Smarden) (1535 – Dec 1593)
  1. 1. Lady (Frances) James (1563 – February 1648) m. Sir (Knight Thomas Roberts I, Baronet Roberts of) Glassenbury (02 Feb 1560 – 21 Feb 1629)
    1. 1. Thomas (Roberts "Colonial Governor of Dover - New) Hampshire" (11 Oct 1600 – September 27 1673) m. Rebecca (M) Hilton (Feb 1602 – 27 Sep 1673)
      1. 1. William Roberts (1617 – 9 Sept 1675) m. Joanna (Thrill) West (1630 – 30 May 1693)
        1. 1. Eli (Jeremiah) Roberts (28 Nov 1656 – 29 Jun 1693) m. Mary Mallory (28 Nov 1656 – 17 Sep 1752)

Lady Bowes's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Lady Frances Martin Bowes in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
1567
7 Feb 1567
Age 25
Death of Lady Frances Martin Bowes in Smarden, Kent, England
Smarden, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Worcester, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1567
    Event Place: Smarden, Kent, England
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