Individual Details

Margery Bowes

(1506 - 20 Mar 1567)

Margery ( Bowes ) Eure ~
Born: 1507 - in Seaham Castle, Durham, England
Died: 20 March 1567 - in Durham, Durham, England
Daughter of Ralph Bowes and Elizabeth (Clifford) Bowes
Sister of George Bowes
Wife of Ralph (Eure) de Eure — married 1529 (to 27 Feb 1545) [location unknown]
Mother of William (Eure) de Eure and Anne (Eure) Mansfield
Died 1567 in Durham, Durham, England.
Margery Bowes was the daughter of Sir Ralph Bowes, of Streetlam, and Elizabeth Clifford, daughter of the Shepherd Lord.
Before 1529, she married Sir Ralph Eure, of Foulbridge, son and heir apparent of the 1st Lord Eure.
They had 3 sons (William, Ralph, and Thomas) and 2 daughters (Frances, wife of Robert Lambton; and Anne).
Margery's husband was a leading player in the War of the Rough Wooing, a war that seems to have been manufactured by the Eure family. He got himself killed at the Battle of Ancrum Moor 6 March 1544/5, only a year after his father became a peer; his son William succeeded to the title 3 years later.
Margery was living in 1566/7.
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Father~ Ralph Bowes II (1468-1558 )
Mother~ Elizabeth Clifford (1488-1517 )
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Spouse:~ Sir Ralph Eure, of Foulbridge
Married: 1529
Born: 24 September 1508 - in Witton Castle, Durham, England
Christening: 4 October 1508
Died: 27 Feb 1545 - Killed at Battle of Ancrum Moor, Roxburhshire, Scotland
1545-buried in England buried Melrose Abbey
Sir Ralph Eure (or Evers) was a military administrator and Member of Parliament.
He was the son of William Eure, 1st Baron Eure of Witton, County Durham, and Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, Suffolk.
He was deputy constable of Scarborough Castle from 1531, being in charge during the Pilgrimage of Grace and promoted constable in 1537. He was knighted in 1536 and returned as Member of Parliament for Scarborough from 1542 to 1544.
In 1542 he was appointed a deputy warden of the Middle Marches and promoted warden from 1544 during the period of conflict between England and Scotland known as the Rough Wooing. During that time he undertook several raids into Scotland. A Respite was made to William Lauder, Burgess of Lauder, and William Lauder, his son, for their treasonable supplying and assistance given to Sir Rauff Everis and other Englishmen before his decease, whilst invading this realm with fire and sword. The respite was for all action and crime (etc); and for all other actions, crimes, etc., including treason, and bound over to observe their good conduct for 11 years. Dated at Edinburgh, 20 May 1546.
He was killed in the Scottish victory at the Battle of Ancrum Moor on 27 February 1545.
Eure had married by 1529, Margery, the daughter of Sir Ralph Bowes of Streatlam, county Durham, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. On his untimely death his offices passed to his father; the baronetcy eventually passed in 1548 to his son~~~~~~~
His family connections here;
...his father: Lord William Eure ( 1483-1548 )
SIR William Eure
The person who manages Sir Williams Eure's memorial refuses to add or connect this family together. No reply!
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Children:
Anne ( Eure ) Mansfield
Birth: 1530 - Witton Castle, Witton Le Wear, Durhamshire, England
Christening
Death: 1566 - Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Burial : Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire East Riding, England

Events

Birth1506Seaham, Durham, England
Marriage1528Durham, England - Sir Ralph Eure
Death20 Mar 1567Bowes, Durham, England
BurialSt Giles Churchyard, Bowes, Durham, England

Families

SpouseSir Ralph Eure (1508 - 1545)
ChildSir William Eure (1529 - 1594)
FatherSir Ralph Bowes II (1494 - 1516)
MotherElizabeth Clifford (1485 - 1586)

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