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John Foxe 1547–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 07 Dec 1595

Death Location: Rhodes, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Fox

Mother: Lady Lane

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John Foxe was born in 1547 in Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight Of The Garter Lord William Fox And Lady Anne Margret Lane. John Foxe passed away in 1595 in Rhodes, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • John Foxe was born in 1547 in Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight Of The Garter Lord William Fox And Lady Anne Margret Lane.
  • John Foxe passed away in 1595 in Rhodes, Lancashire, England.

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John Foxe's Ancestors

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John Foxe
1547–1595
Birth Place: Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Knight Of the Garter Lord William Fox
1545–1595
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Anne Margret) Lane
1545–1578
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry) Fox
1521–1545
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Mary Naves) Hawes
1521–1555
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry Lane
1530–1563
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, , England
Lady (Mary) Hawes
1521–1547
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hawes
1490–1554
Ann Greswold
1490–1566
Sir Knight
1509–1603
Maud Parr
1510–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas VII
1465–1558
Joan Rainsford
1475–1559
Sir III
1440–1502
Lady Mervyn
1480–1545
William Parr)
1473–1547
Mary (Parr)
1485–1555

John Foxe's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of John Foxe in Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1595
07 Dec 1595
Age 48
Death of John Foxe in Rhodes, Lancashire, England
Rhodes, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Walcott, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Dec 1595
    Event Place: Rhodes, Lancashire, England

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