Henry Fowler, Esq., of Foxley

Henry le Fowler I

• M, b. before 1380

Henry Fowler, son of John Fowler (of Foxley in Buckinghamshire) and the heir of Loveday, married the sister and heir of John Barton.

Henry was born before 1380 at the Manor of Foxley, Buckinghamshire, England.1 He was the son of John le Fowler III and Margaret Loveday. Henry married Isabel Barton, daughter [SIC: sister] of John Barton, before 1400 at Buckinghamshire, England.2 He and Isabel were blessed with 4 children.3

He fought for Henry V at Agincourt, 25 October 1415. He took over the arms of Isabel's father, John Barton, when she became the heiress of her father's estate. Henry's heirs maintained these arms until 1520.4,5

Children of Henry le Fowler I and Isabel Barton

(Henry married Isabel Barton before 1400 at Buckinghamshire, England.2)

• ◦Sir William Fowler+ b. c 1400, d. 6 Jul 1452
• ◦John Fowler b. c 1405, d. 2 Jan 1494
• ◦Walter Fowler b. c 1408
• ◦Isabel Fowler b. c 1415

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From Sir Richard descended: John Fowler, esq. of Foxley, who married the heiress of Loveday. Henry Fowler, esq. of Foxley, who married the sister and heir of John Barton. Sir William Fowler, Knt. of Rycote, in the County of Oxford. This gentleman married Cecelia Inglefield, only daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Inglefield." He was the father of the second Sir Richard Fowler who was knighted by King Edward IV and created Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Citations 1.[S487] Lipscomb, History of Buckinghamshire, Volume II: page 569 - Henry Fowler, of Foxley, b. before 1380 m. before 1400, Isabel, daughter and heiress of John Barton of Castle House, Co. Bucks, and used the Barton Arms as those of Fowler as did his heirs until 1520, viz. Ermine on a canton, gules, an owl argent.

2.[S487] Lipscomb, History of Buckinghamshire, Volume II: page 569 - Henry m. before 1400 Isabel daughter & heiress of John Barton of Castle House, County Bucks.

3.[S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, page 7 - Children: William, John m. Alice, Walter - Bishop of Norwich according to nephew's will, Sybell m. Richard Quartermain, & Isabel m. Henry Shatterbrooke. [Note: The Sybell mentioned in this source is actually Sybell Englefield and is documented in other public records. [see Sybell Englefield] - KLM]

4.[S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, page 7 - Henry of Foxley b. before 1380, m. before 1400 Isabel daughter & heiress of John Barton of Castle House, County Bucks [Lipscomb's Buckinghamshire - Volume II: page 569]; he used the Barton Arms as those of Fowler until 1520; Children: William , John m. Alice, Walter - Bishop of Norwich according to nephew's will, Sybell m. Richard Quartermain, & Isabel m. Henry Shatterbrooke.

5.[S983] Dr. Edmund Fowler, A fragmentary history and genealogical record of some of the descendents of Henry Fowler of Eastchester, page 8 - ...time of Henry IV and V. ... He fought as an exquire in the Retinue of Henry V, at Agincourt, Oct 25, 1415, into which battle he brought two foot archers. ...He married Isabella, daughter of John Barton, Recorder of London, who was the son of William and Emma Barton.

Tresswell, Robert. The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623. London: Harleian Society, 1889. Page 189. GoogleBooks