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Families covered: Bowyer of Knipersley (Knypersley)
| William Bowyer of Knipersley (d 1540-1) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Brereton (dau of Andrew Brereton of Brereton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Bowyer of Knipersley and Sidway | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div) Margery Egerton (dau of William Egerton of Walgrange) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Bucknall (dau of John Bucknall or Bucknell of Sidway) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Bowyer of Knipersley (d 07.12.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Heywood (d 08.04.1603, dau of William Heywood of Stonilow) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Bowyer of Knipersley (b 1557, d 1605-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Yelverton (dau of Sir Christopher Yelverton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Bowyer of Knipersley (b 1588, a 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hester Skeffington (d 16547, dau of Sir William Skeffington of Fisherwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Bowyer, Sheriff of Staffordshire, 1st Bart of Knipersley (bpt 21.09.1623, bur 18.07.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Milward (dau of Robert Milward of Bradley Ash) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Bart of Knipersley, Sheriff of Staffordshire (b 25.04.1653, bur 18.07.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1672) Jane Murray (b 1642, d 19.10.1727, dau of Henry Murray) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Bowyer, 3rd Bart of Knipersley (b 1682-3, d unm 10.05.1701) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir William Bowyer, 4th Bart of Knipersley (b 23.07.1654, bur 17.02.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1672) Anne Dale (dau of George Dale of Flagg by Millicent, dau of Robert Dakeyne of Priestcliff) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Bowyer (b c1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.04.1702) Charles Adderley of Hams Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jane Bowyer (bpt 31.10.1676, d 17.10.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.06.1702) Leftwich Oldfield of Leftwich | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Bowyer (bpt 15.12.1687, dsp 26.07.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John Bellot, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Rowland Port of Ilam | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Dorothy Bowyer (b 29.10.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.04.1719) Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart (d 1746) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - John (dvp unm 1693), 4 sons (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 13.01.1659), Robert (b 31.03.1662), Dorothy (b 15.07.1657), Hester (b 16.11.1651/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (11.09.1665, sp) Elizabeth (or Anne) Egerton (dau of Sir Ralph Egerton of Betley, sister of Randle) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Bowyer (dsp, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jolley (dau of William Jolley of Leeke) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Francis Trentham of Rocester | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Bowyer (son of George, brother of Sir John) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Hesther Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matthew Worick of Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Mary Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Whitgreve of Burton | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Catherine Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Young of Chames | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Anne Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Eardley of Eardley | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - John (b 1613, d infant), Richard (b 1615, dsp), Christopher (b 1618, dsp 1637), Thomas of Whitley Court (b 1630) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Bowyer (a 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (widow of John Lawton of Lawton) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward Bowyer (7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cholmondeley (dau of _ Cholmondeley of Coppenhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - William, Francis, George, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bowyer of Broadheath | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Hannah Bowyer (b c1600, d 20.09.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1616) William Glegg of Geyton | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Elizabeth Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cliff of Bidnall | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue (dsp) - Christopher, James, George, Richard | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Bowyer (b 1568, d 1623, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Burste (d 1655, dau of John Burste) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Richard, Francis, Thomas, John, William, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Bowyer (b 1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Grosvenor (dau of _ Grosvenor of Bellaport) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bowyer (dau of Sir William Bowyer) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - John of the Grange (a 1663), William (d 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Richard Bowyer (b 1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Launder | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Bowyer | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Ellen Bowyer possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bentley of Ashes | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - William (b 1559, d young), Francis (b 153, dsp), William (b 1579) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Thomas in London, John of Sidway, George in London (dsp), Andrew of Stonilow | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Bowyer of Coventre (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Anthony Bowyer of Coventre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Fitch (dau of _ Fitch of Avseley) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Anne Bowyer probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wedgwood of Blackwood and Haracles (d by 1556) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Bowyer probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Berington of Bradwall | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Maud Bowyer probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Edge of Horton (a 1530) | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - William, Andrew, Keele | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (H. Sydney Grazebrook 1885, Staffordshire, 1614+1663-4, Bowyer of Knipersley), King's Staffordshire Pedigrees (1912, Bowyer) with some suport from TCB (vol iii, Bowyer of Knipersley), BEB1841 (Bowyer of Knipersley)
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