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Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London 1500 – 1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 19 Aug 1566

Death Location: London, London, England

Father: Lord Bowes

Mother: Lady Conyers

Spouse(s): Anne, (Bowes), Lady -

Children(s): Sir Bowes, Lady Bowes

In 1500, Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London entered the world in London, Middlesex, England, born to Lord Thomas Bowes and Lady Margaret Conyers. Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London married Anne, of Aveley, Essex Barrett (Bowes), Lady Elizabeth LeScrope - Lady Diana's 15th Great Grandmother -, and had children including Sir Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London Bowes, Lady Frances Martin Bowes. Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London passed away in 1566 in London, London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London entered the world in London, Middlesex, England, born to Lord Thomas Bowes and Lady Margaret Conyers.
  • Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London married Anne, of Aveley, Essex Barrett (Bowes), Lady Elizabeth LeScrope - Lady Diana's 15th Great Grandmother -, and had children including Sir Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London Bowes, Lady Frances Martin Bowes.
  • Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London passed away in 1566 in London, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Bowes
1480 – 1591
Birth Location: London, England
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Lady Conyers
1456 – 1532
Birth Location: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
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Spouses(s)

Anne, (Bowes)
1505 – 1553
Birth Location: of Aveley, Essex, England
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Lady -
1520 – 1556
Birth Location: Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Bowes
1540 – 1576
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Lady Bowes
1542 – 1567
Birth Location: Worcester, Worcestershire, England
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Sir London's Ancestors

Self
Sir London
1500 – 1566
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Lord Thomas Bowes
1480 – 1591
London, England
Lady (Margaret) Conyers
1456 – 1532
Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir London's Descendants

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Sir (Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor) London (1500 – 19 Aug 1566) m. Anne, (of Aveley, Essex Barrett) (Bowes) (1505 – 19 Oct 1553) m. Lady (Elizabeth LeScrope - Lady Diana's 15th Great Grandmother) - (1520 – 29 Dec 1556)
  1. 1. Sir (Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London) Bowes (1540 – 22 Mar 1576) m. Lady (Elizabeth) LeScrope (1530 – 29 Dec 1556)
    1. 1. 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)
  2. 2. Lady (Frances Martin) Bowes (1542 – 7 Feb 1567) m. Sir (Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of) Smarden) (1535 – Dec 1593)
    1. 1. Elizabeth James (1564 – 1614) m. Frances James\Roberts (1570 – Feb 1648)
      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)

Sir London's Timeline

5 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London in London, London, England
London, London, England
1500
1500
Birth of Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1566
19 Aug 1566
Age 66
Death of Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London in London, London, England
London, London, England
1567
7 Feb 1567
Age 67
Death of Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London in Shouldham, Norfolk, England
Shouldham, Norfolk, England
1576
22 Mar 1576
Age 76
Burial of Sir Martyn Bowes I Lord Mayor London in London London London, London, England
London London London, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: London, London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: London
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 49

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Staplehurst
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1567
    Event Place: Shouldham, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Aug 1566
    Event Place: London, London, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1576
    Event Place: London London London, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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