William Rowe (Lord Mayor of London)

For other people with the same name, see William Rowe (disambiguation).

1796 engraving of Rowe

Sir William Rowe was an English merchant and politician who served as the Sheriff of London in 1583 and Lord Mayor of London in 1592. ^[1] He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers and was knighted (between 24 April and 23 May) 1593. He died on 23 October 1593. Sir William's cousin Sir Thomas Rowe was also Lord Mayor of London, in 1568, as was Sir Thomas's son Henry Rowe in 1607. ^[2]

Marriage and issue

William Rowe was married to Jane Lucar (daughter of Emanuel Lucar, Merchant Taylor of London, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Paul Withypoll). ^[3]

• Nicholas Rowe of Muswell Hill, Middlesex (born c. 1568, died 17 August 1616) married Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir George Rivers of Chafford.
• William Rowe (born c. 1573, died 1634) married Cicely Rowe, daughter of William Rowe of Higham Hill, Walthamstow.
• Julia(n) Rowe married Francis Babington.
• Suzan Rowe who apparently married (1) to Richard Welby (baptized 1563, died 1634); (2) to Julian Muffett (Moffytt); widow of James Haes (James Huyshe) of London). ^[4]

References

1. "Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189" (PDF). citybridgetrust.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
2. Hope, Valerie (1989). My Lord Mayor. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 49. ISBN   0-297-79519-8.
3. J.J. Howard and G.J. Armytage (Eds), The Visitation of London in the year 1568 taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, Harleian Society I (London 1869), p. 49.
4. "Stirnet".

• From The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913. Archived 15 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Civic offices
Preceded by William Webbe	Lord Mayor of London 1592–1593	Succeeded by Cuthbert Buckell