People: Cowper, John

Surname

Cowper

Forename

John

Sex

Male

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

1) Beatrice Calverley 2) Anne Gamul

Occupation Status

Gentleman

Remarks

A man of this name was sheriff of Chester in 1554/5 and mayor in 1561/2. A pedigree of the Cowper family appears in George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (second edition, revised and enlarged by T. Helsby, London, 1882), vol. i, p. 375 indicating that John Cowper, mayor of Chester, died in 1579 and was buried in St Peter’s church.

As an ex-mayor, he was a Justice of the Peace, and as such in 1564 he was noted as being favourable to the Elizabethan religious settlement.

Sources:

Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd Series, vii, p. 98

J S Barrow, J D Herson, A H Lawes, P J Riden, M V J Seaborne, ‘Mayors and sheriffs of Chester’, in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 2, the City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions, ed. A T Thacker, C P Lewis( London, 2005), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt2/pp305-321 [accessed 21 January 2025]

Causes

EDC 5/13/4  – witness to the sentence

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