Simon Bowyer Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bowyer-simon-1550-1606 BOWYER, Simon (c.1550-1606), of London.
2. J. Collingwood & J. Trier, Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1575-1578 (London: HMSO, 1982), p. 304 no. 2239.