Cuckfield Sussex
Detail: Monument with brass figures & coat of arms
"Henry Bowyer esqyuer had to wyfe Elizabeth Vaux daughter and heyr of Thomas Vaux of Katerum, Comptroller to King Henry Eight ; by whom he had three sonnes & two daughters"
www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/xM5tt0d94n
Henry still stands in armour on his gravestone nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/737N543B7p though his inscription has gone and the stone has been commandeered by his grandson Thomas Hendley ===
The inscription gives his childrens' names
" Henry Bowyer had to wife Elizabeth Vaux, daughter and heir of Thomas Vaux of Katrum (Caterham ) Clerk and Controller to Henry the 8th, by whom he had three sons, Thomas, Francis, and Henry, and two daughters, Anne and Marie."
Henry was the 3rd of 8 sons of John Bowyer, yeoman of Hartfield, Sussex, who was probably the successful ironmaster of that name
Henry also made his fortune in the Wealden iron industry. He owned a forge and several furnaces, managed others for Queen Elizabeth
The leasehold tenant of Lord Bergavenny’s Bentley Park since 1565, he acquired considerable property in Cuckfield
including a 4th part bought from Henry 4th Earl of Derby in 1575 —where he & his wife dismantled the medieval manor hall near the church to build a new Manor house, now Cuckfield Park (then known as Cuckfield Place). Their initials and the date 1574 can still be seen on the stone chimney piece in the dining room. However he, had not been a social success in the neighbourhood; many Cuckfield families had combined against him in his feud with the vicar Edmund Curteys, brother of the bishop of Chichester.
He also owned property in Crawley, some in joint ownership with his son Henry.
He m Elizabeth 1557 - 1601 daughter & heiress of Thomas Vaux of Caterham, Surrey. clerk comptroller of Henry VIII’s household
Children
1. ) died young
2.)
3. Sir Henry dsp 1606 MP for Bramber === m. Dorothy daughter of George Goring 1594 of Ovingdean by Mary co-heiress of William Everard & widow of Richard Bellingham : (Dorothy's sister Mary was the 2nd wife of John Jeffrey c1524-1578 of Chiddingly flic.kr/p/KhL4y2 )
1. Anne b 1557 m 1577 Thomas Hendley of Courshorne son of Walter Hendley 1577 & Frances daughter of Sir James Hales , Baron of the exchequer (parents of Thomas Hendley 1655 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tF4e1m6R4j heir to his childless uncle Sir Henry === )
2. died young
On the death of Henry in 1589, son Henry inherited most of the family wealth and with it his father’s stocks of timber, coal and iron. In his will he left £100 for the relief of certain godly poor ministers, £20 for the poor of Cuckfield, and small bequests to household servants and friends. Among the relatives who benefited were his uncle Mr. Vaux, his ‘kind and loving’ sister-in-law, now a widow, Mistress Anne Goring and her children, the youngest of whom ‘little Tom Goring’, was to have £10 for ‘all his pretty jests wherewith he did often recreate my mind’. He appointed his wife, Dorothy as executrix, leaving her for life the mansion house in Cuckfield, with remainder to his nephew and heir Sir Thomas Hendley of Cranbrook, Kent.( d 1657 m Elizabeth daughter of John Wilford and Elizabeth Cordell) His property in Worth, near Crawley, Sussex, was to go to his cousin William Bowyer.
His widow Dorothy Goring m2 (2nd wife) John Shurley of Isfield 1568-1631 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s71rSm6N6D son of Thomas Shirley & Ann daughter of Sir Nicholas Pelham & Ann Sackville at Lewes flic.kr/p/2evwrP - John was the widower of Jane daughter of Thomas Shirley of Wiston flic.kr/p/297aNq . John who in his will asked to be buried ‘without pomp and glory’ among his ancestors in the chancel of Isfield church. He had already, in December 1625 and April 1631, settled the major part of his lands. His ‘dearly beloved wife’ (Dorothy) was appointed sole executrix. . His funeral may have been low key, but his monument where he lies with his 2 wives, certainly was not !! ! www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/BHHzJ2ma44
=== nephew Thomas Hendley flic.kr/p/dfpUer was succeeded by his son Walter Hendley, Bart., flic.kr/p/dfpUgR who married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Springett, of Broyle Place, in Ringmer, Knt., by whom he left one daughter and heiress, Mary, who m1 Sir William More of Loseley, co. Surrey; m2 William Clark of the Inner Temple who sold the manor to Charles Sergison www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/poz1118ki1 in 1691
- Church of the Holy Trinity , Cuckfield Sussex
www.cuckfieldconnections.org.uk/post/1606-henry-bowyer-bu...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...
Cuckfield Sussex
Detail: Monument with brass figures & coat of arms
"Henry Bowyer esqyuer had to wyfe Elizabeth Vaux daughter and heyr of Thomas Vaux of Katerum, Comptroller to King Henry Eight ; by whom he had three sonnes & two daughters"
www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/xM5tt0d94n
Henry still stands in armour on his gravestone nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/737N543B7p though his inscription has gone and the stone has been commandeered by his grandson Thomas Hendley ===
The inscription gives his childrens' names
" Henry Bowyer had to wife Elizabeth Vaux, daughter and heir of Thomas Vaux of Katrum (Caterham ) Clerk and Controller to Henry the 8th, by whom he had three sons, Thomas, Francis, and Henry, and two daughters, Anne and Marie."
Henry was the 3rd of 8 sons of John Bowyer, yeoman of Hartfield, Sussex, who was probably the successful ironmaster of that name
Henry also made his fortune in the Wealden iron industry. He owned a forge and several furnaces, managed others for Queen Elizabeth
The leasehold tenant of Lord Bergavenny’s Bentley Park since 1565, he acquired considerable property in Cuckfield
including a 4th part bought from Henry 4th Earl of Derby in 1575 —where he & his wife dismantled the medieval manor hall near the church to build a new Manor house, now Cuckfield Park (then known as Cuckfield Place). Their initials and the date 1574 can still be seen on the stone chimney piece in the dining room. However he, had not been a social success in the neighbourhood; many Cuckfield families had combined against him in his feud with the vicar Edmund Curteys, brother of the bishop of Chichester.
He also owned property in Crawley, some in joint ownership with his son Henry.
He m Elizabeth 1557 - 1601 daughter & heiress of Thomas Vaux of Caterham, Surrey. clerk comptroller of Henry VIII’s household
Children
1. ) died young
2.)
3. Sir Henry dsp 1606 MP for Bramber === m. Dorothy daughter of George Goring 1594 of Ovingdean by Mary co-heiress of William Everard & widow of Richard Bellingham : (Dorothy's sister Mary was the 2nd wife of John Jeffrey c1524-1578 of Chiddingly flic.kr/p/KhL4y2 )
1. Anne b 1557 m 1577 Thomas Hendley of Courshorne son of Walter Hendley 1577 & Frances daughter of Sir James Hales , Baron of the exchequer (parents of Thomas Hendley 1655 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tF4e1m6R4j heir to his childless uncle Sir Henry === )
2. died young
On the death of Henry in 1589, son Henry inherited most of the family wealth and with it his father’s stocks of timber, coal and iron. In his will he left £100 for the relief of certain godly poor ministers, £20 for the poor of Cuckfield, and small bequests to household servants and friends. Among the relatives who benefited were his uncle Mr. Vaux, his ‘kind and loving’ sister-in-law, now a widow, Mistress Anne Goring and her children, the youngest of whom ‘little Tom Goring’, was to have £10 for ‘all his pretty jests wherewith he did often recreate my mind’. He appointed his wife, Dorothy as executrix, leaving her for life the mansion house in Cuckfield, with remainder to his nephew and heir Sir Thomas Hendley of Cranbrook, Kent.( d 1657 m Elizabeth daughter of John Wilford and Elizabeth Cordell) His property in Worth, near Crawley, Sussex, was to go to his cousin William Bowyer.
His widow Dorothy Goring m2 (2nd wife) John Shurley of Isfield 1568-1631 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s71rSm6N6D son of Thomas Shirley & Ann daughter of Sir Nicholas Pelham & Ann Sackville at Lewes flic.kr/p/2evwrP - John was the widower of Jane daughter of Thomas Shirley of Wiston flic.kr/p/297aNq . John who in his will asked to be buried ‘without pomp and glory’ among his ancestors in the chancel of Isfield church. He had already, in December 1625 and April 1631, settled the major part of his lands. His ‘dearly beloved wife’ (Dorothy) was appointed sole executrix. . His funeral may have been low key, but his monument where he lies with his 2 wives, certainly was not !! ! www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/BHHzJ2ma44
=== nephew Thomas Hendley flic.kr/p/dfpUer was succeeded by his son Walter Hendley, Bart., flic.kr/p/dfpUgR who married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Springett, of Broyle Place, in Ringmer, Knt., by whom he left one daughter and heiress, Mary, who m1 Sir William More of Loseley, co. Surrey; m2 William Clark of the Inner Temple who sold the manor to Charles Sergison www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/poz1118ki1 in 1691
- Church of the Holy Trinity , Cuckfield Sussex
www.cuckfieldconnections.org.uk/post/1606-henry-bowyer-bu...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...