Thomas Bowyer

Thomas is said to have been of Shepton-Beauchamp, Somerset.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Place of Burial: Shepton-Beauchamp, Somerset, England.

The place is given by Manning (3:409).

Relationships

Father: William Bowyer.

Mother: Joan.

These parents are given by the 1623 Visitation of Surrey (Bannerman p. 31, citing Harl. 1561, fos. 29b and 30).

Spouse: Joan Lambert (died 1539).

This relationship is given by the 1623 Visitation of Surrey (Bannerman p. 31, citing Harl. 1561, fos. 29b and 30). Collectanea gives the surname Lambert to Thomas’s mother instead of his wife, but seems to be basing this on the same Visitation which was edited by Bannerman.

Children:

John Bowyer married Joan Brabant.

Commentary

The information about relationships on this page seems all ultimately to derive from information given in a Visitation of Surrey in 1623 by Sir Edmond Bowyer, the great-grandson of Thomas Bowyer. It is not clear what degree of confidence we should have in its accuracy.

References

Bannerman, William Bruce (ed.) The Visitations of the County of Surrey made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolt, 1572 by Robert Cooke and 1623 by Samuel Thompson and Augustin Vincent (London: [Harleian Society], 1899).

“Extracts from the Parish Registers of Camberwell, Surrey” in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, Volume 3 pages 142 - 168.

Manning, Owen, and William Bray. The history and antiquities of the county of Surrey: compiled from the best and most authentic historians, valuable records, and manuscripts in the public offices and libraries, and in private hands; with a facsimile copy of Domesday, engraved on thirteen plates. (London: J. Nichols, 1804-1814).