Jerome Bowie
Jerome Bowie (died 1597) was a servant of James VI of Scotland as a sommelier and Master of the Wine Cellar, in charge of the purchase and serving of wine. Family background Jerome Bowie's family was from Stirling. His father is thought to have been Andrew Bowie, a gunner employed by Regent Arran. During the war known as the Rough Wooing Andrew Bowie was hurt at the siege of Haddington in August 1548 and a "barber" cured him. He was stationed at Dunbar Castle in 1552, and at Dumbarton Castle in 1553. Career at court Jerome Bowie was first recorded as a servant of the Earl of Mar. He helped keep a record of the expenses of James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran when Arran was a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle in 1564. At that time the Earl of Mar was keeper of Edinburgh Castle. Bowie joined the newly established household for the infant King James in March 1568, serving in the wine cellar at Stirling Castle. In February 1569, the ruler of Scotland, Regent Moray, bought a horse from Bowie, described as the Earl of Mar's servant, for £30, for the use of the king's tailor James Inglis. Bowie