General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Rev.
1560 Poet of the court of James VI. A lawyer & clergyman. L
ived in of Harnage Grange, Shropshire, England.
In 15460 he was a lawyer, clergyman, & poet of the court o
f James VI. 200001.19-ex web:http://www.users.etnet.co.uk/v
dunstan/genuki/ROX/Hawick/imperial/hawickTown.html
"The following quotation comes from the Imperial Gazettee
r of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson and published i
n 1868. This reference was found in volume II, pp.51-54: Wi
lliam Fowler, who held the incumbency in the reign of Jame
s VI, and was secretary to his Queen, was a scholar and poe
t of no mean reputation."--200001-19-ex web:http://www.user
s.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/part2.html
History of Scottish Literature_by Andrew Crumbley. "....Jam
es (VI) was the most scholarly of all Scottish manarchs, an
d he was himself a prolific author, writing on subjects a
s diverse as demonology and tobacco. In 1583 he assembled a
t his court a group of poets known as the Castalian Band, w
hich included William Fowler (1560-1612), Alexander Montgom
erie (c1545-98) and John Stewart of Baldynneis (c1539-1606)
." "Born in 1560, Fowler came from a wealthy Edinburgh fami
ly, and graduated from St Andrews University in 1578. He wo
rked as a spy iln Paris, then in 1584 became a minister i
n Hawick. He joined the court of James VI in London, and wa
s secretary to James's wife Queen Anne until his death in 1
612. He was widely travelled and well read, and translate
d Machiavelli and Peatrarch as well as writing hie own poet
ry and prose." Ken Fowler