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