Simon Bowyer

16th-century English politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Simon Bowyer (c. 1550 – 1606) was the member of the Parliament of England for Great Bedwyn for the parliament of 1572.[1]

Bowyer, a gentleman usher at the Elizabethan court, was appointed keeper of a coastal fort, St Andrew's Castle, Hamble, in 1577. He was instructed to employ a porter, a master gunner, and six soldiers or gunners.[2]

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