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about his neck, and a skull at his feet, and having this 
inscription :— 
“HERE LYETHE ANTONEYE LOWE, ESQUYER, SERVANTE TO 
Kynce HENRY THE VII., Kync HENRY THE VIII., KyNG EDWARDE 
y® VI. & QUEENE MARIE Y® I, BURIED Y" 4 OF DECB. 
A.D. 1555. 
Bridget, his wife, was the daughter of Sir John Fogge, of 
Richbury, in Kent, comptroller of the household, and privy 
counsellor to King Henry VII., and was herself a maid of 
honour to Queen Catherine of Arragon. By her will, dated 
September 25th, 1557, and proved in the Prerogative Court 
of Canterbury, October the 8th, following, she desires to be 
‘buried in the chauncell of the p’sh churche of Wyrkisworth, 
near unto my said late husband, Anthony Lowe, and at my 
buryall to be such convenyante expenses and necessarye observy- 
ances as to my worshyp and degree shall apperteyne.”’ 
Edward Lowe, Esq., of Alderwasley, the only son of Anthony 
Lowe, was twice married; first to Dorothy, daughter of 
Christopher Eyre, Esq., of Highlow, by whom he had Bridget 
and two other daughters; and secondly to Lucy, daughter 
of Ralph Gell, Esq., of Hopton, by whom he had a son and 
a daughter. His will is dated May the 17th, 1577. After 
his decease the manorial courts of Alderwasley and Ashley- 
hay were held in the name of Lucy, his widow, until 1589, 
- when his only son, Anthony, appears to have attained _ his 
7 majority. . 
Anthony Lowe, Esq., of Alderwasley, the only son of 
Edward Lowe, was likewise twice married, and the following 
account of his wives and children is taken from the Wolley 
MSS. * 
_ “Anthony Lowe and Mary his wife were marryed the second day of 
ffebruary beeinge Candlemas day An° Dom. regn. Regin. Eliz., 31°, 1589, and 
. together the space of Io yeares or thereabouts, at w“ time the said Mary 
* Add. MSS., 6666, p. 153. 
