John Fowler (by 1520 – c. 1575), of London, was an English Member of Parliament and

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. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for New Shoreham in March 1553,

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in 1555,

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in 1558, Weymouth in 1559, and West Looe in 1563. Fowler was a groom of the privy chamber to

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. The

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rewarded him with the post of Keeper of

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or Woolavington Park in Sussex. Fowler was heavily involved in helping

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG, PC (20 March 1549) was a brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control o ...

attempt to influence Edward VI, who was Seymour's nephew. Fowler wrote to Seymour with news of the court in July 1548. Edward VI was very interested in the progress of the

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in Scotland and eagerly awaited letters forwarded by Somerset.C. S. Knighton, ''Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI'' (London, 1992), p. 53 no. 129.

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