Foster: son of Harry merchant taylor, admitted to Merchant Taylors school 23/06/1563, scholar Pembroke Hall Cambridge 1568, BA 1575; incorp. 23/05/1577, MA (licensed 06/07) 1577; lecturer in logic at Queen's College Oxford 1575, principal of St Edmund Hall Oxford 1581-1600, canon of Salisbury 1577-85 and 1582-1621, rector of Trottiscliffe Kent 1578-1621, and of Windermere 1610-27.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| --- | Disp(Dispensation) | Bowsfeild, Thomas | / | View | |
| 1576 | Ordi(ordination) | Bowsfeild, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
| 1578 | Appt(Collation) | Bowsfeild, Thomas | Trotescliffe / | Rector | View |
| 1578 | Appt(Institution) | Bowsfielde, Thomas | Trotscliff / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Ordi(ordination) | Bowsfeild, Thomas | / | priest | View |
| 1581 | Appt(Collation) | Bowsfeld, Thomas | Newchurch / | View | |
| 1583 | Appt(Collation) | Bowsfield, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Yatmister Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1585 | Libc | Bowsfilde, Thomas | Yetminster and Grinston / | Prebendary | View |
| 1588 | Libc | Bowffielde, Thomas | Yetmister and Grimston / | Prebendary | View |
| 1591 | Libc | Bowffielde, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Yetmister and Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1593 | Libc | Bushfeilde, Thomas | Salisbury / Cathedral | Prebendary | View |
| 1594 | Libc | Bowsfield, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Yetmister and Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1600 | Libc | Bowsfield, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / prebend of Yetminster and Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1600 | Libc | Bowffeild, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Yetmister and Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1603 | Libc | Bowsfeld, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / prebend of Yetmister and Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1605 | Libc | Bowsfeild, Thomas | Trotescliffe / | Rector | View |
| 1606 | Libc | Bowffeild, Thomas | Yetminster and Grimpston / | Prebendary | View |
| 1610 | Disp(Dispensation) | Bowsefell, Thomas | Trosley als Trottescliffe / | Rector | View |
| 1613 | Libc | Busfeild, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Grimston | Prebendary | View |
| 1627 | Vac(natural death) | Bousfield, Thomas | Windermere / | Rector | View |