Simon Bowyer

Simon Bowyer (c. 1550 – 1606) was the member of the Parliament of England for Great Bedwyn for the parliament of 1572.[1]

Bowyer, a gentleman usher at the Elizabethan court, was appointed keeper of a coastal fort, St Andrew's Castle, Hamble, in 1577. He was instructed to employ a porter, a master gunner, and six soldiers or gunners.[2]

References
  1. BOWYER, Simon (c.1550-1606), of London. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. J. Collingwood & J. Trier, Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1575-1578 (London: HMSO, 1982), p. 304 no. 2239.


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