Paul Bowes (bapt. Great Bromley, Essex, 24 Jan 1627; died 1702), was an English lawyer, known as the editor of the ''Journals'' of

Simonds d'Ewes Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet (18 December 1602 – 18 April 1650) was an English antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions. D'Ewes took the Puritan side in the Civ ...

Life

Bowes was the second son of Sir Thomas Bowes, knight, of

Great Bromley Great Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies south of Manningtree and east of Colchester and includes the hamlets of Balls Green, Hare Green and Bromley Cross. The A120 trunk road (with th ...

, Essex, the witch-hunter, and Mary, third daughter of Paul D'Ewes, one of the

six clerks in chancery The Six Clerks' Office was a public legal office that served the equitable jurisdiction of the English Court of Chancery in London, England, until the mid-19th century. The Office The Office was in Chancery Lane, near the Holborn end. The busines ...

and his first wife Cecelia Simonds. He was born at Great Bromley, and after being educated in the school at

Moulton St Mary Moulton St Mary is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Beighton, in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is about 2 miles south of Acle. The village has a garden centre and a car garage. In 1931 the parish had a pop ...

, Norfolk, was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, 21 December 1650. He took no degree. Having decided on the law for his future profession, Bowes on 12 May 1654 entered the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

Called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

by there 10 May 1661, he became a bencher on 24 October 1679. Bowes was elected a

fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

on 30 November 1699 (although, according to the Royal Society, that honour was reserved for his son Martin). Dying in June 1702, he was buried on 3 July at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, Fleet Street.

Works

Bowed edited the manuscript work of his celebrated uncle, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, entitled ''The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons'', folio, London, 1682. Other editions appeared in 1693 and 1708.

Family

By his wife Bridget, daughter of Thomas Sturges of the Middle Temple, he left three sons and two daughters. His will, dated 5 Aug. 1699 (with two codicils dated 17 April and 12 Aug. 1701), was proved by his widow and sole executrix, on 16 July 1702. Besides property in Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and Essex, he was possessed, in 1700, of the manor of Rushton, Stokeford, and Binnegar in East Stoke, Dorsetshire. Mrs. Bowes died in 1706. The eldest son, Martin, born in London, was also a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted on 16 April 1686, at the age of sixteen, but left without taking a degree. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward Thurland of Reigate, Surrey, and afterwards settled at Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where he died in 1726. His second daughter, Ann, became, in 1732, the wife of Philip Broke of Nacton.

References

;Attribution
Royal Society Archives - Martin Bowes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowes, Paul Year of birth missing 1703 deaths People from Tendring (district) English magazine editors Fellows of the Royal Society Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge English male non-fiction writers