William Bowyer (died 1628)

He made a petition to King James on his own behalf for an income of £20 yearly, as a reward for his services since the Union of the Crowns.

[6] Bowyer wrote to Lord Cecil in July 1604, requesting that the remaining artillery should not be taken from Berwick in case the deserted fortifications became an encouragement to "turbulent spirits".

[7] In November 1605, Bowyer put Berwick and Holy Island on alert after the Gunpowder Plot, watchful for Thomas Percy who was thought to have fled to Scotland.

Bowyer's letters reveal a distrust of the previous administration of works at Berwick, which he characterised as "that old shameful thievery".

[14] Bowyer made efforts to obtain building stone for the Earl of Salisbury from quarries near Berwick.

[16] In June 1611, Bowyer and the Mayor of Berwick, Leonard Fairley, interviewed John Bright, master of the Thomas of Lynn.

He acted as his father's lieutenant and was sent to the royal court in December 1606, where he reported on artillery at Norham Castle, Wark, and Lindisfarne.