In Old English law, a Bowbearer was an under-officer of the forest who looked after all manner of trespass on vert or venison, and who attached, or caused to be attached, the offenders, in the feudal Court of Attachment.
The bow was a renowned English weapon, made of wood from the yew tree.
In Old English law, a Bowbearer was an under-officer of the forest who looked after all manner of trespass on vert or venison, and who attached, or caused...
Parker was appointed as Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland by William Bowland, 16th Lord of Bowland, becoming the first bowbearer of Bowland in almost one...
Buccleuch and Towneley families. Bowbearers of the Forest of Bowland have been appointed since the 12th century. A Bowbearer was originally a noble who acted...
often his deputy, one of whose duties was to appoint a bowbearer (or more often two bowbearers) on behalf of the Lord of Bowland. His responsibilities...
Matthew Swettenham (died 29 December 1416) was Henry IV's bowbearer. He is commemorated by a brass effigy at St. Mary's Church in Blakesley. Mathew Swetenham...
the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg December 29 – Mathew Swetenham, bowbearer of Henry IV date unknown – The Limbourg brothers, painters of the Très...
Bridlington), 38 monks, and 16 parish priests. Sir Nicholas Tempest, Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, was hanged at Tyburn, Sir John Bulmer hanged...
\ Dârayavahauš \ xš âyathiyahyâ \ isuvâm \ dârayatiy Aspathines, the bowbearer, holds king Darius' battle-axe. — DNd inscription of Darius at Naqsh-e...
Member of Parliament for Preston Robert Redmayne Parker (born 1954), Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland Robert W. Parker (composer) (1960-2020), American...
an English antiquary, landowner, Trumpeter to the Queen and Honorary Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. Born at Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire...
park-keepers of Radholme Laund in the Forest of Bowland. Her husband is the Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland. "Descendants of Peter de Alcancotes" (PDF)....
a British soldier, antiquarian, owner of Browsholme Hall and Honorary Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. Parker was the second son of Thomas...
Tempest, one of the northern leaders of the Pilgrimage and the King's own Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland. In 1571, the Tyburn Tree was erected near the...
shorthorn cattle. Eastwood was land agent to the Towneleys and the last known Bowbearer of Bowland. He died in 1871 and is buried at St Hubert's, Dunsop Bridge...
into the government's Culture Recovery Fund. The Parker family have been Bowbearers of the Forest of Bowland since the Restoration. The office fell into abeyance...
noble hunters. The tryst tree is where the noble huntsman stood, with his bowbearer and his hound handlers, to await the deer being flushed toward them. Sometimes...
and Farthingstone. There are memorials to Matthew Swetenham (D.1416), Bowbearer to Henry IV, and also William Wattes (d.1614). The church building itself...
Thorneyholme, land agent to the Towneley family. Eastwood was the last Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland during the nineteenth century. An acclaimed breeder...
the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg December 29 – Mathew Swetenham, bowbearer of Henry IV date unknown – The Limbourg brothers, painters of the Très...
River Hodder. Lancashire portal Listed buildings in Bowland Forest Low Bowbearer#Parker family UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bowland Forest Low...
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