John Bowes was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between October 1435 and December 1435.

He was from Cortlingstoke, Nottinghamshire and trained as a lawyer.

In 1428 he was appointed Escheator of Nottinghamshire. In 1429, 1432, 1435 and 1439 he was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

. He was elected Speaker of the House in October 1435.