The Bourchier and Bowker Pages
Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers
(B) Holden Bowker
1701 - 1775 (74 years)-
Name Holden Bowker Title (B) Birth Feb 1701 Gender Male Baptism 25 Feb 1701 Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England 
[1, 2] Death 24 Feb 1775 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [3] Probate 27 May 1775 London, England [4] Person ID I1047 Bourchiers Last Modified 13 May 2020
Father (5) Thomas Bowker, b. 3 Jun 1666, Manchester, Lancashire, England Mother Judith Scofeild, b. Abt 1672, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. Dec 1739, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 67 years) Marriage 2 Feb 1694 Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England [5, 6] Family ID F485 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaretta W Alliston, b. 13 May 1704, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England d. Bef 31 Jan 1782 (Age < 77 years) Marriage 14 Sep 1749 St. Giles, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [7, 8] Children 1. (E) Robert Bowker, b. Aft 1749 bur. 16 Oct 1789, Greenwich, Kent, England (Age ~ 38 years)Family ID F577 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 May 2020
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Documents 
Will of Holden Bowker
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Notes - His will is at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_309970-00571 which he wrote 20 days before his demise.
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He is registered as living at Mare Fair, Northampton Poll and Electoral registers in 1768 and 1774
UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 for Holden Bowker
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2410/32969_636672_1938-00012
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He had a Linnen Drapery in Compton Street, Soho, Westminster London from sometime before 1737, as he took on an apprentice John Reade of Covent Garden on 11th January 1737.
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It appears that Holden Bowker was a Constable in Westminster and on londonlives.org there are three cases
1.Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743
Westmr. to wit.
The King agt. William Giles at the
Prosecution of Holden Bowker (High
Constable for the City & Liberty of Westminster )
for Keeping a disorderly House.
John Ridgway of the Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields in the Liberty aforesd. Gentleman
maketh Oath That he this Deponent did on
Tuesday the 4th. Day of October Instant deliver to
the sd. Holden Bowker a true Copy of the Notice
hereunto annexed.
John Ridgway [..]
Sworn in Court
this 7th. day of
October 1743
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2. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743
The King agst. George May
Sir
Take notice that I will Appear at the next General Quarter
Session of the Peace of Our Lord the King to be Holden at the Town
Court House near Westmr. Hall in & for the Liberty of the Dea [..]
and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westmr .
the City Borough & Town of Westmr. in the County of Middx
and St. Martin Le Ground London on frydaythe Seventh day
of this Instant October at EightElevenof the Clock in the forenoon
of the Same day then & there will plead not Guilty and take my Tryal upon the
Indictment you have prefered Against me for keeping an ill
Governed Disorderly House dated the first day of October
1743
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3. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743
A list of Constables ordered to Atend his Majesty 's Justices of the Peace this October Sessions 1743
Holden Bowker high Constable on Wednesday 5.October.
{there were the normal swearing in seesions of the elected or deputised persons. Failute to be present could result in a fine of 40s. Similar to the Court Leets of Manchester}
- His will is at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_309970-00571 which he wrote 20 days before his demise.
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Sources - [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1VJ-RXD.
Bowker, Benjamin bapt 10 Jun 1707
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293998-00231
Keywords: Picture - [S1876] Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293998-00620?pid=618742&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2964%26h%3D618742%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DBpp389%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Bpp389&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.143269238.295320621.1586018181-299631044.1576779353#?imageId=40366_293998-00612 (Reliability: 3).
p 7 of 178
Bowker, Houldon bapt 25 Feb 1701
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293998-00620?pid=618742&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2964%26h%3D618742%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DBpp389%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Bpp389&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.143269238.295320621.1586018181-299631044.1576779353#?imageId=40366_293998-00612
Keywords: Picture
Mary Bowker bapt 10 Aug 1662
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293997-00563
Keywords: Picture - [S1882] Ancestry.co.uk, (www.ancestry.co.uk), https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/151757274/person/182011336675/facts (Reliability: 2).
Bowker, Benjamin bapt 10 Jun 1707
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293998-00231
Keywords: Picture
Ann and Elizabeth Bowker bapr 2 Oct 1664
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293997-00563
Keywords: Picture - [S1904] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_309970-00571 (Reliability: 3).
Will of Holden Bowker Ann and Elizabeth Bowker bapr 2 Oct 1664
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293997-00563
Keywords: Picture
Holden Bowker will pg1
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Holden Bowker will pg2
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Holden Bowker will pg3
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Holden Bowker will pg4
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Holden Bowker will pg5
Keywords: Picture - [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V4-67B (Reliability: 2).
- [S1876] Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293997-00735/1059293 (Reliability: 3).
Thomas Bowker and Judith Scofeild marriage 1694
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2964/40366_293997-00735/1059293
Keywords: Picture - [S1882] Ancestry.co.uk, (www.ancestry.co.uk), https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/151757274/person/182011336675/facts (Reliability: 2).
- [S1905] Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/9198/100344953_00074.
Bowker, Holden and Margaretta Allison marr 1749
Picture Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/9198/100344953_00074
Keywords: Picture
- [S1872] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1VJ-RXD.