William Bowyer (MP)

Sir William Bowyer (c. 1588 – 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1641.

Bowyer was the son of Sir John Bowyer of Knipersley Staffordshire.^[1] He became wealthy from coal and iron mines at Biddulph and Tunstall.^[2]

Bowyer was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire in 1614 and was re-elected for the seat in 1621, 1624 and 1626. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Staffordshire in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament but died at the beginning of 1641.^[3]

Bowyer married Hester Skeffington, daughter of Sir William Skeffington of Fisherwick, Staffordshire. Their son John became an MP and baronet.^[4]

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Edward Littleton Robert Stamford	Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1614–1626 With: Sir Edward Littleton 1614–1620 Thomas Crompton 1621–1622 Sir Edward Littleton 1624 Simon Weston 1626	Succeeded by Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Crompton
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1640–1641 With: Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet	Succeeded by Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet

[1] John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies

[2] Penkridge Parliamentary History

[3] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

[4] Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690

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