Sir Richard Quartermayne Fowler II1,2,3,4

M, b. circa 1458, d. before 13 November 1528
     Richard Quartermayne was born circa 1458. He was named after his grand uncle and godfather Richard Quartermayne.5 He was the son of Sir Richard Fowler I and Jane Danvers. Richard married Elizabeth Windsor, daughter of Lord Thomas Windsor and Elizabeth Andrews, before 19 August 1479 in Stanwell, County Middlesex, England, at Church of Our Lady. Her father's will states that she is married by this date.6 Richard married 2nd Juliana Shaa in England.7 His grandmother, Cecelia, and his great aunt Sybell Quartermayne had both inherited the manor of Rycote. At Cecelia death, the manor went solery to Sybell. When Sybell died, in 1483, she left the manor to her great nephew, Richard. He was called "the Foolish" because he waisted the estates he inherited from his father. In 1520, he was granted arms by Henry VIII. Up to that time, the Fowler family had been using the Barton arms, those of his grandmother's who was the Barton heiress.8 Richard made his will on 10 January 1528.

Testament of Richard Fowler knight, son and heir of Richard Fowler late Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 10th Jan 19 Hen VIII Soul to God, St. Mary and all the Holy Angels and Saints; body to be buried in such holy place as God provides; three trentals of masses to be said for in ""in suche holy places wher as most pardon ys as in the Churche of the Savoye and in the Kynges Chapell at Westminster and at Scala celi and at our Ladye Pue "" if he should die in London. The chief chantry priest of Rycote to have 20 s. sterling to keep two tapers burning on high alter of chaptel at Great Tycote on holy days for ever; also a taper in north and east sides of chapel, and to keep the rood light there on holy days and a taper before Our Lady there at the choir door. To daughter Bridget wife of Robert Huggan gent. his best featherbed with the bolster, a pair of ""Fustyans"" belonging to it, a pair of sheets of the best and largest, a ""Counterpoynt"", a tester and ""selar"" of ""verders wrowght in byrdes owles and Conyes"" and 3 curtains of red sarsenet to the same ""wyth all auter Clothes Curteyns and hangynges of the auter of my Chapell belongyng unto my grette Chamber at Rycote and a table of the Image of oure layde"". Also 6 carpet cushions and two pieces of ""verders"" to cover coffers or benches; a great carpet to cover a table; a ""sperver"" of lawn; 2 lawn sheets; a fine coverpayne of diaper; a long table cloth of diaper, a double towel of diaper, a fine single towel of diaper, half a dozen fine diaper napkins. To son George Fowler a black gown of black clothe furred with black coney; a doublet of tawny satin. To second son Edward the fur of ""Foynes"" now in black velvet gown, the hangings of ""verdors"" in the hall; second best featherbed with the bolster that goes with it, a pair of ""Fustyans"", the second best pair of sheets, a tester and ""selar"" of ""Imagery"" and a counterpain to the same, a hanging of red and blue painted with letters and all manner of stuff belonging to the chamber over the parlour and the stuff which belongs to the chapel of the same chamber; To son Anthony all his harness in London now in the keeping of Nicholas Loweth, armourer, with his pole axe, but excepting the head piece of the same harness; his third best featherbed with the bolster in his chamber called the king's chamber, a pair of ""Fustyans""; the third best pair of sheets; a ""sperver"" of silk, a counterpain, and all manner of hangings belonging to the same chamber, a gown of London Russett furred with ""Foynes"" with all other his apparrell ""in generall as thowghe ytt were expressed by name"" except other legacies and another fur of ""Foynes"" at present detached from any gown, which is to go to son John Fowler.

To servant John Duffyld 20s. a year fur life out of lands, and cancellation of debt of 33s. 4d. for wood bought in Sherborne To servant Owen 13s.4d. a year for life charged on lands. To servant Thomas Copelond 10s. besides his wages. To servant Robert Taverner 10s. besides his wages. To servant William Lyell any money lent him. To servant William Harres two steers or two heifers or 20s. To servant Thomas Hynton two steers or 20s. To servant Richard Benson 6s. 8d., besides his wages. To servant ""dum Robyn"" 6s. 8d. for clothes. To ""Dycke of my ke chyne"" 6s. 8d. for clothes, to be spent at discretion of testator's son Edward To nurse 5s. in sterling besides her wages. To Thomas Greynger 10s. to pray for him. To Richard Baseden and his wife in recompence for ""the occupyeng of ii Fetherbeddes of the seyd Rychard wherof one was delyvered ageyn unto the seyd Rychard a iiij yeres passed, my Fetherbed in my Chamber at London with the ii pyllows and bolster therunto belongyng and a Counterpoynt. Md. the hangynges of boothe my seyd Chambers in London and the Sperver of my Bedd ther and also the other bedd that Remayneth in my Custodye to be delyvered unto the seyd Rychard"". Richard Baseden to have his bills for fish paid. If son Christopher or Anthony or daughter Elizabeth die, then daughter Bridget to have 5 marks above the 5 marks already willed to her. Residue to exors. Robert Huggan and Christopher Westcott esquires. The former to have £5 13s 4d. if Dr. Alen ""geve exibityon and Fyndyng unto my sone Christopher as he hathe promysed me"" Reciting that William Blount knight, Lord Mountjoy, Andrew Wyndesore knight, Thomas Englefeld one of the king's justices of the Common Pleas at Westminster, Thomas Brudenell, Robert Huggan', Thomas Audeley and Christopher Westcott, esquires, recovered on 16 Nov 19 Henry VIII. [1527] ... the manor of Stranbrygge and the manor of Tyllesworth in Bedfordshire agst Edward Chamberleyn knight and John Chamberleyn to the use of the testator. Debts to be paid Son George Fowler to have from the manor for life £10 sterling a year providing he conducts himself according to the advice of Robert Huggan and Christopher Westcott esquires. Should George die, then daughter Bridget, wife of Robert Huggen to have the £10 p.a. until she has £100, then daughter Elizabeth to have the annuity until she shall have received 100 marks. Recoverees above to grant to son Anthony Fowler £6 13s 4d. p.a. for life out of the two manors, which is to be wife's jointure if he should marry. Son Christopher to have 5 marks sterling a year out of manors until he gets a benefice or spiritual promotion. Sons William and Thomas and daughters Bridget and Elizabeth to have to have 5 marks sterling p.a. each out of profits of manors. Christopher Westcott to have 40s p.a. for life out of manors. Recoverees to stand seized in manors to use of son Edward Fowler and heirs male, and wife to have out of it, when he marries, £10 sterling for life by way of jointure; in default of issue to son Anthony and heirs; in default to daughter Bridget Huggan and heirs male; in default to use of John Fowler and heirs male, in default to Christopher Fowler and heirs male, in default to William Fowler and heirs male, in default to heirs of Thomas Fowler and heirs male, in default to Margaret Fowler one of testator's daughters and heirs male, in default to daughter Elizabeth and heirs male, in default to right heirs of Edward Fowler forever. Should manors of Stanbrygge and Tyllesworth be proceeded agst because of any statute staple etc. of sir Edward Chamberleyn knight, then testator's manor of Sherborne stand charged with legacies. Regers to indentures between Richard Fowler knight and Edward Chamberleyn knight dated 9th July 19 Henry VIII. Robert Huggen and Christopher Westcott to have the governance and tuition of children by testator's second wife until daughters are married and sons be of age 20. Children to obey on pain of losing legacies above. Son Edward to have all other lands.9,10

In 1528, his nephew, Edward Chamberlain, gave him the Tilworth Manor located in Bedfordshire. After his death it was passed on to his son, Edward, and eventually sold by his grandson, Richard in 1606. Richard departed this life before 13 November 1528 in Bedfordshire, England, at the manor of Tilsworth. The Inquisition Post Mortum of Richard was in 1528 in Bedfordshire. He was buried there in Trinity Church. His arms can be seen on his tomb within the church. His will was probated on 13 November 1528.

Children of Sir Richard Quartermayne Fowler II and Elizabeth Windsor

Children of Sir Richard Quartermayne Fowler II and Juliana Shaa

Citations

  1. [S983] Dr. Edmund Fowler, A fragmentary history and genealogical record of some of the descendents of Henry Fowler of Eastchester, pages 9-10 - 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.
  2. [S66] Christine Cecilia Fowler, The History of the Fowlers, page 261 - Sir Richard Fowler, b. about 1460; d. 1528. He was called “The Foolish” because he wasted the vast estates inherited from his father. He married [1] Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Windsor of Stanwell, Middlesex County. They had four children: Children of Sir Richard and Elizabeth: 1. George Fowler, [imbecile ?] b. 1498 d. before 1540; unm. 2. Sir Edmund [or Edward] Fowler, d. May 27, 1541 of Castle Huse, left issue 3. Anthony Fowler b. 1502 4. Bridget Fowler. Sir Richard m. [2] Juliana, daughter of Sir John Shaa [Shaw], Alderman of London. They had six children: 5. John Fowler, verey influential in the court of King Edward VI. [1547-1553]. 6. Chistopher Fowler. 7. William Fowler. 8. Thomas Fowler. 9. Margaret Fowler. 10. Elizabeth Fowler.
  3. [S2482] Rycote House/Rycote Manor, Rycote House (also Rycote Manor) the manor of Rycote, Oxfordshire, England, was a Tudor (and later Georgian) country house. First built in the early 16th century, the present site was rebuilt in the 1920s. Rycote is a large house built of brick and limestone rubble arranged around three sides of a courtyard. The main wing has two storeys with attics and a 4-centre arched entrance. It is a Grade II* listed building. Carved masonry has been found from a substantial house that stood here in the 14th century. Rycote House was a great Tudor country house that was built here early in the 16th century, probably for Sir John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber to first Henry VII and then Henry VIII, who bought the manor of Rycote on his retirement in 1521.
  4. [S2483] John Heron, Sir John Heron (1470 – 1522) was an English courtier. He was born in Hackney, Middlesex. He came to prominence as Treasurer of the Chamber under Henry VII and Henry VIII between 1492 and 1521. He was also Chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1495 to 1522.
  5. [S983] Dr. Edmund Fowler, A fragmentary history and genealogical record of some of the descendents of Henry Fowler of Eastchester, page 10.
  6. [S2485] Esq. By Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta, Volume I: pages 352-356.
  7. [S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, pages 10-11 - Richard m. 2nd Julianna, d/o Sir John Shaa, Alderman of London & d. 1528.
  8. [S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, paged 10-11 - It is stated in heraldry materials that prior to this time the Fowler's used the arms of Barton. Isabel Barton who m. Henry Fowler of Foxley, having been an heiress.
  9. [S754] National Archives of the United Kingdom: Will of Sir Richard Fowler dated 10 January 1528 probated 12 November 1528 [Note: Quality of the readability of this will is very poor. Basically have tried to abstract the names mentioned and a few readable phrases. - klm 23 March 2008] - www.nationalarchives.co.uk.
  10. [S2489] Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue: Will of Richard Quartermayne Fowler - 10 jan 1528.