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Edward Bowles (1613 - 1662)

Clergyman and minister at York Minster. In a letter to Ralph Thoresby dated 15 April 1702, Rev. Timothy Hodgson notes that a Mr. T. Calvert wrote an elegy on the death of Bowles (Hunter, 1: 406). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/3068 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bowles_(minister) Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business York Minster, York
 Relationships: Edward Bowles was a son of Oliver Bowles (c.1577-1644)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Letters of Eminent Men, addressed to Ralph Thoresby.
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Misery of War, admirably express'd in most noble Painting upon a Copper-Plate, near two Foot broad, and 2 ½ in Length, every Figure merits a Comment; the various Passions being express'd with so particular a Pathos, as is surprizing. Belshasar's Feast, excellently painted upon Board. It seems to be an Original, as the former indisputably is. The Heads of K. Henry 4. and K. Hen. 5. Charles 5. Emperor, and his Son Philip, King of England and Spain. Queen Mary, and Q. Elizabeth, K. James I. and Q. Anne; his Son-in-Law Frederick K. of Bohemia, and Q. Elizabeth, Mother to the Princess Sophia. The Duke of Alva, Oliver Cromwell, quondam-Protector; Mr. Pym, and Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General. Wicliffe, Tindal and Knox (Don. D. S. Wainwright); Dr. Donne, Mr. Marvel, Mr. Bowles, and Mr. Wales. Old Tho. Par, and Mr. Henry Giles, the noted Glass-Painter; all these in Oil-Colours upon Wood or Cloth. Sir Tho. Gascoigne in small upon Copper. Not to mention Family-Pieces, though some are of good Workmanship, particularly one in Miniature to be worn upon the Breast.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 158. Funeral Sermons for Algernounn Earl of Northumberland, 1668. Tho. Lord Fairfax, 1671, by Mr. Stretton. Mr. John Thoresby, 1679, by Mr. Sharp. Ursula Lady Barwick, 1682, by Mr. Corlass. A Poem upon Mr. Bowles Death, 1662. Sermons at the Funerals of Mr. Edm. Hough, 1691, by Mr. Will. Corlass; and Mr. Philip Henry, 1696, by Mr. Fran. Tallents. A Pastoral Elegy for Dr. Tim. Manlove, 1699, by Mr. John Turnbull.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 231. Funeral Sermons for the leaned Mr. Chr. Cartwright of Yorke, and Mr. Rathband, by Mr. Edw. Bowles, with others, by that noted Author upon remarkable Occasions, as the Election of Knights for the County at the Restoration. An Assize Sermon 1660, &c. The Original writ by his own Hand. Don. Rev. Tho. Perrot, M. A.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 234. Notes of Sermons preached by Mr. Wales, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Topham, Mr. Barret, &c. writ by Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General. Also of Mr. Cartwright's, and Mr. Bowls, writ by the Lady Fairfax Daughter to the Lord Vere. Others writ by their Daughter the Dutchess of Buckingham.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 238. Tho. Lord Fairfax of the Shortness of Life; his Version of the Canticles, and the Songs of Moses, Exod. 15. and Deuter. 32. into Metre. Mr. Sharp's Poem upon the Eruption of Mount Ætna, 1669. A Sermon of Dr. Manton's; Mr. Bowles upon the Restoration; Mr. How (the first that he printed); Mr. Phil. Henry the first Lecture at Wem. All Six are the Originals of the Authors own Writings.