English Politician. In 1422, he was appointed by King Henry V as the Customs officer for the Port of London. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1432 to 1434 and in 1472. He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1436 and 1454. In 1447 he founded the Guild of St. Christopher at Thame with his wife.∼Richard was born at North Weston a hamlet close to Thame which has now more or less disappeared. In the church there is a chest tomb with brass inlays - In 1447 Richard and Sybil Quartermain founded the Guild of St Christopher at Thame, and endowed the town's first alms houses which fell into disrepair and were restored with funds left by Lord Williams in his will of 1559. His wife Sybil (Englefield) was the heiress of Rycote.
The third figure on the memorial is Richard Fowler, who was thought possibly a godson and heir to Rycote as the couple were childless. Richard Fowler was the great nephew of Sybil Quartermain and became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1473. Whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Richard Fowler lived at the Quartermain family's ancestral home at North Weston.
The third figure on the memorial is Richard Fowler, who was thought possibly a godson and heir to Rycote as the couple were childless. Richard Fowler was the great nephew of Sybil Quartermain and became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1473. Whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Richard Fowler lived at the Quartermain family's ancestral home at North Weston.
English Politician. In 1422, he was appointed by King Henry V as the Customs officer for the Port of London. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1432 to 1434 and in 1472. He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1436 and 1454. In 1447 he founded the Guild of St. Christopher at Thame with his wife.∼Richard was born at North Weston a hamlet close to Thame which has now more or less disappeared. In the church there is a chest tomb with brass inlays - In 1447 Richard and Sybil Quartermain founded the Guild of St Christopher at Thame, and endowed the town's first alms houses which fell into disrepair and were restored with funds left by Lord Williams in his will of 1559. His wife Sybil (Englefield) was the heiress of Rycote.
The third figure on the memorial is Richard Fowler, who was thought possibly a godson and heir to Rycote as the couple were childless. Richard Fowler was the great nephew of Sybil Quartermain and became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1473. Whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Richard Fowler lived at the Quartermain family's ancestral home at North Weston.
The third figure on the memorial is Richard Fowler, who was thought possibly a godson and heir to Rycote as the couple were childless. Richard Fowler was the great nephew of Sybil Quartermain and became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1473. Whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Richard Fowler lived at the Quartermain family's ancestral home at North Weston.
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