The Bowles of Bromley's Family Tree

See The Bolle of Swinesheads Family Tree for the line thought to be Thomas' ancestors although it is not yet known exactly where Thomas fit into this pedigree.

The Bowles of Bromley and Chislehurst in Kent and Clerkenwell in Middlesex

Thomas Bowle b. ca. 1530 Lincolnshire, settled at Bromley, near Canterbury

1. William Bowle

title: of Bromley

Held the office of Groom of the Tents and Pavilions to Queen Elizabeth

m.(1) Joan Birch (Henry of London)

1.1 Robert Bowles of Chislehurst, Kent and New Windsor

m. Frances Baker (George of London, Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth; Anne Swayne of Hackney)

(Appointed Footman to the Queen in 1605; Succeeded to the office of Groom of the Tents and Pavilions)

1.1.1 George Bowles M.D. (of The Strand, London; Doctor of Physicke) b. 1604

(admitted to Queen’s College, Oxford in 1620 at age 16)

m. Abigail Booth (b. ca. 1618; William, merchant of London, deceased) 1639 (marriage license dated July 16, 1639) St Magnus the Martyr, London

1.1.1.1 Mary Bowles

1.1.1.2 Anne Bowles

1.1.1.3 Abigail Bowles

1.1.1.4 Elizabeth Bowles

m. Dr. John Sampson of St. Bride's

George d. 1672

1.1.1.5 George Bowles of Peckham, Surrey

George d. Apr. 4, 1672 bur. Chislehurst

1.1.2 William Bowles (Sir) b. 1605

title: of Chislehurst

Member of Regicide Grand Jury 1679 ref.

m.(1) Margaret Donne (Dr. John Donne, Dean of St. Paul's)

1.1.2.1 William Bowles, Esq. (of New Windsor, co. Berks and Clewer, co. Berks )

m. Elizabeth Modyford (bp. Jan. 27, 1675 Mincing Lane, London Sir Charles, Mary Norton)

Re-instated as Groom of the Tents and Pavilions (with brother Charles) after the Restoration

1.1.2.1.1 Charles Bowles b. 1704

(he had a large plantation in Jamaica called the Wakefield Plantation ref.)

m. Jane Clerke (b. 1702)

1.1.2.1.1.1 Oldfield Bowles (Colonel; of North Aston, Oxon.) b. 1740 (matric. Queens College, Oxford Oct. 31, 1758 at age 18)

See The Bowles of Oxfordshire

m.(1) Gertrude Bainfylde (or Bamfield) (b. 1743 Sir Richard of Poltsmore) 1763

Gertrude d. 1769

m.(2) Mary Elton (b. 1753 Sir Abraham, Bart.) bef. 1785

1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Charles Oldfield Bowles b. Aug. 30, 1785

(of North Aston)

m. Elizabeth Montagu (Mathew Lord Rokeby) Apr. 9, 1815

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Charles Bowles (Captain) b. May 6, 1816

m. Martina Grant (Dr. William)

d. June 25, 1855 at Varnoutka in the Crimea (cholera) ref.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2 Henry Oldfield Bowles b. June 7, 1818

m. Barbara Anna Warren (Pelham) 1849

1 son, 3 daughters

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.3 Edward Bowles b. Aug. 27, 182_

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.4 Jane-Lydia Bowles

m. Leopold, Baron Gronys de Frimdonstade

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.5 Laura-Gertrude-Anna Bowles

Charles Oldfield d. July 3, 1862

Elizabeth d. Apr. 12, 1875

1.1.2.1.1.1.2 Jane Bowles b. 1772 m. R. Palmer of Holme

(Jane was the subject of the famous painting Miss Bowles by Sir Joshua Reynolds)

1.1.2.1.1.1.3 Mary Bowles b. 1773 m. Sir George Armytage, Bart. of Kirklees Park, Yorks.

Dec. 6, 1791

Children: John, Mary, Henry, Francis, Edward, Henrietta

1.1.2.1.1.1.4 Anne Bowles b. 1774 m. Rt. Hon. William Sturges-Bourne, M.P.

1.1.2.1.1.1.5 Emma Bowles b. 1776 m. Rev. Ralph Henry Brandling

1.1.2.1.1.1.6 Laura Bowles b. 1780 m. Frederick Moysey

1.1.2.1.1.1.7 Lucy Bowles b. 1778 m. William Holbech of Farnborough Hall

1.1.2.1.1.1.8 Frances Bowles b. 1786 m. Edward Golding

1.1.2.1.1.1.9 Elizabeth Bowles b. 1777 m.(1) William Markham m.(2) Alexander Mure

Oldfield d. 1810

Mary d. 1816

1.1.2.1.1.2 Anne Bowles m. Robert Graham, Esq.

Jane d. Oct. 1767

Charles d. Aug. 4, 1780 Bath

William d. 1697

1.1.2.2 Charles Bowles, Esq. July 23, 1652, of Clerkenwell and New Windsor

m. Mrs. Martha Fuller of Clewer, co. Berks. May 18, 1681 St James Clerkenwell ref.

1.1.2.2.1 Fuller Bowles bp. Apr. 15, 1684 St James Clerkenwell (Vicar of Ruislip)

m. Mary Russell of Bucklersbury, London Sept. 29, 1704 Holy Trinity Minories

1.1.2.2.1.1 Norton Bowles

m. Mary Harcourt (Richard, Esq.) Jan. 12, 1731 St Martin Outwich, London 1.1.2.2.1.1.1 Elizabeth Bowles bp. Jan. 10, 1732/33 St Martin, Ruislip 1.1.2.2.1.1.2 Richard Bowles bp. Feb. 6, 1733/34 & bur. Feb. 16, 1734/35 St Martin, Ruislip

1.1.2.2.1.1.3 Ann Bowles bp. Feb. 10, 1734/35 St Martin, Ruislip

Rev'd. Fuller bur. Jan. 15, 1742/43 St Martin, Ruislip

1.1.2.2.2 Francis Bowles

1.1.2.2.3 William Bowles bp. June 20, 1682 St James, Clerkenwell

1.1.2.2.4 Charles Bowles bp. Sept. 30, 1687 St James, Clerkenwell

Charles d. 1700 Clewer, Buckinghamshire

1.1.2.3 Emma Bowles b. ca. 1650 New Windsor; m. James Spelman of Clerkenwell

1.1.2.4 Frances Bowles b. ca. 1645

m. Thomas Bispham of Gray's Inn 1663 (marriage license dated July 7, 1663) ref.

Thomas d. bef. his father-in-law (1680)

1.1.2.5 Elizabeth Bowles b. ca 1650

m. James Tempest Aug. 1671

James Tempest d. bef. his father-in-law (1680)

1.1.2.6 Cornelia Bowles b. ca. 1648 St James Clerkenwell

m. John Wright of Catherine Hill, High Guilford, Surrey Dec. 31, 1668 Middle Temple, London

1.1.2.7 Margaret Bowles m. Rev'd. Peter Scott of Windsor, Gent. May 25, 1663 St James, Clerkenwell

Margaret d. 1679

m.(2) Margaret Brace (or Bruce) 1681

William d. 1681 (two months after his marriage) bur. Nov. 28, 1681 St James Clerkenwell

1.1.3 Robert Bowles b. 1614

1.1.4 Francis Bowles of Sunbury b. 1617

(who fought for the King at Edgehill in 1642 according to his own account and later was a Captain under Cromwell per A History of Chislehurst)

Cap’t. Francis Bowles, Gent. bur. May 21, 1695 St Mary, Sunbury on Thames

1.1.5 Adriana Bowles b. 1619

1.1.6 Mary Bowles

1.1.7 Anne Bowles (could be the one who m. William Barker April 9, 1674 Jamaica)

1.1.8 Elizabeth Bowles (could be the one who m. Thomas Vaughan June 5, 1673 Jamaica) (both references ref.)

1.2 William Bowles (resided in London) (not mentioned in father's will so possibly d. bef. Jan. 31, 1608)

(probably the William son of William Boles bur. Aug. 31, 1603 St James Clerkenwell or the William son of Mr William Boles bur. Aug. 12, 1581 St James Clerkenwell)

1.3 Anne (or Emma) Bowles

m. John Cornelius (pre-deceased her father, per his Will) April 5, 1591 (Boyd’s Inhabitants of London)

Children: Sarah b. ca. 1596, Samuel b. ca. 1599, Benjamin b. ca. 1601

Emm d. Aug. 10, 1601 bur. St Mary Colechurch (Boyd’s Inhabitants of London)

Joan bur. Dec. 7, 1601 St James Clerkenwell

m.(2) Amy (Anne) Flurry (the names Anne and Amy for his wife are both used in William’s Will; Amie in NA Q/HAL/276 15 May 1595)

William d. 1609 (Will dated Jan. 31, 1608; proved Oct. 19, 1609) ref

Amy d. by 1620 (Will dated May 25, 1612; proved June 10, 1620; refers to her kinsman William Bowle of London, grocer; that would be her nephew Zachary’s son) ref

(his will left considerable properties at Bromley (his seat), Wapping, Peckham, Limehouse and Southwark)

2. Alice Bowles

m.(1) Thomas Tylliard Dec. 26, 1563 Brasted

m.(2) Ward

Alice bur. Mar. 29, 1598 Brasted

3. Margaret Bowles

m. Rolfe (deceased by 1609)

4. John Bowles of Brasted, yeoman

m. Alis Ward Apr. 23, 1564

4.1 Zachary Bowles b. 1574 (one of these is wrong?), weaver ref.

m.(1) ?

m.(2) Elizabeth Cox 1578 (one of these is wrong?)

4.1.1 William Bowles b. 1578; d. 1578

4.1.2 William b. July 1, 1582 (grocer in London 1612)

4.1.3 Thomas d. 1599 no male issue

4.1.4 Jane bp. Sept. 15, 1583

Zachary d. 1599

Elizabeth d. 1600

4.2 Thomas Bowles b. 1576 d. 1599

4.3 William Bowles b. 1582 (died young)

4.4 Joan Bowles b. 1583 (died young)

4.5 Margaret, Alice and three other children died in infancy

(four children of John Bowles of Brasted were buried within two months of each other, 1574-75; ref: NA P42/1/1: Brasted Parish Records)

To place in this line:

A Cornelius Lawrence m. Anne who is mentioned as a kinsman in William Bowles will in 1680.

(Dr Cornelius Lawrence was married to William’s wife’s sister, Elizabeth Donne in 1637)

Mr. William Boles

William Boles bur. Aug. 12, 1581 St James Clerkenwell

Thomas Bolles, Gent. m. Miss Mary Hayes (Marie Hines) Jan. 4, 1591/92 (recorded in two registers)

John Bowles Esq., from Mr Ha…. in St James Clerkenwell bur. May 5, 1666 St Andrew, Holborn

John Bowles from Clerkenwell m. Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bowles bp. Nov. 18, 1804 St Andrew, Holborn, London