FOXE, Charles (d.1590), of Bromfield, Salop.

Family and Education

2nd s. of William Foxe of Ludlow by Jane, da. of Richard Downe of Ludlow; bro. of Edmund. educ. I. Temple. m. by 1542, Elizabeth (d.1575), da. of Miles Crosby of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., 2s. 3da.; (2) Katherine, da. of Sir Edward Leighton of Wattlesborough, 3s.; 1s. illegit.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 191-3; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), xii. 137-41, 187-8.

Offices Held

Clerk of the signet to council in the marches of Wales from 1540, jointly, with bro. Edmund, then with John Dudley I 1565 – 80, then with Fulke Greville to 1590; sec. council in the marches of Wales from 1558, member from 1560, clerk from c.1565.

Constable, I. Temple 1545, marshal 1561, steward 1564.

J.p. Cheshire, Glos., Herefs., Mon., Salop, Worcs. and all Wales c. 1559 – d.; sheriff, Salop 1582–3.

Freeman, Shrewsbury 1569; recorder, Ludlow 1576.P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 159–61, 333, 348–9; Shrewsbury Burgess Roll, 108; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), xi. 316; CPR, 1557–8, p. 305; 1563–6, p. 319.

Parlimentarian

FOXE, Charles (by 1516-90), of Bromfield, Salop. and the Inner Temple, London.

Main residence: Bromfield, Salop.

Author

P.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

FOXE, Charles (-d.1590)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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