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Sir William Fox 1545–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

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

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, England

Father: Henry Fox

Mother: Margaret Metcalfe

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Sir William Fox was born in 1545 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Henry William Fox And Margaret Hussey Hose Metcalfe. Sir William Fox passed away in 1578 in Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Fox was born in 1545 in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Henry William Fox And Margaret Hussey Hose Metcalfe.
  • Sir William Fox passed away in 1578 in Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, England.

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Sir Fox's Ancestors

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Sir Fox
1545–1578
Birth Place: Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
Henry William Fox
1521–1563
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret (Hussey Hose) Metcalfe
1520–1565
Nappa, Yorkshire, 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
Great-Grandparents
William Foxe*
1482–1554
Lady Downe*
1484–1565
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Fox's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Sir William Fox in Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Great Missenden, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
1578
1578
Age 33
Death of Sir William Fox in Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, England
Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, 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: 1578
    Event Place: Pilkington, Rhodes, Lancashire, England

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