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Bowes, William (1416 - 1460)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1416 (date admitted to York as a freeman)
Death Date: 1460

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1446
    Vacated: 1460

Details of Offices

Began
Chamberlain, York 1425
Member, Corpus Christi Guild, York 1428
Sheriff, York 1431 -9 -29
MP, York 1434
Mayor, York 1443

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir William Bowes' Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir William Bowes' Minstrel Bowes, William (1416 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources