George Owen

Who is George Owen?

George Owen, from Oxford and Godstow, Oxfordshire, was an English royal physician and politician.

Owen was born in the Diocese of Worcester and educated at Merton College, Oxford. In 1520 he became a Fellow of the College.

George Owen was the royal physician to several members of the Tudor dynasty: Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. He served alongside Thomas Wendy and Edmund Harman. He was also a Member of the Parliament of England for Oxfordshire in 1558.

Owen owned Wolvercote Manor and Mill, north of Oxford. In 1552, he petitioned the King to prevent the Mayor of Oxford from enclosing Wolvercote Common where the villeragers of Wolvercote traditionally had grazing rights.