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l3oU)tren of Bototren. 



By Henry Kirke, M.A., B.C.L. 



HILvST turning over the leaves of Add. MS. 24,460, 

 in the library of the British Museum, I came across 

 the following note upon one of the Bowdens, of 

 Bowden Hall, near Chapel-en-le-Frith : — 



" Thomas Bowden, son of Nicholas Bowden, of Bowden, by 

 his first wife, is said to have died April 15th, 168:, attributed 

 (sic) to the effect of excessive drinking in which he was engaged. 

 Mr. Milward, a Derby gentleman, and Mr. Rawlinson getting 

 their deaths on the same occasion. 



" George Bowden, uncle of Thomas, was author of a volume 

 of poems printed about 1680: he married Ellen, daughter of 

 Augustine Poole, of Langley. Thomas Bowden married 

 Elizabeth, who died 1706." 



This statement does not agree with the accepted pedigrees. 

 Thomas Bowden, who was born in 1654, was a son of Nicholas 

 Bowden by his second wife, daughter of Thomas Bamby, of 

 Barnby, co. York. He was married on the 5th February, 1694, 

 to Elizabeth, daughter of William Bosville, of Gunthwaite, co. 

 York, Colonel in the Parliamentary Army, so he could not 

 have died in 1681. 



I have not been able to find any volume of poems written 

 by George Bowden. It was George Bowdens great grand- 

 father, of the same name, who married F'dlen, daughter of 

 Augustine Poole, of Langley. I know not whom George 

 Bowden married, if he married at all. It is probable that he 

 died unmarried, as he was entered as eldest son and heir of 

 Thomas Bowden, of Bowilen, in St. George's Visitation of 

 i6ri, whereas Nicholas, the second son, succeeded to the family 

 estate. 



