Family and Education
b. 4 Mar. 1527, 1st s. of Sir James Foljambe of Walton by Alice, da. and coh. of Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwark. m. by 1550, Troth, da. of Sir William Tyrwhitt of Scotter, Lincs., 1s. Godfrey suc. fa. 26 Sept. 1558. Kntd. 24 Jan. 1580.Date of birth given in Coll. Top. et Gen. ii. 71; C142/210/119; The Gen. n.s. vii. 133; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 361-3; (lii), 1020.
Offices Held
J.p. Derbys. 1561 – d., q. by 1569; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1566 – 67, Derbys. 1578 – 79; commr. to inquire into Jesuits and seminarists, Derbys. 1585.
Main residences: Walton, Derbys. and Riby, Lincs. and Aldwark, Yorks.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
FOLJAMBE, Godfrey (1527-85)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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