Elizabeth Bowes (née Aske; 1505 – c. 1572) was an English Protestant exile, and a follower of John Knox, her son-in-law.
[1] Their wardships were sold in 1510 to her future husband's father, Sir Ralph Bowes (d. 1482) of Streatlam.
Richard Bowes, like the rest of his family, was engaged in border business, but seems to have lived chiefly at Aske.
Elizabeth, religious and much affected by the Protestant Reformation, met John Knox, who was living at Berwick in 1549.
At this time Knox's fortunes were at a low ebb, and Queen Mary had just ascended the throne.