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SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM 1494–1516 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1494

Birth Location: Barnard Castle, Durham, England

Death Date: Apr 1516

Death Location: Streatham Castle, Durham, England

Father: Sir Bowes

Mother: Lady Conyers

Spouse(s): Dame Clifford

Children(s): Sir Streatham, Agnes Bowes, Anne Bowes, Dame Bowes

The story of SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM began in 1494 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England. SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM married Dame Elizabeth Clifford, and had children including Agnes Bowes, Anne Bowes, Dame Margery Bowes, Sir George Bowes Of Streatham. SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM passed away in 1516 in Streatham Castle, Durham, England.

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  • The story of SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM began in 1494 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England.
  • SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM married Dame Elizabeth Clifford, and had children including Agnes Bowes, Anne Bowes, Dame Margery Bowes, Sir George Bowes Of Streatham.
  • SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM passed away in 1516 in Streatham Castle, Durham, England.

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SIR DURHAM's Ancestors

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SIR DURHAM
1494–1516
Birth Place: Barnard Castle, Durham, England
Parents
Sir Ralph Bowes
1450–1482
Streatlam, Durham, England
Lady (Margaret) Conyers
1455–1532
Yorkshire, England or Sockborne, Durham, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Lord William Sheriff of Northumberland Bowes) II
1415–1466
Streatham Castle, Bowes, Durham, England
Countess (Lady Maud) FitzHugh
1418–1466
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir I
1397–1465
Lady GREYSTOKE
1395–1415
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1375–1421
Jane Conyers
1376–1438
Lord Greystoke
1353–1418
Lady Greystoke
1358–1413

SIR DURHAM's Descendants

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SIR (RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of) DURHAM (1494–Apr 1516) m. Dame (Elizabeth) Clifford (1492–1591)
  1. 1. Sir (George Bowes of) Streatham 1517–1546 m. Muriel ((Lady)) Eure 1511–1557
    1. 1. Elizabeth ((Lady)) Bowes 1536–1582 m. John Blakiston 1535–1587
      1. 1. Rev (Marmaduke) Blakiston 1565–1639 m. Margaret James 1575–1636
        1. 1. GEORGE (BLACKISTON Sheriff of) Durham 1611–1669 m. BARBARA LAWSON 1620–1669
        2. 2. Tobye Blakiston 1597–1646
        3. 3. Marmaduke Blakiston 1599–1659
        4. 4. Henry BLACKISTON 1600–1665
        5. 5. Mayor (John) Blakiston 1603–1649
        6. 6. Lady (Frances) Blakiston 1606–1642
        7. 7. Robert Blakiston 1607–1635
        8. 8. Ralph BLACKISTON 1608–1677
        9. 9. Margaret Blakiston 1610–1692
        10. 10. Mary BLACKISTON 1613–
        11. 11. Peter BLACKISTON 1614–1657
        12. 12. Humphrey Blakiston 1615–
      2. 2. Thomas Blackiston 1554–
      3. 3. Christopher Blackiston 1555–
      4. 4. George Blackiston 1557–
      5. 5. Dorothy Blackiston 1558–
      6. 6. Muriel Blackiston 1559–
      7. 7. Mary Blackiston 1560–
      8. 8. Peter Blakiston 1561–1637
      9. 9. Alice Blackiston 1563–1594
      10. 10. William Blackiston 1553–1641
      11. 11. Sir (William) Blakiston 1553–1641
      12. 12. Henry Blakiston 1556–1595
      13. 13. Humphrey Blakiston 1562–
      14. 14. Eleanor Blakiston 1567–1594
      15. 15. Marmaduke Blakiston 1565–1639
      16. 16. John Blakiston 1575–
      17. 17. Sir (Thomas) Blakiston 1582–1630
    2. 2. Ralph Bowes 1537–
    3. 3. Anne ((Lady)) Bowes 1540–
    4. 4. Lady (Dorothy) Bowes 1542–1596
    5. 5. Edward Bowes 1539–
  2. 2. Agnes Bowes 1516–
  3. 3. Anne Bowes 1510–
  4. 4. Dame (Margery) Bowes 1506–1567

SIR DURHAM's Timeline

2 Records

1494
1494
Birth of SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM in Barnard Castle, Durham, England
Barnard Castle, Durham, England
1516
Apr 1516
Age 22
Death of SIR RALPH BOWES, HIGH SHERIFF of DURHAM in Streatham Castle, Durham, England
Streatham Castle, Durham, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Barnard Castle, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1516
    Event Place: Streatham Castle, Durham, England

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