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Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter 1545–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 7 Dec 1595

Death Location: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Sir Fox*

Mother: Lady Hawes💎💎

Spouse(s): Lady Lane

Children(s): John *

In 1545, Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter entered the world in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, born to Sir Henry William Knight Fox And Lady Mary Naves Hawes. Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter married Lady Anne Margret Lane, and had children including John Henry Francis Fox Simes. Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter passed away in 1595 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1545, Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter entered the world in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, born to Sir Henry William Knight Fox And Lady Mary Naves Hawes.
  • Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter married Lady Anne Margret Lane, and had children including John Henry Francis Fox Simes.
  • Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter passed away in 1595 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Fox*
1523–1545
Birth Location: St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
SF
Lady Hawes💎💎
1521–1555
Birth Location: Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
LH

Spouses(s)

Lady Lane
1545–1578
Birth Location: Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
LL

Children(s)

John *
1560–1625
Birth Location: Downton, Wiltshire, England
J*

Lord Garter's Ancestors

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Lord Garter
1545–1595
Birth Place: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
Sir Henry William (Knight) Fox*
1523–1545
St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
Lady (Mary Naves) Hawes💎💎
1521–1555
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Frederick II) Fox\Foxe
1504–1558
Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England
Cecily (Anne Grey, 1504, 1494, Fox, Lady, Baroness) Dudley
1497–1554
Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
Thomas (Rainsford Hawes*) VIII
1500–1554
Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Ann (Greswold) Hawes
1505–1590
Allscott, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Foxe
1472–1554
Johanna Rainsford
1475–1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Garter's Descendants

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Lord (Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the) Garter (1545–7 Dec 1595) m. Lady (Anne Margret) Lane (25 Oct 1545–23 Aug 1578)
  1. 1. John (Henry Francis Fox\Simes) * 1560–1625 m. Edith Alford 1560–1606
    1. 1. Newell (Roger) Simes 1572–1635
      1. 1. Lucy Simes 1611– m. Nathaniel Pope 1603–1660
        1. 1. Humphrey Pope 1645–1684 m. Elizabeth Hawkins 1667–1717

Lord Garter's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
1595
7 Dec 1595
Age 50
Death of Lord Sir William IV Fox, Knight Of the Garter in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1595
    Event Place: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
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