William Foxe
William Foxe (1479/80 – 1554), of Stoke by Greet and St. John's Hospital, Ludlow, Shropshire, was an English politician.
Family
[edit]Foxe was the eldest son of Edmund Foxe of Stoke by Greet and his wife Catherine née Pickenham, the daughter and coheiress of John Pickenham of Pickenham,[1] Norfolk. Foxe married Jane Downe, a daughter of Richard Downe of Ludlow, Shropshire. They had four daughters and six sons, including MP, Charles and Edmund Foxe. His son-in-law, William Hopton, was made overseer of Foxe's will, alongside his son Charles Foxe and his wife Jane, who died in 1566, was his only excetrix. Foxe was buried in Ludford Church.
Career
[edit]He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ludlow in 1523, 1529 and 1536.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ There are two villages in Norfolk called Pickenham: North Pickenham and South Pickenham. They are two miles apart. It is unclear, and may never be known, which one Catherine was from.
- ^ "FOXE, William (1479/80-1554), of Stoke by Greet and St. John's Hospital, Ludlow, Salop. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
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