Sir Richard FOWLER
- Born: Abt 1421, Rycote, England - Great Haseley, Oxford
- Marriage: Joan DANVERS
- Died: 3 NOV 1477 about age 56
- Buried: Saint Dunstan Chapel - London, England - Westminister Abbey
 General Notes:
Richard Fowler was Knighted by Edward IV, 1467; M.P. for Oxford 1467. King's Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster. Will proved November 19, 1477; directs masses to be sung for his soul and that of his family. Will mentions sisters Sybell Danvers and Alice Rookes, daughter Sybell Chamberlain, daughter Jean to marry Edward Stradlint his ward now aged 15, son Richard, son Edmund. Mentions his manors of Rycote, Castle House, Shobendon, Water Stratford, Stokholt, Stutely, Bourton, Mourton, Foscote, and Shaller. He was also seized of the Manor of Stanton Berry, Newport Hundred, by special grant of Edward IV in 1467. He was a very generous benefactor of the church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Sutton-cum- Buckingham, and in 1470 added the large cross aisle, 90 ft. long to the church. There is now in British Museum, London, Addition Charter No. 20, 321, dated June 28, 27 Henry VI (1449) to which is attached his seal as Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, with his coat of arms described. Children known for several generations
Richard married Joan DANVERS, daughter of John DANVERS and Unknown UNKNOWN. (Joan DANVERS was born about 1418 in Calthorpe, England - Oxfordshire.)
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