John Fowler

was born in the City of Bristow, educated in Wykehams School near Winchester, admitted Fellow of New Coll. after he had served two years of probation, in 1555, resigned it in 1559 and the year after took the Degree of Master of Arts, but did not compleat it by standing in the Comitia. About that time leaving England, he took upon him the trade of printing, partly at Antwerp and partly at Lovaine, whereby he did signal service for the R. Catholicks in printing their books for the vindication of their cause against the Protestants in England. He was well skill’d in the Greek and Latin tongues, a tolerable Poet and Orator, and a Theologist not to be contemn’d. So learned he was also in Criticismes, and other polite learning, that he might have passed for another Robert, or Henry, Stephens, Printers. He did diligently peruse the Theological sums of St. Thomas of Aquine, and with a most excellent method did reduce them into a Compendium. To which he gave this title,

Loca communia Theologica, &c. lib. 1. He wrot also,

Additiones in Chronica Genebrandi.

A Psalter for Catholicks—Answered by Tho. Sampson sometimes Dean of Ch. Ch.

Epigrams and other verses—He also translated from Lat. into English, The Epistle of Osorius; and The oration of Pet. Frarin of Antwerp against the unlawful insurrections of the Protestants under pretence to reform Religion. Antw. 1566. oct. answered by Will. Fulke of Cambridge. At length giving way to fate at Newmarck called by some Krainburg in Germany, 1578-79 13. Febr. in Fifteen hundred seventy and eight, was buried in the Ch. yard of St. John the Evangelist there, near to the body of John Harrys, sometimes Father to Alice his Wife.