About our Name

Fowler

Origin of Fowler
A Saxon Chief, fond of the chase, and being a daring hunter, was called Fowler. This Fowler, accompanied by numerous band of retainers and followers, went to England about a hundred years before the union of all the Kingdoms of England into one under Egbert.
Burke's Commoners Vol. II, p. 385, edition of 1834

The Crusade is shown by the crosses on the chevron. Royal service is shown by the chevron. The lions are "on guard" and protection to the person of the king is indicated by the coronet on the owl. The Fowler coat bears a helmet of silver, representing nobility; above the helmet is a wreath - symbol of chivalry, the emblem presented the favorite knight by a lady during a tournament. The silver flourishings behind the helmet represent the cap of honor, while the blue flourishings represent the mantle flowing from the helmet for protection. Above the wreath is an owl.
English Baronetage by Thomas Wotton,
printed in 1741, Vol. LV, pp. 102-103

This family was of great antiguity before the reign of King Richard I, when in that warlike prince's expedition to the Holy Land, Richard Fowler of Foxley, in the County of Bucks, serving as a commanding officer, in the wars, in which that prince was engaged against the Infidels, together with other Chieftain princes,  maintained, at his own expense, a certain number of British bowmen, all his own tenants, to serve likewise in the said wars.  And, at the siege of Ptolomais, (otherwise called Acon) upon an attempt of the Infidels, to surprise the Christian camp in the night-time, he thro' his extraordinary care and vigilance, happily prevented them. His royal master, therefore, in honor to such eminent service, knighted him in the field, and caused his then crest, which was the hand and the lure, to be changed to the vigilant owl. Burke adds to the above account that Richard Fowler was disturbed by an owl, he investigated, and found a sentry had been silently slain near the tent of the king, he aroused the camp in time to save the life of the king, and meet the surprise attack of the enemy.
Burke's Commoners Vol. II, p. 385, edition of 1834

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