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On 28th November 1586 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bowyer of Leighthorne, Sussex and Jane Birch. He was baptised on 4th December 1586 at Church of St Stephen, North Mudham.
On 7th March 1595 [his father] Thomas Bowyer of Leighthorne, Sussex died.
In 1609 [his son] Thomas Bowyer 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 22).
In 1614 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Midhurst.
In 1621 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Bramber which seat he held until 1626.
In 1626 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex and High Sheriff of Surrey.
On 23rd July 1627 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Bowyer of Leighthorne in Sussex.
In 1629 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 42) was elected MP Bramber.
In April 1640 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Bramber.
After November 1640 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Bramber at a by-elected - the election in Nov 1640 had been declared void.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1645 [his son] James Bowyer 3rd and 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 58).
On 18th May 1650 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 63) was fined £2,033 as a delinquent.
Before 28th February 1651 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 64) died. He was buried at the Church of St Stephen, North Mudham on 28th February 1651. His son [his son] Thomas (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bowyer of Leighthorne in Sussex.
Father: Thomas Bowyer of Leighthorne, Sussex
GrandFather: John Birch
Mother: Jane Birch