Sir Richard Fowler I1,2,3,4
M, b. circa 1430, d. 3 November 1477
| Father | Sir William Fowler b. c 1400, d. 6 Jul 1452 |
| Mother | Cecelia Englesfield b. c 1403, d. b 1483 |
Richard was born circa 1430 in Buckinghamshire, England, at the Manor of Foxley. Richard married Jane Danvers, daughter of Sir John Danvers and Joan Bruley, in Oxfordshire, England. He was a Member of Parliament for Oxford in 1467. He was Knighted by Edward IV in 1467 and was made him Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster between 10 June 1462 and 3 November 1477. Sir Richard was a very generous benefactor to the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, at Sutton-cum-Buckingham, and in 1470 he added the very large cross aisle, 90 ft. long, to the church. He inherited the Manor of Rycote from his parents. His manors of Rycote, Castle House, Shobendon, Water Stratford, Stokholt, Stutely, Bourton, Mourton, Foscote, and Shaller. It should be noted that he was also seized of the Manor of Stanton Berry, Newport Hundred, by special grant of Edward IV, in 1467.
There is now in the British Museum, London, Addition Charter, No.20, 321, dated June 28, 27 Henry VI (I 449), to which is attached the seal of Sir Richard Fowler, Knt, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Richard evidently took his Seal from the Rycote Arms, viz: "Argent three wolves heads, erased, gules," his father having married the heiress of Rycote and brought that estate into the Fowler family. This seal proves conclusively that the commission given by Edward IV to Sir Richard, confering upon him the Chancellorship was not an original one but the renewal of a former one issued by Henry IV. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, New Series, Vol. III, p. 345
The Genealogical & Heraldic History of
Richard was knighted by Edward IV and made chanceller of the Duchy of Lancaster. He married Jane, daughter of John Danvers Esquire of Colthrop in the county of Oxford. He was succeeded by his elder son.
Rycote Manor:
Richard Fowler the elder was the nephew of Sybil Quartermain, Richard Quartermain's wife. He lived at the North Weston manor house during the lifetime of Richard Quartermain, but on Richard's death he inherited the manor house at Rycote, to become his upon the death of Richard's widow Sybil.
Richard Quartermain died in 1477. Richard Fowler, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1473, died in 1478. His son, also Richard Fowler, came into possession of the Rycote manor house upon the death of Sybil Quartermain in 1483.
Richard Fowler the younger has been called a spendthrift, and it is known that he was compelled to sell off much of his land, including Rycote manor, which he sold to Sir John Heron in 1521.5
Richard made his will on 10 October 1477. He directs that masses shall be sung for the repose of his soul, and his father's soul, and his mother's soul for seven years; and that if mass is said by a deacon he shall have 5 marks; if by a priest 10 marks; states that his father lies buried in the chapel of St. Dunstan in Westminster Abbey; names his uncle Walter, Bishop of Norwich; Aunts Isabell Shatterbrooke and Sybell Quartermayne; brothers Walter, Henry, Thomas and William; sisters Sybell Danvers and Alice Rookes; daughter Sybell Chamberlain; He mentions his daughter Joan to marry Edward Stradling his ward when she became the age of 15. son Richard, son Edmund; mentions his manors of Rycote, Castle House, Shobendon, Water Stratford, Stokholt, Stutely, Bourton, Mourton, Foscote, and Shaller. It should be noted that he was also seized of the Manor of Stanton Berry, Newport Hundred, by special grant of Edward IV, in 1467.
. Richard departed this life on Saturday, 3 November 1477. He was buried at London, County Middlesex, England, in the chapel of St. Dunstan's in Westminister Abbey. His will was probated on 19 November 1477.
There is now in the British Museum, London, Addition Charter, No.20, 321, dated June 28, 27 Henry VI (I 449), to which is attached the seal of Sir Richard Fowler, Knt, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Richard evidently took his Seal from the Rycote Arms, viz: "Argent three wolves heads, erased, gules," his father having married the heiress of Rycote and brought that estate into the Fowler family. This seal proves conclusively that the commission given by Edward IV to Sir Richard, confering upon him the Chancellorship was not an original one but the renewal of a former one issued by Henry IV. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, New Series, Vol. III, p. 345
The Genealogical & Heraldic History of
Richard was knighted by Edward IV and made chanceller of the Duchy of Lancaster. He married Jane, daughter of John Danvers Esquire of Colthrop in the county of Oxford. He was succeeded by his elder son.
Rycote Manor:
Richard Fowler the elder was the nephew of Sybil Quartermain, Richard Quartermain's wife. He lived at the North Weston manor house during the lifetime of Richard Quartermain, but on Richard's death he inherited the manor house at Rycote, to become his upon the death of Richard's widow Sybil.
Richard Quartermain died in 1477. Richard Fowler, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1473, died in 1478. His son, also Richard Fowler, came into possession of the Rycote manor house upon the death of Sybil Quartermain in 1483.
Richard Fowler the younger has been called a spendthrift, and it is known that he was compelled to sell off much of his land, including Rycote manor, which he sold to Sir John Heron in 1521.5
Richard made his will on 10 October 1477. He directs that masses shall be sung for the repose of his soul, and his father's soul, and his mother's soul for seven years; and that if mass is said by a deacon he shall have 5 marks; if by a priest 10 marks; states that his father lies buried in the chapel of St. Dunstan in Westminster Abbey; names his uncle Walter, Bishop of Norwich; Aunts Isabell Shatterbrooke and Sybell Quartermayne; brothers Walter, Henry, Thomas and William; sisters Sybell Danvers and Alice Rookes; daughter Sybell Chamberlain; He mentions his daughter Joan to marry Edward Stradling his ward when she became the age of 15. son Richard, son Edmund; mentions his manors of Rycote, Castle House, Shobendon, Water Stratford, Stokholt, Stutely, Bourton, Mourton, Foscote, and Shaller. It should be noted that he was also seized of the Manor of Stanton Berry, Newport Hundred, by special grant of Edward IV, in 1467.
. Richard departed this life on Saturday, 3 November 1477. He was buried at London, County Middlesex, England, in the chapel of St. Dunstan's in Westminister Abbey. His will was probated on 19 November 1477.
Family | Jane Danvers b. c 1428 |
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Citations
- [S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, pages 7-8 - Richard Fowler b. probably about 1420-22. M. P. for Oxford, 1467. Knighted by Edward IV, 1467, and made his Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster. He m. Joan, daughter of Sir John Danvers of Calthorpe, Co. Oxford, and d. 3 Nov., 1477; will dated Oct. 10, 1477, proved 19 Nov., 1477, directs that masses shall be sung for the repose of his soul, and his father's soul, and his mother's soul for seven years; and that if mass is said by a deacon he shall have 5 marks; if by a priest 10 marks; states that his father lies buried in the chapel of St. Dunstan in Westminster Abbey; names his uncle Walter, Bishop of Norwich; Aunts Isabell Shatterbrooke and Sybell Quartermayne; brothers Walter, Henry, Thomas and William; sisters Sybell Danvers and Alice Rookes; daughter Sybell Chamberlain; daughter Jean to marry Edward Stradling his ward, now aged 15; son Richard, son Edmund; mentions his manors of Rycote, Castle House, Shobendon, Water Stratford, Stokholt, Stutely, Bourton, Mourton, Foscote, and Shaller. He was also seized of the Manor of Stanton Berry, Newport Hundred, by special grant of Edward IV, in 1467.
Sir Richard was a very generous benefactor to the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, at Sutton-cum-Buck- ingham, and in 1470 he added the very large cross aisle, 90 ft. long, to the church. Lipscombe's Buckinghamshire, Vol.2, pp.577-78.
There is now in the British Museum, London, Addition Charter, No.20, 321, dated June 28, 27 Henry VI (I 449), to which is attached the seal of Sir Richard Fowler, Knt, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Richard evidently took his Seal from the Rycote Arms, viz: "Argent three wolves heads, erased, gules," his father having married the heiress of Rycote and brought that estate into the Fowler family. This seal proves conclusively that the commission given by Edward IV to Sir Richard, confering upon him the Chancellorship was not an original one but the renewal of a former one issued by Henry IV. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, New Series, Vol. III, p. 345. - [S490] Thame, Oxfordshire, England Local History Research Group, Local History: Richard Quartermain
, Richard Fowler was the great nephew of Sybil Quartermain and became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1473. Whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Richard Fowler lived at the Quartermain family's ancestral home at North Weston.
As part of this process, Richard Quartermain, as the 'King's Councillor' and Richard Fowler, as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, were charged with inquiring into the value of certain royal possessions, including Windsor Castle, in 1476.
Richard and Sybil Quartermain had no surviving children and the estate at Rycote passed to Richard Fowler. - [S983] Dr. Edmund Fowler, A fragmentary history and genealogical record of some of the descendents of Henry Fowler of Eastchester, pages 9 - Sir Richard Fowler, eldest son of Sir William Fowler of Ricot, was a man of great wealth and influence. He was an ardent Yorkist and fought in the Lancastrian wars. Soon after the accession of Edward IV, he was knighted and created Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (he is sometimes styled Chancellor of the Exchequer), and received from the crown grants of the manors of Buckingham, (once the seat of Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham) of Stanton Barry and Preston Bisset. He also represented his native county in Parliament in 1467. He died Nov. 3d, 1477, leaving a will, a copy of which may be found in Vetusta Testamenta. Among other bequests he directed that the shrine of St. Rumbald, and the great south cross aisle called afterwards Fowler's aisle, in Buckingham Church, be rebuilt. In this aisle were placed the tombs of Sir Richard Fowler and, Joan his wife, with an inscription in old English text, which read as follows, viz:
" Orate pro animabus Rici Fowler armigeri quondam cancellarii, domini regis Edward IV ducatus suae Lancastra et dominae Johannae uxoris ejus quidem Ricus et Johanna hanc Insulam in hac ecclesia fieri fecerunt."
The estates of which he died seized were as follows, viz: the manors of Showendon; Water Stratford, Stockholt, Stukely, Vaux alias Fowlers, Buck, Boreton, Moreton, Foxcote, Shaleston, Preston-Bissett, .Stanton-Barry, besides lands and tenements in Chichelea Bucks. - [S506] Note: Sir Richard Fowler, eldest son of Sir William Fowler of Ricot, was a man of great wealth and influence. He was an ardent Yorkist and fought in the Lancastrian wars. Soon after the accession of Edward IV, he was knighted and created Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (he is sometimes styled Chancellor of the Exchequer), and received from the crown grants of the manors of Buckingham, (once the seat of Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham) of Stanton Barry and Preston Bisset. He also represented his native county in Parliament in 1467. He died Nov. 3d, 1477, leaving a will, a copy of which may be found in Vetusta Testamenta. Among other bequests he directed that the shrine of St. Rumbald, and the great south cross aisle called afterwards Fowler's aisle, in Buckingham Church, be rebuilt. In this aisle were placed the tombs of Sir Richard Fowler and, Joan his wife, with an inscription in old English text, which read as follows, viz:
" Orate pro animabus Rici Fowler armigeri quondam cancellarii, domini regis Edward IV ducatus suae Lancastra et dominae Johannae uxoris ejus quidem Ricus et Johanna hanc Insulam in hac ecclesia fieri fecerunt."
The estates of which he died seized were as follows, viz: the manors of Showendon; Water Stratford, Stockholt, Stukely, Vaux alias Fowlers, Buck, Boreton, Moreton, Foxcote, Shaleston, Preston-Bissett, .Stanton-Barry, besides lands and tenements in Chichelea Bucks.
Sir Richard Fowler left a son and heir born circa 1456, viz : Sir Richard (Quartermayne) Fowler, styled de Weston, named after his grand uncle Sir Richard Quartermayne, who stood godfather at his christening and married his grand aunt Sibyll de Englefield. The large estates of the Quartermaynes came to Sir Richard Q. Fowler. Sir Richard Q. Fowler married for his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Windsor, by whom he had I, George, died S. P.; II, Edward; III, Robert; IV, Thomas. By his second wife Joan, daughter of Sir John Shaa, Lord Mayor of London, 1501, he had one son, John, who was afterwards groom of the Privy Chamber to Edward VI. He engaged in businesss as a wool stapler in London, was Auditor of the Exchequer, and died A. D. 1528. Sir Richard Q. Fowler had large estates in Oxfordshire, among which were the manors of Ricot, Weston, and Sherburne Castle and Manor ; besides which he had the estates in Buckinghamshire which he inherited from his father. The village of Fowler in Oxfordshire is situated near these estates. He sold the Manor of Ricot to Sir John Heron, whose daughter and heiress his third son Robert married. This Robert Fowler was the progenitor of the Islington Fowlers, and bore the arms of his wife. [We have lost the source for this information KLM] - [S750] The Manor of Rycote - http://www.thamehistory.net/places/RycotePalace.htm