Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1424 during the reign of Henry VI. During the reign of Edward IV, Richard Haute (died 8 April 1487) was Lieutenant from 1471 to 1473. John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford was Constable in the reign of Henry VII, at which time Sir John Digby was his Lieutenant. According to some sources, in the reign of Henry VIII Sir Thomas Lovell (died 25 May 1524) served as Lieutenant from Michaelmas 1512; however according to other sources, he was Constable of the Tower. Among the prisoners of state in Lovell's custody was the Pretender to the Crown, Lambert Simnel.
Richard Fowler (chancellor) Richard Fowler (chancellor) Sir Richard Fowler (c.1425-1477) was an English administrator. He was the son of William Fowler of Preston manor in Buckinghamshire. He inherited the manor after his father's death. He held several posts including king's solicitor from 1461 to 1470 (the first to hold this post) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1462 to 1477, before being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1469 to 1471 and Under-Treasurer of England in 1471. He was knighted by Edward IV in 1467. Richard Fowler was the nephew of Sybil Quartermain and whilst the Quartermains lived at Rycote, Oxfordshire,