The Quest for a Lost Race

by Thomas Edward Pickett

Bowcher, for Bourchier.

Bowden, from Bodin (Lower). Petrus Bodin, Normandy, Eleventh Century.

Bowdler (from Hope Bowdler and other places, Salop). A form of De Bollers, or Bodlers, of Flanders. Vide Buller.

Bowen. Bouvignes (Bely).

Bowes, from Boves, Normandy. John de Bowes or Boves, Normandy, 1180. Hugh de Boves commanded in Poitou for King John (Roger of Wendover, 1287).

Bowett. Alexander Bonet occurs in Normandy, 1180. Bowet, England, 1321.

Bowker. Vide Booker. The names are armorially related.

Bowles, or Buelles. Vide Boyle. Hence, W. Lisle Bowles, the poet.

Bowley, for Beaulieu (Lower). Simon de Bello Loco, Normandy, 1180. Alexander de Bello Loco, Bedfordshire, 1255.

Bown, armorially identified with Bohun of Midhurst. Vide Boon.