'Bowes1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Bowes of Aske, Bowes of Biddick, Bowes of Bradley, Bowes of Streatlam

                               
William Bowes
1. John Bowes
  A. John Bowes
  i. Henry Bowes
  a. Stephen Bowes
  (1) Stephen Bowes (probably a c1310)
  (A) Adam Bowes of Streatlam
  m. Alice Trayne (dau of Sir John Trayne or Trayner of Streatlam by a sister of Bernard Baliol of Bernard Castle)
(i) Robert Bowes of Streatlam
  m(2). Elizabeth Leyburne (dau of John Leyburne or Lilburne)
  (a) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam
  m. Maud de Dalden (dau of Jordan de Dalden)
  ((1)) Sir Robert Bowes of Streatlam (d c1421)
  m. Jane Conyers (d 07.11.1438, dau of Roger Coigniers or Conyers of Sockburne)
  ((A)) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam
Visitation identifies Sir William's wife as Jane Dacre, daughter of Ralph Dacre, Baron of Greystoke. However, no Dacre became a Baron of Greystoke until the death in 1516 of Elizabeth, Baroness Greystoke, who had married Sir Thomas Dacre, Lord of Gillesland. BLG1843 identifies her as ...
  m. Jane Greystoke (dau of Ralph, Lord Greystock)
  ((i)) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam, Sheriff of Northumberland
  m. Maud FitzHugh (dau of William, Lord FitzHugh)
  ((a)) William Bowes (dsp 1474)
  m. _ Clifton (niece of Lawrence Booth, Bishop of Durham)
  ((b)) Ralph Bowes of Streatlam (b 01.09.1468, d 03.07.1482, 4th son) - continued below
m. Margaret Conyers (b c1468, d 12.08.1532, dau of Richard Coigniers or Conyers of Cowton)
  ((c)) Henry Bowes
  m1. Tabba Sadler
  m. ?? (widow of _ Clervaulx of Croft)
  ((d)) Margery Bowes (d before 04.06.1503)
  m. Sir William Hilton (b by 1451, d before 31.05.1506)
  ((e)) Elizabeth or Joan Bowes
m. Sir Ralph Bulmer of Wilton (b by 1452, d 23.06.1486)
  ((f)) Catherine Bowes
  m. Sir Richard Conyers (b c1461)
  ((g)) Isabella Bowes
  m. John Swinnow (Swennowe) of Roke
  ((h)) Anne Bowes
  m. Ralph Wicliffe of Wicliffe
  ((i))+ other issue (dsp) - Robert, Thomas
  ((B)) John Bowes possibly of this generation
  m. Anne
  ((2)) Thomas Bowes
  m. ?? (widow of _ Clervaulx of Croft)
  ((A)) George Bowes (dsp)
  ((3))+ other issue (dsp) - Roger, William, Adam, Ralph, John
  (b) Thomas Bowes (dsp)

 

 

Ralph Bowes of Streatlam (b 01.09.1468, d 03.07.1482) - continued above
m. Margaret or Margery Conyers (b c1468, d 12.08.1532, dau of Richard Coigniers or Conyers of Cowton)
1. Ralph Bowes of Streatlam (d 1516, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Clifford (dau of Henry, Lord Clifford)
A. George Bowes of Streatlam and Dalden
  m. Muriel Evers or Eure (dau of William, Lord Evers or Eure)
  i. Ralph Bowes
  ii. Elizabeth Bowes
  m. John Blakiston of Blakiston (b c1535, d 1587)
  iii. Dorothy Bowes
  m. Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslinton
  iv. Anna Bowes
  m. Robert Bowes of Aske @@ below
  B. Margery Bowes
  m. Sir Ralph Eure (b 24.09.1508, dvp Halidon Hill 06.03.1544/5)
C. Agnes Bowes (d unm)
2. Robert Bowes (Master of the Rolls)
  m. Alice Medcalfe (dau of Sir James Medcalfe or Metcalfe)
  A.+ 4 sons (dsp)
3. Richard Bowes of Aske (a 1550)
  m. Elizabeth Aske (dau of Roger Aske of Aske)
  A. Sir George Bowes of Streatlam (Knight Marshall, 3rd son)
  m1. Dorothy Mallory (dau of Sir William Mallory of Studley)
  i. William Bowes 'of Streatlam' of Bradley Hall (a 1575, d 1613)
  m1. Mary Scrope (dau of Henry Scrope, Lord of Bolton)
  a. Catharine or Mary Bowes
  m. Sir William Eure of Bradley
m2. (sp) Isabel Wray (dau of Sir Christopher Wray, cheif justice)
  ii. Robert Bowes (d 1610)
  iii. George Bowes of Biddick
  m. Magdalen Bray (dau of Sir Edward Bray)
  a. George Bowes of Biddick, later of Bradley Hall (d 1643)
  m. Mary Delaval (dau of Sir Ralph Delaval of Seaton Delaval)
  (1) Ralph Bowes of Bradley Hall (d 1681)
  m. (29.01.1649) Margaret Cradock (dau of Sir Joseph Cradock)
  (A) George Bowes of Bradley Hall (d 1729)
  m. Sarah Baker
  (i) Thomas Bowes of Bradley Hall (b 1687, d 1752)
  m. (1718) Elizabeth Pickering (dau of John Pickering of Hedley Hall)
  (a) Ralph Blakiston Bowes of Bradley Hall (d 1767)
  m. (05.02.1756) Ann Clement (dau of Ralph Clement)
  ((1)) Thomas Bowes of Bradley Hall (b 06.1758, a 1843)
((2)) Jane Bowes
  m. James Smithson
  (b) George Bowes of New Hall (dsp 1757)
  (c) Sarah Bowes
  m. William Nugent (Captain)
  (d) Jane Bowes
  m. Jacob Grieve
  (2) Anne Bowes probably of this generation
  m. Sir Francis Blakiston, 3rd Bart of Gibside (d 08.10.1713)
b. Robert Bowes of Biddick had issue
  m. (1620) Joan Hatton (dau of Robert Hatton, prebendary of Durham)
  (1) Catherine Bowes probably of this generation
  m. Christopher Hutton of Newcastle-on-Tyne (d 1682)
  c. Frances Bowes
  m. John Lumley of Axwell Houses
  d.+ other issue - William, Ralph of Newcastle, Toby of The Waterside, Bray, 5 daughters
  iv. Henry Bowes
  m. _ Carnaby
  v. Elizabeth Bowes
  m1. Thomas Preston of Holker
  m2. Sir Christopher Wandesforde of Kirklington (d 11.07.1591)
vi. Agnes Bowes
  m. John Coigniers or Conyers of Sockburne
  m2. Jane Talbot (dau of Sir John Talbot of Grafton)
  vii. Francis Bowes (dsp)
  m. Joan Headlam (dau of _ Headlam of Nunthorpe)
  viii. Sir Talbot Bowes of Streatlam Castle (dsp 1637-8)
  m. Agnes Warcop (dau of Thomas Warcop of Snaredell)
  ix. Richard Bowes
  x. Thomas Bowes of Streatlam (Stretlam) Castle (d c1628)
  m. Ann Warcop (dau of Thomas Warcop of Tanfield)
a. Thomas Bowes of Streatlam (Stretlam) Castle (b 1607, d 07.09.1660)
  m. Anne Maxton (dau of Anthony Maxton or Morton, prebendary of Durham)
  (1) Sir William Bowes of Streatlam Castle (d 1706)
  m. (1693) Elizabeth Blakiston (dau of Sir Francis Blakiston, Bart of Gibside)
  (A) George Bowes of Streatlam Castle and Gibside (b c1701, d 17.09.1760)
  m1. (01.10.1724) Eleanor Verney (b 1710, dsp 14.12.1724, dau of Thomas Verney)
  m2. Mary Gilbert (dau of Edward Gilbert of Paul's Walden)
  (i) Mary Eleanor Bowes (b 24.02.1749, d 28.04.1800)
m1. (24.02.1767) John Lyon, later Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (b 17.07.1737, d 07.03.1776)
  m2. (17.01.1777, div 1789) Andrew Robinson Stoney, later Bowes of Coldpig Hill
  (B) Anne Bowes
  m. (11.06.1713) Edward Chaloner of Guisborough (b 1693, bur 08.10.1737)
  (C) Margaret Bowes
  m. Thomas Liddell of Newton Hall
  (D)+ other issue (d unm) - Elizabeth, Jane
  (2) George Bowes (youngest son) probably the George who married ...
  m. Mary Salvin (dau of Anthony Salvin of Sunderland Bridge)
  (3) Maxton (or Morton) Bowes (bpt 19.06.1651, bur 15.05.1717) who apparently married ...
  m. (13.09.1668) Sir William Dawson of Azerley (bur 22.01.1718)
  (4)+ issue - Talbot (d infant), Thomas (b c1654, a 1666), Anthony (d young), John, Anne, Jane, Dorothy
  b. Elizabeth Bowes
  m1. Philip Hutton (son of Sir Timothy of Marske)
  m2. Thomas Tuttle (rector of Romaldkirk)
c.+ other issue - Talbot (d unm), William (d unm, captain), Ann (d young)
  xi. John Bowes
  m. Elizabeth Dayvill (dau of Christopher Dayvill of Yorks)
  a.+ issue - Elizabeth, Jane
  xii. Jane Bowes
  m. _ Clopton
  xiii. Elizabeth Bowes (d 1625)
  m. (03.1592) Timothy Hutton of Marske (b 1569, bur 06.04.1629, son of Matthew, Archbishop of York)
xiv. Anne Bowes (bur 03.07.1608)
  m1. Thomas Hilton of Alston, younger of Hilton (dvp 27.02.1597/8)
  m2. Sir John Delaval of Dissington (d 12.08.1652)
  B. Robert Bowes 'of Aske' (b c1535, d 1597, ambassador to Scotland, 5th son)
  m1. Anna Bowes (dau of George Bowes of Streatlam) @@ above
  i. Ralph Bowes of Barnes (a 1615)
  m. Joan Headlam (dau of William Headlam of Nunthorpe)
  a.+ issue - William (b c1689, a 1615), Ralph, Robert, Toby, Francis, Richard, George, Thomas, Eleanor, Joan, Alice
  m2. (1566) Elenor Musgrave (b c1546, dsp 25.07.1623, dau of Sir Richard Musgrave)
  C. Bridget Bowes
  m. Thomas Hussey
  D. Ann Bowes
  m. Marmaduke Vincent
  E. Muriel Bowes
  m. John Jackson
  F. Elizabeth Bowes
  m. George Baynbrigg
  G.+ other issue (dsp) - Ralph, Francis, Christopher
4.+ other issue (dsp) - John, Margery

Main source(s): Visitation (Durham, 1575+1615+1666, Bowes of Streatlam), BLG1843 (Bowes of Bradley)
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