Sir William Fowler (''ca.'' 1400 – before 1467?) was an
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justice of the peace and
Member of Parliament
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for
Wycombe in
Buckinghamshire, in 1431. For the services of his father Thomas to King
Edward IV, Fowler was given
Preston manor in Buckinghamshire in 1465 (the prior holder was Thomas de Ros, a zealous
Lancastrian, who was
attainted in 1461). William's wife was Cecily Englefield, a co-heiress of
Nicholas Englefield,
Comptroller of the Household for
Richard II.
In the will of his son, Sir
Richard Fowler (
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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and
Chancellor of the Exchequer for
Edward IV, it is stated that William had been interred in
St. Dunstan's Chapel in
Westminster Abbey
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. Richard acquired this manor in 1467, so we may presume that William (and possibly Cecily) had died in or before that year.
Westminster Abbey History - William Fowler
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English MPs 1431
People from Wycombe District
Year of birth uncertain
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