Sir William Bowes

1379 - 1465  (86 years)

• Name	Sir William Bowes  [1, 2]
  Born	1379	Streatlam, Durham, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Governor of Berwick
  Occupation	Served in France for 20 years (chief chamberlain to John Plantagenêt, Duke of Bedford and regent of France)
  Occupation	Sheriff of Northumberland
  Occupation	Warden of the Middle Marches
  Occupation	1415
  	Lived a widower for the rest of his life after the death of Jane
  Occupation	17 Aug 1424
  	Knighted at the battle of Verneuil
  Property	Built Streatlam Castle after the war ended with France
  Property	Fourth descent from Sir Adam Bowes and sole surviving heir of the whole family
  Died	1465	Streatlam Castle, Durham, England
  Person ID	I8970	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert Bowes,   b. Abt 1360, Streatlam, Durham, England ,   d. 21 Mar 1421, Battle of Baugé (ar. Saumur), Maine-et-Loire, Vallées d'Anjou, France  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Joan Conyers,   b. Abt 1360, Sockburn, Durham, England ,   d. 7 Nov 1438, Streatlam, Durham, England  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1379	Streatlam, Durham, England
  Family ID	F4588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane de Greystoke,   b. 1395, Greystoke, Cumberland, England ,   d. 1415, Durham, Streatlam, England  (Age 20 years)
  Married	1414	Owesley, Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Sir William Bowes,   b. 1415, Streatlam Castle, Durham, England ,   d. 1466, Streatlam Castle, Durham, England  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles Best Norcliffe, M.A., of Langton, (The Harleian Society, Mitchell and Hughes, Printers, 140 Wardour Street, W., London, 1881), 31. [S722] Visitations of the north, early heraldic visitations and collections of pedigrees relating to the north of England, The Surtees Society, edited by Frederick Walter Dendy, D.C.L., (Andrews & Co., Durham and Bernard Quaritch, London, 1912), 82.