Boycott, Stephen James Branthwaite, son of Rev. George Alfred Branthwaite Boycott, Rector of West Halton, Lincs, and Eily St Clair, d. of Capt. George Osborn Springfield, 5th Dragoon Guards, of Holt, Norfolk; b. 26 Dec. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left July 1934; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1936, Lieut. Jan. 1939, Capt. Jan. 1944, Maj. Jan. 1949; retd 1958; wounded (France) May 1940, despatches Dec. 1940; asst master The King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-62; bred and trained horses; m. 1st 1941 Edna Marion, d. of Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Curtis RAF; 2nd Rosemary, widow of Donald Landels Henderson and d. of Thomas Rawling Bridgwater, barrister-at-law; d. circa 1965.

BOYCE, AUGUSTUS ROBERT, son of Capt. Henry Pytches Boyce, 3rd Foot Guards, Upper Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Lady Amelia Sophia Spencer Churchill, dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC; nephew of William Boyce (qv) [according to Whitmore]; b. 19 Apr 1822; adm. 9 Feb 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1836; left 1840; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1840; Ensign, 11th Native Infantry, 19 Nov 1840; d. at Ahmedabad, Bombay, 21 Oct 1842.

BOWYER, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, adm. scholar 1607, matr. 1606. [Presumably the John Bowyer ordained deacon 26 May 1616, priest 27 May 1616 (both Peterborough), described as MA Trin. Coll. Camb. ]

BOWYER (or BONEYER), WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BOWMAN, NICHOLAS, second son of Nicholas Bowman, Westminster, and Susan Barron, Kent; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 21 Jul 1634; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1652, matr. 2 Oct 1652; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Jul 1655.

BOWLES, GEORGE DOWNING, second son of Rev. George Downing Bowles, Fawley, Hants., and Anne, eldest dau. of James Stillingfleet (qv) and his second wife; b. 17 Aug 1826; adm. 13 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1841; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1867; BA 1849; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1850, priest (Peterborough) 1851; Curate, Ravensthorpe, Northants., 1850-1, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1851-4, Thenford, Northants., 1854-62, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1863-6; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1866; d. 4 Apr 1901.

BOWLE, JOHN, son of Richard Bowle, Chesham, Bucks., auditor to Earl of Bedford, and his first wife Mary Brayton; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1593, adm. sizar 1593, scholar 1594, matr. Lent 1593/4; BA 1597/8; MA 1601 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1605); BD 1608; DD 1613 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1615); Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1599 -c. 1608; ordained; domestic chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Rector of St, Michael le Querne, London, 1 Mar 1607/8-14; Rector of Upminster, Essex, 1 Jun 1609; Rector of Bradfield, Berks., 1613; Rector of Tilehurst, Berks., 1613; Rector of Eynsford, Kent, 1614-29; Dean of Salisbury 28 Jul 1620 - Feb 1629/30; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 7 Feb 1629/30; Laud, in his account of his archiepiscopate written in 1637, complains that Bowle had been ill for three years before his death, and had neglected his diocese; m. Bridget, dau. of George Coppin, Dunwich, Suffolk, and sister of Sir George Coppin, Kt, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; d. 9 Oct 1637. DNB.

BOWEN, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1700; left 1701.

BOWEN, THOMAS, of Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1654, adm. pens. 1 May 1654, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8.

BOWEN, REUBEN, of Middlesex; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1656 (1st and 3rd quarters); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1656, adm. pens. 14 May 1656, scholar 1656, matr. Lent 1657/8; BA 1659/60; MA 1663; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1661- c. 1698; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders (London) 19 Sep 1663; Curate, Fulbourn, Cambs. ; Vicar of Fulbourn St. Vigors, Cambs. , 1667.