Robert Bowyer (died 1551 or 1552)

Robert Bowyer (by 1502 – 1551 or 1552), of Chichester, Sussex, was an English politician. He served as Mayor of Chichester and Member of Parliament.

Robert Bowyer was the second son of William Bowyer, bailiff of Petworth in Sussex, a property of the powerful Percy earls of Northumberland.^[1]

Bowyer was a Member of Parliament for Chichester in 1529 and 1547. He may have served additional terms, but the records for the period are incomplete.^[1][2] He served multiple times as Mayor of Chichester, in 1527–8, 1532–3, 1541–2, 1546–7, and possibly again in 1551.^[1][3]

Bowyer and his wife Margaret had six sons and five daughters. Their son William became Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London and was an MP for Westminster. Their son Robert followed his father as MP for Chichester.^[1]

References

1. "BOWYER, Robert I (by 1502-51/52), of Chichester, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
2. "The City of Chichester: Parliamentary history". British History Online.
3. Hay, Alexander (1804). The History of Chichester: Interpersed with Various Notes and Observations on the Early and Present State of the City, the Most Remarkable Places in Its Vicinity, and the County Sussex in General, with an Appendix, Containing the Charters of the City at Three Different Times; Also an Account of All the Parishes in the County ... J. Seagrave. p. 569. Retrieved 22 February 2017.