Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of Cumberland (8,(1566) 30 (1588) Elizabeth), Commissioner between England and
Scotland; and Custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots, in May, 1568. He was born in 1530, and d. in 1607 ; m. Frances, dau. of John Middleton, of Middleton, and had eight sons and eight daughters :
I. John, d. s. p.
II. George, d. s. p.
III. Sir Christopher, of whom presently.
IV. Sir Gerard, of St. Michael's,
V. Hugh, a Captain in the Army.
VI. Richard, d. s. p.
VII. Lancelot.
VIII. William, of Engleton, from whom descend the Lowthers of Yorkshire, and of Skryne, county Meath.
I. Anne, m. Fetherstonhaugh.
II. Florence-
III. Frances, d. an infant.
IV. Margaret, m. John Bysse, of Dublin.
V. Dorothy, d. an infant.
VI. Mabel, d. an infant.
VII. Frances (2), mar. Thomas Cleburne, of Cleburne, county Westmoreland, from whom descend the Cleburnes...
VIII. Susanna, d. s. p. 18.
Irish Pedigrees, or The Origin ans Stem of The Irish Nation., 5th Ed., Vol II, O'Hart, John, James Duffy and Co., Limited, 15 Wellington Quay, London: Burns & Oates, (Ltd), p. 291.
(This is documentation of his second wife, Margery Eden)
Two of them are, I think, mentioned in the Will of their maternal Grandfather (Mis. 41.) ; the John Threlkeld referred' to (Mis. 42.) is probably this John. I am disposed to think, after much consideration, that the Michael Threlkeld who died in 1629, and whose Will I append (Wills & Inv. 4.), was a younger son of John and Margery, born subsequent to 1575. The John Threlkeld named in the mere memorandum of an Inquisition, which I think it right to give (Mis. 43.), may not be the lord of Melmerby ; indeed, I am disposed to think the latter died previously, because his widow was about this time engaged in building operations. In my Extracts from Singleton, a statement will be noted that Margaret married, as her second husband, the well known Sir Richard Lowther, of Lowther ; no evidence of this mar riage has ever, hitherto, been published, but Singleton, as Rector of Melmerby, was very likely to know. Sir Richard's f1rst wife, Frances Middleton, was buried at Lowther, Sept. 28, 1597. He does not mention Margaret in his Will, dated Deer. 8, 1607, but it is very brief." p. 8
" This son John the former was the son of Christopher he married Margery Eden one of the Edens in Bishoprick. She was called " faire Margery " and was left a widdow and married to Lowther of after . There is also a piece of a Hall belonging to the Lord which stands to the east of the parsonage some 20 yards from it which was begun by a widdow of that family whom Sir Richard Louther of Louther Hall in the meantime married by reason whereof it was* never finished and the more so that the mason who should have built it drowned himself in the river Eden whose name was Peebles." Singleton's Communication. p. 20
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archeological Society, Vol X, Editor: The Worshipful Chancellor Ferguson, MA. LLM., F.S.A., Printed: T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal p. 8, 20
"LOWTHER, Sir RICHARD (1529- 1607), lord warden of the west marches, a member of an old Westmoreland family,...He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and elsewhere on his grandfather's death in 1552;...Richard, born in 1529, was grandson of the last-mentioned John, and eldest son of Hugh Lowther (d. 1540?), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Henry, tenth baron Clifford, the' Shepherd Earl ' of Wordsworth's ' Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle.' He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and else where in Westmoreland on his grandfather's death in 1552 ; was created deputy-warden of the west marches early in Elizabeth's reign, and was knighted and appointed high sheriff of Cumberland in 1565.
In the course of her desperate flight to the Solway, after her defeat at Langside, in May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots caused a letter to be despatched to Lowther asking whether he could insure her safety. He returned an evasive answer, promising to learn the pleasure of his sovereign, but he added that if in the meanwhile the Queen of Scots were forced to enter England he would protect her...On the evening of 16 May landed in an open fishing-boat in Workington. The news spread rapidly, and on the next evening, Lowther with an escort of neighboring gentry, conveyed her to Carlisle castle. There she held for several days in succession a little court, and received, among others, the Earl of Northumberland, who claimed the custody of her person, in right of his office as lord warden, and by the authority of the council of York. Lowther refused to resign her, and a violent altercation ensued. Lowther, however, had a band of soldiers to back him, and Mary remained in his hands. ("Strickland, ii 93, Cotton. MS. Calig. i. f. 76). A few days later he injudiciously permitted the Duke of Norfolk to hold an interview with the queen. It was probably this indulgence which prompted Mary to make in a letter to Elizabeth (dated from Carlisle 28 May 1568) a grateful mention of the courtesy shown her by Lowther. (Lanbonoff, Recucil Lettres, ii.) But Lowther was heavily fined in the Starchamber for allowing Norfolk and Mary to meet, and before the end of May he was relieved of the charge of the fugitive by Sir Francis Knollys {q. v.} and Lord Scrope. When, however, the Queen of Scots, left Carlisle on the 13 July for Bolton Castle, Lowther Hall was chosen by Knollys as her first sleeping place, 'for that the house is twenty miles in the land of Carlisle, and standeth farther from the rescue of the Scots than any other house we could have chosen' and Mary was deeply touched by the affectionate reverence with which she was treated by the deputy and his family."
"Sir Richard was the sheriff of Cumberland for the second time in 1587, and succeeded Scrope as lord warden in 1591."
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34, LLWYD---MACCARTNEY, Edited by Sir Sidney Lee, New York: Macmillan and Co., London: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1893, p. 222, 223.
"on the 16th May, 1568 , Queen Mary Stuart landed at Workingham. Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of the county, and Deputy Warden of the West Marches, hastened to meet her, and found her at Cockersmouth, whence, on the following day he conducted her to Carlisle Castle. The Earl of Northumberland, hearing of the same, hastened to Carlisle Castle, and, on the plea that the Queen had landed within his liberty at Cockersmouth, insisted that he ought to have her in charge, and wished to take her to Alnwick. Sir Richard declined to permit this, whereupon, to quote Lowther's words---
'My Lord growing into some heat and angre gave me great threatenings.with many evill
wordes and a like language, calling me a "varlett" and suche others I neither desserved
never looked for at any man's for the servyce of the prynce.'
Author's footnote: "Memorials of the Rebellion in 1569," Cuthbert Sharp, p. 340.
Papers and Pedigrees mainly relating to Cumberland. and Westmorland: Vol 1, Jackson, William, Ed. Mrs. Jackson, London: Bemrose & Sons, Limited, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons Kendal: T. Wilsom: 1892, p. 268
"(In. S. Transept, altar tomb, thereon recumbent alabaster figure in armour and ruff. Pedigree and M .I). I. John Lowther of Lowther in ye Covetye of Westmerland Knight (married) Lucye his wife daughter . of Sr. Christopher Curwin Knight (& had issue). II. Hughe Lowther Esqvire maried Dorathye daughter of Henry Ld. Clifford, they had issve. III. Margaret maried to Joh Richmond of Highet Esqr. hath issve. Anne married to Tho: Wibergh of Clifto. Esquire,they have issve. Francis married to Sr. Henrye Goodyer of Powlswoorth Knight, they have issve. Gerard Lowther Esqvier Apprentice of y Lawe, Barberre, married to Tho: Carleton of Carleton, Esqu. They have issve. Richard Lowther Knight, married and had issve, by Frances theda. of John Middleton of Middleton Esq. IV. Anne marrid to Alexander Fetherston of Fetherst. Esqvire, They have issve. Francis married to Tho:Cliborne of Cliborne Esq: and hath issve. Gerard Lowther Esq: one of ye Jvstices of ye Comon Pleas in Ireland. S. Christoph. Lowther Knt. married Elinor Musgrave and hath issve. Hvgh Lowther Capitayne in ye voyage of Portvgale A.Dni. 15 . . Lancelott Lowther Esqvire Sollicitor general to Queene Anne. William Lowther married Elinor Welberye and by her hath issve. Sr. Rich: Lowther Knig: svcceeded Hen: Lod. Scroope in ye Office of Lord Warden of ye West Marches, & was thrice a commissionor in ye greate Affayres betweene England & Scotland all in ye time of Qveene Elizabeth & after he had seene his children to ye 4th degree, geven them vertvovs education & meanes to live, advanced his brothers & sisters out of his owne patrimony, governed his familye & kept plentifvll hospitallitye for 57 yeares together,he ended his life ye 27th of Jan : Ao. Dni. 1607 Ætas. Suæ 77 uttring at his last breth these verses followinge. (Below is a brass Plate but no trace of letters having ever been engraved upon it. Bp. Nicolson gives the 1st word "Quod," adding, "the rest worn out of the black marble," about 18 lines?The pedigree of 4 descents as above, is in tabular form. Over it are the Arms of Lowther quartering Quaile, Stapleton, Lucy, Strickland, Warcop, the 3 martlets volant, & Lancaster."
Westmorland Church Notes: Vol II, Collected and Arranged by Edward Bellasis. T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal. 1889, pp. 180-181.
"Sir Richard Lowther was the sheriff of the sd county in the 8th (1566) and 30th !1588) of Eliz."
"It is said that Henry the eighth built the citadel of Carlisle. However, be that as it may, it is certain both that and the rest of the fortifications were greatly gone to decay in the reign of queen Elizabeth, as appears by the following, viz. 'Certificate of the decays of the castle, town, and citadel of Carlisle, by Walter Strykland, Richard Lowther...appointed commissioners for the same 12 June 1563.'"
The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol 1: 1777, Nicolson, Joseph, Esq. and Richard Burn LLD, Printed for W. Strahan, W. Cadell, p. 70.
WILL OF SIR RICHARD LOWTHER
Dated 07 Dec 1607
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lowther of Lowther in the County of Westmorland, Knight, being sicke in body but perfect in memory, praysed by God, doe Constitute and make this my last will and testament in manor and forme as foloweth:
First, I doe admit my soule to Almightie God; faithfully believing to be save my the merit of my Savior Jesus Christ, through his death and pasion; and my body in my parish Church of Lowther in the portch called Lowther portch. In primis I doe my this my last will and testament constitute and appoint my wel beloved sonnes Hugh Lowther and William Lowther my whole executors.
Item: I doe give unto Mr. Christopher Fetherstone, my daughters sonne, ten pounds to be payed unto him at Easter next insewing the date of there presents.
In whitness whereof I have put unto my hand and seal this 7th of December anno donni 1607. Sealed and signed in the presence of these whitness: John Adamson, Christopher Fetherstone, Henry Nelson, Mathew Grayne, Robert Addison (Jr), John Lowther."
Randy Treadwell, members.tripod.com/~Randy_T/richlowill.html
"If any members of the family are interested in their descent from the Lowther family, if they happen to be in Penrith, it would be well worth their while to visit Gerard Lowther's house, now known as * The Two Lions Hotel, and have a look at the arms given on the ceilings in different parts of the house. All with the exception of the Featherstonhaugh coat are found on the ceiling of the room now used as a billiard-room, together with the date 1585. On the lintel of the fireplace in the hall are three shields of arms, the central one being Lowther impaling Clifford ; the one on the right, Lowther impaling Middleton ; and that on the left, Lowther impaling Dudley with an annulet. On the ceiling of the hall are several arrangements of shields. In one part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Clifford forms a centre, round which in a circle are shields bearing Lowther combined with Middleton, Dudley, Richmond, Wybergh, Goodyer and Carleton : on another part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Dudley,with an annulet and the letters G.L. : and in a third part of the same apartment the arms of Featherstonhaugh. On the ceilings of a room over the billiard-room are the arms of C T Lowther impaling Dudley with a crescent, the letters' for Gerard and Lucy Lowther, and the date 1586, all within a circle. The same arms have been repeated over and over again, for many loose shields are preserved in the house which owes its name of *The Two Lions' to two shields, bearing the Dudley arms, which once existed on the outside of the building."
Some Notes About Our Family History, Yerburgh, E. R, London: Constable and Company LTD: 1912, pp. 92-93.
Scotland; and Custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots, in May, 1568. He was born in 1530, and d. in 1607 ; m. Frances, dau. of John Middleton, of Middleton, and had eight sons and eight daughters :
I. John, d. s. p.
II. George, d. s. p.
III. Sir Christopher, of whom presently.
IV. Sir Gerard, of St. Michael's,
V. Hugh, a Captain in the Army.
VI. Richard, d. s. p.
VII. Lancelot.
VIII. William, of Engleton, from whom descend the Lowthers of Yorkshire, and of Skryne, county Meath.
I. Anne, m. Fetherstonhaugh.
II. Florence-
III. Frances, d. an infant.
IV. Margaret, m. John Bysse, of Dublin.
V. Dorothy, d. an infant.
VI. Mabel, d. an infant.
VII. Frances (2), mar. Thomas Cleburne, of Cleburne, county Westmoreland, from whom descend the Cleburnes...
VIII. Susanna, d. s. p. 18.
Irish Pedigrees, or The Origin ans Stem of The Irish Nation., 5th Ed., Vol II, O'Hart, John, James Duffy and Co., Limited, 15 Wellington Quay, London: Burns & Oates, (Ltd), p. 291.
(This is documentation of his second wife, Margery Eden)
Two of them are, I think, mentioned in the Will of their maternal Grandfather (Mis. 41.) ; the John Threlkeld referred' to (Mis. 42.) is probably this John. I am disposed to think, after much consideration, that the Michael Threlkeld who died in 1629, and whose Will I append (Wills & Inv. 4.), was a younger son of John and Margery, born subsequent to 1575. The John Threlkeld named in the mere memorandum of an Inquisition, which I think it right to give (Mis. 43.), may not be the lord of Melmerby ; indeed, I am disposed to think the latter died previously, because his widow was about this time engaged in building operations. In my Extracts from Singleton, a statement will be noted that Margaret married, as her second husband, the well known Sir Richard Lowther, of Lowther ; no evidence of this mar riage has ever, hitherto, been published, but Singleton, as Rector of Melmerby, was very likely to know. Sir Richard's f1rst wife, Frances Middleton, was buried at Lowther, Sept. 28, 1597. He does not mention Margaret in his Will, dated Deer. 8, 1607, but it is very brief." p. 8
" This son John the former was the son of Christopher he married Margery Eden one of the Edens in Bishoprick. She was called " faire Margery " and was left a widdow and married to Lowther of after . There is also a piece of a Hall belonging to the Lord which stands to the east of the parsonage some 20 yards from it which was begun by a widdow of that family whom Sir Richard Louther of Louther Hall in the meantime married by reason whereof it was* never finished and the more so that the mason who should have built it drowned himself in the river Eden whose name was Peebles." Singleton's Communication. p. 20
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archeological Society, Vol X, Editor: The Worshipful Chancellor Ferguson, MA. LLM., F.S.A., Printed: T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal p. 8, 20
"LOWTHER, Sir RICHARD (1529- 1607), lord warden of the west marches, a member of an old Westmoreland family,...He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and elsewhere on his grandfather's death in 1552;...Richard, born in 1529, was grandson of the last-mentioned John, and eldest son of Hugh Lowther (d. 1540?), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Henry, tenth baron Clifford, the' Shepherd Earl ' of Wordsworth's ' Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle.' He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and else where in Westmoreland on his grandfather's death in 1552 ; was created deputy-warden of the west marches early in Elizabeth's reign, and was knighted and appointed high sheriff of Cumberland in 1565.
In the course of her desperate flight to the Solway, after her defeat at Langside, in May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots caused a letter to be despatched to Lowther asking whether he could insure her safety. He returned an evasive answer, promising to learn the pleasure of his sovereign, but he added that if in the meanwhile the Queen of Scots were forced to enter England he would protect her...On the evening of 16 May landed in an open fishing-boat in Workington. The news spread rapidly, and on the next evening, Lowther with an escort of neighboring gentry, conveyed her to Carlisle castle. There she held for several days in succession a little court, and received, among others, the Earl of Northumberland, who claimed the custody of her person, in right of his office as lord warden, and by the authority of the council of York. Lowther refused to resign her, and a violent altercation ensued. Lowther, however, had a band of soldiers to back him, and Mary remained in his hands. ("Strickland, ii 93, Cotton. MS. Calig. i. f. 76). A few days later he injudiciously permitted the Duke of Norfolk to hold an interview with the queen. It was probably this indulgence which prompted Mary to make in a letter to Elizabeth (dated from Carlisle 28 May 1568) a grateful mention of the courtesy shown her by Lowther. (Lanbonoff, Recucil Lettres, ii.) But Lowther was heavily fined in the Starchamber for allowing Norfolk and Mary to meet, and before the end of May he was relieved of the charge of the fugitive by Sir Francis Knollys {q. v.} and Lord Scrope. When, however, the Queen of Scots, left Carlisle on the 13 July for Bolton Castle, Lowther Hall was chosen by Knollys as her first sleeping place, 'for that the house is twenty miles in the land of Carlisle, and standeth farther from the rescue of the Scots than any other house we could have chosen' and Mary was deeply touched by the affectionate reverence with which she was treated by the deputy and his family."
"Sir Richard was the sheriff of Cumberland for the second time in 1587, and succeeded Scrope as lord warden in 1591."
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34, LLWYD---MACCARTNEY, Edited by Sir Sidney Lee, New York: Macmillan and Co., London: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1893, p. 222, 223.
"on the 16th May, 1568 , Queen Mary Stuart landed at Workingham. Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of the county, and Deputy Warden of the West Marches, hastened to meet her, and found her at Cockersmouth, whence, on the following day he conducted her to Carlisle Castle. The Earl of Northumberland, hearing of the same, hastened to Carlisle Castle, and, on the plea that the Queen had landed within his liberty at Cockersmouth, insisted that he ought to have her in charge, and wished to take her to Alnwick. Sir Richard declined to permit this, whereupon, to quote Lowther's words---
'My Lord growing into some heat and angre gave me great threatenings.with many evill
wordes and a like language, calling me a "varlett" and suche others I neither desserved
never looked for at any man's for the servyce of the prynce.'
Author's footnote: "Memorials of the Rebellion in 1569," Cuthbert Sharp, p. 340.
Papers and Pedigrees mainly relating to Cumberland. and Westmorland: Vol 1, Jackson, William, Ed. Mrs. Jackson, London: Bemrose & Sons, Limited, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons Kendal: T. Wilsom: 1892, p. 268
"(In. S. Transept, altar tomb, thereon recumbent alabaster figure in armour and ruff. Pedigree and M .I). I. John Lowther of Lowther in ye Covetye of Westmerland Knight (married) Lucye his wife daughter . of Sr. Christopher Curwin Knight (& had issue). II. Hughe Lowther Esqvire maried Dorathye daughter of Henry Ld. Clifford, they had issve. III. Margaret maried to Joh Richmond of Highet Esqr. hath issve. Anne married to Tho: Wibergh of Clifto. Esquire,they have issve. Francis married to Sr. Henrye Goodyer of Powlswoorth Knight, they have issve. Gerard Lowther Esqvier Apprentice of y Lawe, Barberre, married to Tho: Carleton of Carleton, Esqu. They have issve. Richard Lowther Knight, married and had issve, by Frances theda. of John Middleton of Middleton Esq. IV. Anne marrid to Alexander Fetherston of Fetherst. Esqvire, They have issve. Francis married to Tho:Cliborne of Cliborne Esq: and hath issve. Gerard Lowther Esq: one of ye Jvstices of ye Comon Pleas in Ireland. S. Christoph. Lowther Knt. married Elinor Musgrave and hath issve. Hvgh Lowther Capitayne in ye voyage of Portvgale A.Dni. 15 . . Lancelott Lowther Esqvire Sollicitor general to Queene Anne. William Lowther married Elinor Welberye and by her hath issve. Sr. Rich: Lowther Knig: svcceeded Hen: Lod. Scroope in ye Office of Lord Warden of ye West Marches, & was thrice a commissionor in ye greate Affayres betweene England & Scotland all in ye time of Qveene Elizabeth & after he had seene his children to ye 4th degree, geven them vertvovs education & meanes to live, advanced his brothers & sisters out of his owne patrimony, governed his familye & kept plentifvll hospitallitye for 57 yeares together,he ended his life ye 27th of Jan : Ao. Dni. 1607 Ætas. Suæ 77 uttring at his last breth these verses followinge. (Below is a brass Plate but no trace of letters having ever been engraved upon it. Bp. Nicolson gives the 1st word "Quod," adding, "the rest worn out of the black marble," about 18 lines?The pedigree of 4 descents as above, is in tabular form. Over it are the Arms of Lowther quartering Quaile, Stapleton, Lucy, Strickland, Warcop, the 3 martlets volant, & Lancaster."
Westmorland Church Notes: Vol II, Collected and Arranged by Edward Bellasis. T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal. 1889, pp. 180-181.
"Sir Richard Lowther was the sheriff of the sd county in the 8th (1566) and 30th !1588) of Eliz."
"It is said that Henry the eighth built the citadel of Carlisle. However, be that as it may, it is certain both that and the rest of the fortifications were greatly gone to decay in the reign of queen Elizabeth, as appears by the following, viz. 'Certificate of the decays of the castle, town, and citadel of Carlisle, by Walter Strykland, Richard Lowther...appointed commissioners for the same 12 June 1563.'"
The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol 1: 1777, Nicolson, Joseph, Esq. and Richard Burn LLD, Printed for W. Strahan, W. Cadell, p. 70.
WILL OF SIR RICHARD LOWTHER
Dated 07 Dec 1607
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lowther of Lowther in the County of Westmorland, Knight, being sicke in body but perfect in memory, praysed by God, doe Constitute and make this my last will and testament in manor and forme as foloweth:
First, I doe admit my soule to Almightie God; faithfully believing to be save my the merit of my Savior Jesus Christ, through his death and pasion; and my body in my parish Church of Lowther in the portch called Lowther portch. In primis I doe my this my last will and testament constitute and appoint my wel beloved sonnes Hugh Lowther and William Lowther my whole executors.
Item: I doe give unto Mr. Christopher Fetherstone, my daughters sonne, ten pounds to be payed unto him at Easter next insewing the date of there presents.
In whitness whereof I have put unto my hand and seal this 7th of December anno donni 1607. Sealed and signed in the presence of these whitness: John Adamson, Christopher Fetherstone, Henry Nelson, Mathew Grayne, Robert Addison (Jr), John Lowther."
Randy Treadwell, members.tripod.com/~Randy_T/richlowill.html
"If any members of the family are interested in their descent from the Lowther family, if they happen to be in Penrith, it would be well worth their while to visit Gerard Lowther's house, now known as * The Two Lions Hotel, and have a look at the arms given on the ceilings in different parts of the house. All with the exception of the Featherstonhaugh coat are found on the ceiling of the room now used as a billiard-room, together with the date 1585. On the lintel of the fireplace in the hall are three shields of arms, the central one being Lowther impaling Clifford ; the one on the right, Lowther impaling Middleton ; and that on the left, Lowther impaling Dudley with an annulet. On the ceiling of the hall are several arrangements of shields. In one part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Clifford forms a centre, round which in a circle are shields bearing Lowther combined with Middleton, Dudley, Richmond, Wybergh, Goodyer and Carleton : on another part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Dudley,with an annulet and the letters G.L. : and in a third part of the same apartment the arms of Featherstonhaugh. On the ceilings of a room over the billiard-room are the arms of C T Lowther impaling Dudley with a crescent, the letters' for Gerard and Lucy Lowther, and the date 1586, all within a circle. The same arms have been repeated over and over again, for many loose shields are preserved in the house which owes its name of *The Two Lions' to two shields, bearing the Dudley arms, which once existed on the outside of the building."
Some Notes About Our Family History, Yerburgh, E. R, London: Constable and Company LTD: 1912, pp. 92-93.
Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of Cumberland (8,(1566) 30 (1588) Elizabeth), Commissioner between England and
Scotland; and Custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots, in May, 1568. He was born in 1530, and d. in 1607 ; m. Frances, dau. of John Middleton, of Middleton, and had eight sons and eight daughters :
I. John, d. s. p.
II. George, d. s. p.
III. Sir Christopher, of whom presently.
IV. Sir Gerard, of St. Michael's,
V. Hugh, a Captain in the Army.
VI. Richard, d. s. p.
VII. Lancelot.
VIII. William, of Engleton, from whom descend the Lowthers of Yorkshire, and of Skryne, county Meath.
I. Anne, m. Fetherstonhaugh.
II. Florence-
III. Frances, d. an infant.
IV. Margaret, m. John Bysse, of Dublin.
V. Dorothy, d. an infant.
VI. Mabel, d. an infant.
VII. Frances (2), mar. Thomas Cleburne, of Cleburne, county Westmoreland, from whom descend the Cleburnes...
VIII. Susanna, d. s. p. 18.
Irish Pedigrees, or The Origin ans Stem of The Irish Nation., 5th Ed., Vol II, O'Hart, John, James Duffy and Co., Limited, 15 Wellington Quay, London: Burns & Oates, (Ltd), p. 291.
(This is documentation of his second wife, Margery Eden)
Two of them are, I think, mentioned in the Will of their maternal Grandfather (Mis. 41.) ; the John Threlkeld referred' to (Mis. 42.) is probably this John. I am disposed to think, after much consideration, that the Michael Threlkeld who died in 1629, and whose Will I append (Wills & Inv. 4.), was a younger son of John and Margery, born subsequent to 1575. The John Threlkeld named in the mere memorandum of an Inquisition, which I think it right to give (Mis. 43.), may not be the lord of Melmerby ; indeed, I am disposed to think the latter died previously, because his widow was about this time engaged in building operations. In my Extracts from Singleton, a statement will be noted that Margaret married, as her second husband, the well known Sir Richard Lowther, of Lowther ; no evidence of this mar riage has ever, hitherto, been published, but Singleton, as Rector of Melmerby, was very likely to know. Sir Richard's f1rst wife, Frances Middleton, was buried at Lowther, Sept. 28, 1597. He does not mention Margaret in his Will, dated Deer. 8, 1607, but it is very brief." p. 8
" This son John the former was the son of Christopher he married Margery Eden one of the Edens in Bishoprick. She was called " faire Margery " and was left a widdow and married to Lowther of after . There is also a piece of a Hall belonging to the Lord which stands to the east of the parsonage some 20 yards from it which was begun by a widdow of that family whom Sir Richard Louther of Louther Hall in the meantime married by reason whereof it was* never finished and the more so that the mason who should have built it drowned himself in the river Eden whose name was Peebles." Singleton's Communication. p. 20
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archeological Society, Vol X, Editor: The Worshipful Chancellor Ferguson, MA. LLM., F.S.A., Printed: T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal p. 8, 20
"LOWTHER, Sir RICHARD (1529- 1607), lord warden of the west marches, a member of an old Westmoreland family,...He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and elsewhere on his grandfather's death in 1552;...Richard, born in 1529, was grandson of the last-mentioned John, and eldest son of Hugh Lowther (d. 1540?), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Henry, tenth baron Clifford, the' Shepherd Earl ' of Wordsworth's ' Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle.' He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and else where in Westmoreland on his grandfather's death in 1552 ; was created deputy-warden of the west marches early in Elizabeth's reign, and was knighted and appointed high sheriff of Cumberland in 1565.
In the course of her desperate flight to the Solway, after her defeat at Langside, in May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots caused a letter to be despatched to Lowther asking whether he could insure her safety. He returned an evasive answer, promising to learn the pleasure of his sovereign, but he added that if in the meanwhile the Queen of Scots were forced to enter England he would protect her...On the evening of 16 May landed in an open fishing-boat in Workington. The news spread rapidly, and on the next evening, Lowther with an escort of neighboring gentry, conveyed her to Carlisle castle. There she held for several days in succession a little court, and received, among others, the Earl of Northumberland, who claimed the custody of her person, in right of his office as lord warden, and by the authority of the council of York. Lowther refused to resign her, and a violent altercation ensued. Lowther, however, had a band of soldiers to back him, and Mary remained in his hands. ("Strickland, ii 93, Cotton. MS. Calig. i. f. 76). A few days later he injudiciously permitted the Duke of Norfolk to hold an interview with the queen. It was probably this indulgence which prompted Mary to make in a letter to Elizabeth (dated from Carlisle 28 May 1568) a grateful mention of the courtesy shown her by Lowther. (Lanbonoff, Recucil Lettres, ii.) But Lowther was heavily fined in the Starchamber for allowing Norfolk and Mary to meet, and before the end of May he was relieved of the charge of the fugitive by Sir Francis Knollys {q. v.} and Lord Scrope. When, however, the Queen of Scots, left Carlisle on the 13 July for Bolton Castle, Lowther Hall was chosen by Knollys as her first sleeping place, 'for that the house is twenty miles in the land of Carlisle, and standeth farther from the rescue of the Scots than any other house we could have chosen' and Mary was deeply touched by the affectionate reverence with which she was treated by the deputy and his family."
"Sir Richard was the sheriff of Cumberland for the second time in 1587, and succeeded Scrope as lord warden in 1591."
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34, LLWYD---MACCARTNEY, Edited by Sir Sidney Lee, New York: Macmillan and Co., London: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1893, p. 222, 223.
"on the 16th May, 1568 , Queen Mary Stuart landed at Workingham. Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of the county, and Deputy Warden of the West Marches, hastened to meet her, and found her at Cockersmouth, whence, on the following day he conducted her to Carlisle Castle. The Earl of Northumberland, hearing of the same, hastened to Carlisle Castle, and, on the plea that the Queen had landed within his liberty at Cockersmouth, insisted that he ought to have her in charge, and wished to take her to Alnwick. Sir Richard declined to permit this, whereupon, to quote Lowther's words---
'My Lord growing into some heat and angre gave me great threatenings.with many evill
wordes and a like language, calling me a "varlett" and suche others I neither desserved
never looked for at any man's for the servyce of the prynce.'
Author's footnote: "Memorials of the Rebellion in 1569," Cuthbert Sharp, p. 340.
Papers and Pedigrees mainly relating to Cumberland. and Westmorland: Vol 1, Jackson, William, Ed. Mrs. Jackson, London: Bemrose & Sons, Limited, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons Kendal: T. Wilsom: 1892, p. 268
"(In. S. Transept, altar tomb, thereon recumbent alabaster figure in armour and ruff. Pedigree and M .I). I. John Lowther of Lowther in ye Covetye of Westmerland Knight (married) Lucye his wife daughter . of Sr. Christopher Curwin Knight (& had issue). II. Hughe Lowther Esqvire maried Dorathye daughter of Henry Ld. Clifford, they had issve. III. Margaret maried to Joh Richmond of Highet Esqr. hath issve. Anne married to Tho: Wibergh of Clifto. Esquire,they have issve. Francis married to Sr. Henrye Goodyer of Powlswoorth Knight, they have issve. Gerard Lowther Esqvier Apprentice of y Lawe, Barberre, married to Tho: Carleton of Carleton, Esqu. They have issve. Richard Lowther Knight, married and had issve, by Frances theda. of John Middleton of Middleton Esq. IV. Anne marrid to Alexander Fetherston of Fetherst. Esqvire, They have issve. Francis married to Tho:Cliborne of Cliborne Esq: and hath issve. Gerard Lowther Esq: one of ye Jvstices of ye Comon Pleas in Ireland. S. Christoph. Lowther Knt. married Elinor Musgrave and hath issve. Hvgh Lowther Capitayne in ye voyage of Portvgale A.Dni. 15 . . Lancelott Lowther Esqvire Sollicitor general to Queene Anne. William Lowther married Elinor Welberye and by her hath issve. Sr. Rich: Lowther Knig: svcceeded Hen: Lod. Scroope in ye Office of Lord Warden of ye West Marches, & was thrice a commissionor in ye greate Affayres betweene England & Scotland all in ye time of Qveene Elizabeth & after he had seene his children to ye 4th degree, geven them vertvovs education & meanes to live, advanced his brothers & sisters out of his owne patrimony, governed his familye & kept plentifvll hospitallitye for 57 yeares together,he ended his life ye 27th of Jan : Ao. Dni. 1607 Ætas. Suæ 77 uttring at his last breth these verses followinge. (Below is a brass Plate but no trace of letters having ever been engraved upon it. Bp. Nicolson gives the 1st word "Quod," adding, "the rest worn out of the black marble," about 18 lines?The pedigree of 4 descents as above, is in tabular form. Over it are the Arms of Lowther quartering Quaile, Stapleton, Lucy, Strickland, Warcop, the 3 martlets volant, & Lancaster."
Westmorland Church Notes: Vol II, Collected and Arranged by Edward Bellasis. T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal. 1889, pp. 180-181.
"Sir Richard Lowther was the sheriff of the sd county in the 8th (1566) and 30th !1588) of Eliz."
"It is said that Henry the eighth built the citadel of Carlisle. However, be that as it may, it is certain both that and the rest of the fortifications were greatly gone to decay in the reign of queen Elizabeth, as appears by the following, viz. 'Certificate of the decays of the castle, town, and citadel of Carlisle, by Walter Strykland, Richard Lowther...appointed commissioners for the same 12 June 1563.'"
The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol 1: 1777, Nicolson, Joseph, Esq. and Richard Burn LLD, Printed for W. Strahan, W. Cadell, p. 70.
WILL OF SIR RICHARD LOWTHER
Dated 07 Dec 1607
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lowther of Lowther in the County of Westmorland, Knight, being sicke in body but perfect in memory, praysed by God, doe Constitute and make this my last will and testament in manor and forme as foloweth:
First, I doe admit my soule to Almightie God; faithfully believing to be save my the merit of my Savior Jesus Christ, through his death and pasion; and my body in my parish Church of Lowther in the portch called Lowther portch. In primis I doe my this my last will and testament constitute and appoint my wel beloved sonnes Hugh Lowther and William Lowther my whole executors.
Item: I doe give unto Mr. Christopher Fetherstone, my daughters sonne, ten pounds to be payed unto him at Easter next insewing the date of there presents.
In whitness whereof I have put unto my hand and seal this 7th of December anno donni 1607. Sealed and signed in the presence of these whitness: John Adamson, Christopher Fetherstone, Henry Nelson, Mathew Grayne, Robert Addison (Jr), John Lowther."
Randy Treadwell, members.tripod.com/~Randy_T/richlowill.html
"If any members of the family are interested in their descent from the Lowther family, if they happen to be in Penrith, it would be well worth their while to visit Gerard Lowther's house, now known as * The Two Lions Hotel, and have a look at the arms given on the ceilings in different parts of the house. All with the exception of the Featherstonhaugh coat are found on the ceiling of the room now used as a billiard-room, together with the date 1585. On the lintel of the fireplace in the hall are three shields of arms, the central one being Lowther impaling Clifford ; the one on the right, Lowther impaling Middleton ; and that on the left, Lowther impaling Dudley with an annulet. On the ceiling of the hall are several arrangements of shields. In one part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Clifford forms a centre, round which in a circle are shields bearing Lowther combined with Middleton, Dudley, Richmond, Wybergh, Goodyer and Carleton : on another part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Dudley,with an annulet and the letters G.L. : and in a third part of the same apartment the arms of Featherstonhaugh. On the ceilings of a room over the billiard-room are the arms of C T Lowther impaling Dudley with a crescent, the letters' for Gerard and Lucy Lowther, and the date 1586, all within a circle. The same arms have been repeated over and over again, for many loose shields are preserved in the house which owes its name of *The Two Lions' to two shields, bearing the Dudley arms, which once existed on the outside of the building."
Some Notes About Our Family History, Yerburgh, E. R, London: Constable and Company LTD: 1912, pp. 92-93.
Scotland; and Custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots, in May, 1568. He was born in 1530, and d. in 1607 ; m. Frances, dau. of John Middleton, of Middleton, and had eight sons and eight daughters :
I. John, d. s. p.
II. George, d. s. p.
III. Sir Christopher, of whom presently.
IV. Sir Gerard, of St. Michael's,
V. Hugh, a Captain in the Army.
VI. Richard, d. s. p.
VII. Lancelot.
VIII. William, of Engleton, from whom descend the Lowthers of Yorkshire, and of Skryne, county Meath.
I. Anne, m. Fetherstonhaugh.
II. Florence-
III. Frances, d. an infant.
IV. Margaret, m. John Bysse, of Dublin.
V. Dorothy, d. an infant.
VI. Mabel, d. an infant.
VII. Frances (2), mar. Thomas Cleburne, of Cleburne, county Westmoreland, from whom descend the Cleburnes...
VIII. Susanna, d. s. p. 18.
Irish Pedigrees, or The Origin ans Stem of The Irish Nation., 5th Ed., Vol II, O'Hart, John, James Duffy and Co., Limited, 15 Wellington Quay, London: Burns & Oates, (Ltd), p. 291.
(This is documentation of his second wife, Margery Eden)
Two of them are, I think, mentioned in the Will of their maternal Grandfather (Mis. 41.) ; the John Threlkeld referred' to (Mis. 42.) is probably this John. I am disposed to think, after much consideration, that the Michael Threlkeld who died in 1629, and whose Will I append (Wills & Inv. 4.), was a younger son of John and Margery, born subsequent to 1575. The John Threlkeld named in the mere memorandum of an Inquisition, which I think it right to give (Mis. 43.), may not be the lord of Melmerby ; indeed, I am disposed to think the latter died previously, because his widow was about this time engaged in building operations. In my Extracts from Singleton, a statement will be noted that Margaret married, as her second husband, the well known Sir Richard Lowther, of Lowther ; no evidence of this mar riage has ever, hitherto, been published, but Singleton, as Rector of Melmerby, was very likely to know. Sir Richard's f1rst wife, Frances Middleton, was buried at Lowther, Sept. 28, 1597. He does not mention Margaret in his Will, dated Deer. 8, 1607, but it is very brief." p. 8
" This son John the former was the son of Christopher he married Margery Eden one of the Edens in Bishoprick. She was called " faire Margery " and was left a widdow and married to Lowther of after . There is also a piece of a Hall belonging to the Lord which stands to the east of the parsonage some 20 yards from it which was begun by a widdow of that family whom Sir Richard Louther of Louther Hall in the meantime married by reason whereof it was* never finished and the more so that the mason who should have built it drowned himself in the river Eden whose name was Peebles." Singleton's Communication. p. 20
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archeological Society, Vol X, Editor: The Worshipful Chancellor Ferguson, MA. LLM., F.S.A., Printed: T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal p. 8, 20
"LOWTHER, Sir RICHARD (1529- 1607), lord warden of the west marches, a member of an old Westmoreland family,...He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and elsewhere on his grandfather's death in 1552;...Richard, born in 1529, was grandson of the last-mentioned John, and eldest son of Hugh Lowther (d. 1540?), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Henry, tenth baron Clifford, the' Shepherd Earl ' of Wordsworth's ' Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle.' He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and else where in Westmoreland on his grandfather's death in 1552 ; was created deputy-warden of the west marches early in Elizabeth's reign, and was knighted and appointed high sheriff of Cumberland in 1565.
In the course of her desperate flight to the Solway, after her defeat at Langside, in May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots caused a letter to be despatched to Lowther asking whether he could insure her safety. He returned an evasive answer, promising to learn the pleasure of his sovereign, but he added that if in the meanwhile the Queen of Scots were forced to enter England he would protect her...On the evening of 16 May landed in an open fishing-boat in Workington. The news spread rapidly, and on the next evening, Lowther with an escort of neighboring gentry, conveyed her to Carlisle castle. There she held for several days in succession a little court, and received, among others, the Earl of Northumberland, who claimed the custody of her person, in right of his office as lord warden, and by the authority of the council of York. Lowther refused to resign her, and a violent altercation ensued. Lowther, however, had a band of soldiers to back him, and Mary remained in his hands. ("Strickland, ii 93, Cotton. MS. Calig. i. f. 76). A few days later he injudiciously permitted the Duke of Norfolk to hold an interview with the queen. It was probably this indulgence which prompted Mary to make in a letter to Elizabeth (dated from Carlisle 28 May 1568) a grateful mention of the courtesy shown her by Lowther. (Lanbonoff, Recucil Lettres, ii.) But Lowther was heavily fined in the Starchamber for allowing Norfolk and Mary to meet, and before the end of May he was relieved of the charge of the fugitive by Sir Francis Knollys {q. v.} and Lord Scrope. When, however, the Queen of Scots, left Carlisle on the 13 July for Bolton Castle, Lowther Hall was chosen by Knollys as her first sleeping place, 'for that the house is twenty miles in the land of Carlisle, and standeth farther from the rescue of the Scots than any other house we could have chosen' and Mary was deeply touched by the affectionate reverence with which she was treated by the deputy and his family."
"Sir Richard was the sheriff of Cumberland for the second time in 1587, and succeeded Scrope as lord warden in 1591."
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34, LLWYD---MACCARTNEY, Edited by Sir Sidney Lee, New York: Macmillan and Co., London: Smith, Elder & Co.: 1893, p. 222, 223.
"on the 16th May, 1568 , Queen Mary Stuart landed at Workingham. Sir Richard Lowther, Sheriff of the county, and Deputy Warden of the West Marches, hastened to meet her, and found her at Cockersmouth, whence, on the following day he conducted her to Carlisle Castle. The Earl of Northumberland, hearing of the same, hastened to Carlisle Castle, and, on the plea that the Queen had landed within his liberty at Cockersmouth, insisted that he ought to have her in charge, and wished to take her to Alnwick. Sir Richard declined to permit this, whereupon, to quote Lowther's words---
'My Lord growing into some heat and angre gave me great threatenings.with many evill
wordes and a like language, calling me a "varlett" and suche others I neither desserved
never looked for at any man's for the servyce of the prynce.'
Author's footnote: "Memorials of the Rebellion in 1569," Cuthbert Sharp, p. 340.
Papers and Pedigrees mainly relating to Cumberland. and Westmorland: Vol 1, Jackson, William, Ed. Mrs. Jackson, London: Bemrose & Sons, Limited, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons Kendal: T. Wilsom: 1892, p. 268
"(In. S. Transept, altar tomb, thereon recumbent alabaster figure in armour and ruff. Pedigree and M .I). I. John Lowther of Lowther in ye Covetye of Westmerland Knight (married) Lucye his wife daughter . of Sr. Christopher Curwin Knight (& had issue). II. Hughe Lowther Esqvire maried Dorathye daughter of Henry Ld. Clifford, they had issve. III. Margaret maried to Joh Richmond of Highet Esqr. hath issve. Anne married to Tho: Wibergh of Clifto. Esquire,they have issve. Francis married to Sr. Henrye Goodyer of Powlswoorth Knight, they have issve. Gerard Lowther Esqvier Apprentice of y Lawe, Barberre, married to Tho: Carleton of Carleton, Esqu. They have issve. Richard Lowther Knight, married and had issve, by Frances theda. of John Middleton of Middleton Esq. IV. Anne marrid to Alexander Fetherston of Fetherst. Esqvire, They have issve. Francis married to Tho:Cliborne of Cliborne Esq: and hath issve. Gerard Lowther Esq: one of ye Jvstices of ye Comon Pleas in Ireland. S. Christoph. Lowther Knt. married Elinor Musgrave and hath issve. Hvgh Lowther Capitayne in ye voyage of Portvgale A.Dni. 15 . . Lancelott Lowther Esqvire Sollicitor general to Queene Anne. William Lowther married Elinor Welberye and by her hath issve. Sr. Rich: Lowther Knig: svcceeded Hen: Lod. Scroope in ye Office of Lord Warden of ye West Marches, & was thrice a commissionor in ye greate Affayres betweene England & Scotland all in ye time of Qveene Elizabeth & after he had seene his children to ye 4th degree, geven them vertvovs education & meanes to live, advanced his brothers & sisters out of his owne patrimony, governed his familye & kept plentifvll hospitallitye for 57 yeares together,he ended his life ye 27th of Jan : Ao. Dni. 1607 Ætas. Suæ 77 uttring at his last breth these verses followinge. (Below is a brass Plate but no trace of letters having ever been engraved upon it. Bp. Nicolson gives the 1st word "Quod," adding, "the rest worn out of the black marble," about 18 lines?The pedigree of 4 descents as above, is in tabular form. Over it are the Arms of Lowther quartering Quaile, Stapleton, Lucy, Strickland, Warcop, the 3 martlets volant, & Lancaster."
Westmorland Church Notes: Vol II, Collected and Arranged by Edward Bellasis. T. Wilson, Highgate, Kendal. 1889, pp. 180-181.
"Sir Richard Lowther was the sheriff of the sd county in the 8th (1566) and 30th !1588) of Eliz."
"It is said that Henry the eighth built the citadel of Carlisle. However, be that as it may, it is certain both that and the rest of the fortifications were greatly gone to decay in the reign of queen Elizabeth, as appears by the following, viz. 'Certificate of the decays of the castle, town, and citadel of Carlisle, by Walter Strykland, Richard Lowther...appointed commissioners for the same 12 June 1563.'"
The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol 1: 1777, Nicolson, Joseph, Esq. and Richard Burn LLD, Printed for W. Strahan, W. Cadell, p. 70.
WILL OF SIR RICHARD LOWTHER
Dated 07 Dec 1607
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Lowther of Lowther in the County of Westmorland, Knight, being sicke in body but perfect in memory, praysed by God, doe Constitute and make this my last will and testament in manor and forme as foloweth:
First, I doe admit my soule to Almightie God; faithfully believing to be save my the merit of my Savior Jesus Christ, through his death and pasion; and my body in my parish Church of Lowther in the portch called Lowther portch. In primis I doe my this my last will and testament constitute and appoint my wel beloved sonnes Hugh Lowther and William Lowther my whole executors.
Item: I doe give unto Mr. Christopher Fetherstone, my daughters sonne, ten pounds to be payed unto him at Easter next insewing the date of there presents.
In whitness whereof I have put unto my hand and seal this 7th of December anno donni 1607. Sealed and signed in the presence of these whitness: John Adamson, Christopher Fetherstone, Henry Nelson, Mathew Grayne, Robert Addison (Jr), John Lowther."
Randy Treadwell, members.tripod.com/~Randy_T/richlowill.html
"If any members of the family are interested in their descent from the Lowther family, if they happen to be in Penrith, it would be well worth their while to visit Gerard Lowther's house, now known as * The Two Lions Hotel, and have a look at the arms given on the ceilings in different parts of the house. All with the exception of the Featherstonhaugh coat are found on the ceiling of the room now used as a billiard-room, together with the date 1585. On the lintel of the fireplace in the hall are three shields of arms, the central one being Lowther impaling Clifford ; the one on the right, Lowther impaling Middleton ; and that on the left, Lowther impaling Dudley with an annulet. On the ceiling of the hall are several arrangements of shields. In one part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Clifford forms a centre, round which in a circle are shields bearing Lowther combined with Middleton, Dudley, Richmond, Wybergh, Goodyer and Carleton : on another part a shield bearing Lowther impaling Dudley,with an annulet and the letters G.L. : and in a third part of the same apartment the arms of Featherstonhaugh. On the ceilings of a room over the billiard-room are the arms of C T Lowther impaling Dudley with a crescent, the letters' for Gerard and Lucy Lowther, and the date 1586, all within a circle. The same arms have been repeated over and over again, for many loose shields are preserved in the house which owes its name of *The Two Lions' to two shields, bearing the Dudley arms, which once existed on the outside of the building."
Some Notes About Our Family History, Yerburgh, E. R, London: Constable and Company LTD: 1912, pp. 92-93.
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