Described as fellow of Oriel in 1722-3.
Foster: Bowles, Joseph, s. Jos., of Shaftsbury, Dorset, pleb. Hart Hall, matric 23 June 1713, aged 19; BA from St Mary Hall, 19 Jan 1716-17; fellow Oriel Coll., MA 1719, Bodley's librarian 1719-29, admon at Oxford granted 13 Mar 1730. See Rawlinson, i. 233.