'Fox03'
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Families covered: Fox of Bingley, Lane-Fox of Bramham Park, Fox of Chacombe, Fox of Fullwood, Fox of Grete (Worcestershire), Fox of Smalfield, Fox of Yardley
| (1) We know of no connection between the following 3 families but have them share the page for convenience only. (2) Commoners, which provides the early generations below, identifies the arms of the following family, quartered with those of Lane, as "a chevron between three foxes' heads erased gu.". (3) Note that the Foxes of Grete (in Yardley, Worcestershire) shown below are different from the Foxes of Greet (in Burford, Salop) shown on Fox02. |
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| William Fox (a 1475) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sibil de Grete (dau/heir of John de Grete of Grete) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Fox of Grete (in Yardley), Worcestershire (a 1523) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (d 10.07.1539) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Fox of Grete (d 09.05.1545) the first mentioned by Crisp | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Partridge d 11.1562, m2. Richard More of Bordesley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Fox (b 1535-6, d 22.06.1551) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Fox of Grete (b 16.09.1539, bur 08.04.1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.01.1561/2) Ann Smallbrook (d 03.06.1633, dau of Richard Smallbrook of Birmingham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Fox of Mosely in King's Norton (b 07.1569, d 23.04.1623 (not 1634)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.07.1595) Mary Birch (d before 04.11.1634, dau of George Birch of Smethwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joseph Fox (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alice Fox (a 06.1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1617/8) William Booth of Witton (d 23.11.1637) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Eleanor Fox (bur 27.10.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1629/30) Robert Middlemore of Haselwell (in King's Norton) (bpt 25.10.1608, bur 16.01.1679/80) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Fox of Yardley (b c1573, d before 09.07.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (d before 30.05.1657) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Fox (a 07.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | John Fox of King's Norton (a 05.1657) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Chambers | |||||||||||||||
| d/e. | Henry Fox of Yardley (a 1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Collier (m2. Thomas Dorley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Dorothy Fox (bur 01.08.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 13.05.1641) Richard Billingsley of Birmingham (bur 25.12.1677) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Fox | ||||||||||||||
| e/d. | Edmund or Edward Fox of Birmingham (d 18.06.1640 or 01.1640) the only one of this generation mentioned by BP1934 & BLG1886 | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16/17.11.1603) Elizabeth Greysbrooke (bpt 19.05.1586, bur 08.02.1629/30, dau of Hugh Greysbrooke (Grossbrooke) by Margaret Sagar) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Fox of Wantage, Berkshire had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Windham (dau/coheir of George Windham or Wirdnam of Wantage) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Joseph Fox of Graige, co. Tipperary (b 27.02.1617/8, d before 17.03.1689/90, Major, MP in Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomasine Blayney (b c1627, dau of Henry Blayney, 2nd Lord of Monaghan (by Jane Moore), widow of Sir Henry Pierce) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Fox of Graige (d before 05.08.1719, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Oliver (dau of Robert Oliver of Clonodfoy) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | "several sons" (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1691) Frances Lane (d 1724, dau of Sir George Lane of Tulske, 1st Viscount Lanesborough (by Frances Sackville), m1. Ulick, Viscount Galway) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Fox, later Lane-Fox or Fox-Lane, Lord Bingley of Bingley (b c1696, d 22.02.1772/3, MP, 2nd son of this marriage?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1731) Harriet Benson (bpt 04.02.1704/5, d 07.04.1771, dau of Robert Benson, Lord Bingley, by Elizabeth Fitch) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Fox-Lane (b 05.08.1732, dvpsp 24.05.1768, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c04.1760) Mildred Bourcher (d 03.12.1760, dau of John Bourchier of Beningborough) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.06.1761) Bridget Henley (d 13.03.1796, dau of Robert Henley, Earl of Northington, m2. John Tollemache) | |||||||||||||||
| TCP ('Bingley') reports that possibly an illegitimate son of Lord Bingley was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | _ Burgoyne (General in the American War) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sackville Fox (d 01.12.1760, genealogist & Herald, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners & BLG886 identify the wife of Sackville as Ann Holloway. Crisp identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (a 12.1761) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | James Fox, later Fox-Lane of Bramham Park, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 07.04.1821, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.07.1789) Marcia Lucy Pitt (b 29.03.1756, d 05.08.1822, dau of George Pitt, Lord Rivers, by Penelope Atkins) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | George Lane-Fox of Bramham Park (b 04.05.1793, d 15.11.1848, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.09.1814) Georgiana Henrietta Buckley (dau of Edward Pery Buckley of Minestead Lodge by Georgiana West) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | William Augustus Pitt Lane-Fox (b 1796, d 11.02.1832) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1817) Caroline Douglas (b c1799, d 07.11.1873, dau of John Douglas (by Frances Lascelles), sister of George, Earl of Morton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Sackville Walter Lane-Fox of Tadcaster (b 24.03.1797, d 18.08.1874, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.05/6.1826) Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne (b 16.07.1801, d 07.11.1836, dau of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| The barony of Conyers passed to their elder son along with a claim to the barony of Darcy de Knayth. | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Thomas Henry Lane-Fox (d 22.11.1861, Vicar of Sturminster Newton) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Marcia Bridget Lane-Fox (d 10.06.1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05/06.08.1813) Sir Edward Marmaduke Stourton, later Vavasour, 1st Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Jane Fox (a 12.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - James of East Horsley (b c1699, dsp 22.10.1753), Henrietta Elizabeth Penelope (b 13.11.1693, d young), Mary (a 10.1717), Jane (a 10.1717), Frances, Anne (a 10.1717), Isabella Katherine (a 10.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Penelope Fox (d before 23.10.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 19.05.1688) Hugh Morgan of Cottlestown | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Mary (a 1688), Jane ( d before 07.05.1709), Catherine (a 1688) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Thomas Fox of Tamworth (b 04.03.1622, d before 15.02.1667/8, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Mason (dau of Richard Mason of Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.09.1654) Judith Boothby (dau of Sir Henry Boothby, Bart, by Mary Hayes) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Timothy Fox (b 12.10.1628, d 30.05.1710, Rector of Drayton Basset) | ||||||||||||||
| MGH (NS3 vol 3 (1900), p159) identifies Timothy as ancestor of the Foxes of Osmaston | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Lettice Buckbury (b 05.03.1633/4, d 18.01.1664/5, dau of Rev. John Buckbury of Drayton Bassett) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Richardson (d 30.03.1711/2, dau of John RIchardson, widow of Rev. Francis Ward of Titenhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Anne Fox (b 29.08.1604, a 1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1627) William Girdler of Birmingham (bur 16.05.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Frances Fox (b 12.02.1605/6, a 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Elton of Oldbury & London (MD) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Martha Fox (b 18.04.1616, a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Mandy of Oldbury | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Mary Fox (bpt 16.01.1621/2, a 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Baynton of Solihull (b c1615, d 1689) | |||||||||||||||
| (9)+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 20.12.1607, dsp), Elizabeth (bpt 08.08.1609), Sarah (b 25.06.1611), Rebecca (b 10.06.1612), Margaret (b 26.07.1617, d unm), Eleanor (bpt 03.03.1624/5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | f. | Joan Fox (a 12.1604) | |||||||||||||
| m. Henry Pretty of Yardley (a 12.1604) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Dorothy Fox (a 12.1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Sevenhall or Sydnall of Tamworth (a 12.1640) | |||||||||||||||
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| Michael Fox, 1st of Chacombe Priory, Northamptonshire (d 1568) | |||||||||||||||
| Michael purchased the priory from the Crown at the dissolution of religious houses. | |||||||||||||||
| m(2). Clemence Hawton (dau of John Chawton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Fox of Chacombe Priory (b 1530, d 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Gibbons | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Michael Fox of Chacombe Priory (b 1565, d 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Bigge (dau of Sir Thomas Bigge) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Charles Fox of Chacombe Priory (d 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Shirley (dau of Thomas Shirley of Preston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Charles Fox of Chacombe Priory (b 1661, d 1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Martin (dau of John Martin of Ripe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Fox of Chacombe Priory (b 1687, d 1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Bradley (dau of John Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Fox of Chacombe Priory (b 1737, dsp 1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Elizabeth Egerton (dau of Rev. William Egerton of Farthingo) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jean (relict of Dr. Scott) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Fox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Wykeham of Sulgrave (d 1805, vicar of Sulgrave & Chacombe) | |||||||||||||||
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| William Fox of Fullwood, Sheffield (bur 09.07.1580) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Fox of Fullwood (b c1548, a 1624) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Fox of Fullwood (bur 01.05.1611) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Ulysses Fox of Fullwood (a 10.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1612-3) Elizabeth Green (dau/heir of William Green of Smalfield (who d 26.09.1640)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Fox of Fullwood (bpt 12.12.1613, bur 21.08.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.09.1636) Ann Morewood (dau of John Morewood of The Oaks, m2. Henry Balguy of The Hagg) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Fox of Bradfield & Fullwood (bpt 08.02.1642-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy (bur 11.08.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Henry (b 1667, d 1669), William (b 1668), George (b 1670), Henry (b 1676, a 1700), Anne (b 1672), Elizabeth (b 1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.11.1679) Mary Pole (dau of Francis Pole of Park Hall, m2. Robert Blackburn of Bate Green) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | John Fox of Fullwood (b 07.12.1682, glassmaker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wood (b 1684-5, d 07.04.1757, dau/coheir of Edward Wood of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Michael Fox (b 1718-9, d 15.03.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Fox (bpt 04.11.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Broomhead | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Mary Fox (bpt 22.06.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.07.1718) William Finney of Catcliffe | |||||||||||||||
| (9)+ | other issue - Francis (b 10.02.1680-1, printer), James (bpt 04.04.1684), Michael (bpt 24.08.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - John (a 1648), Jeremy (bpt 18.01.1645-6), Joseph of Rowlee in Derbyshire (bpt 25.07.1647, d 04.08.1669), Mary (bpt 22.07.1641), Elizabeth (a 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Fox of Smalfield, Bradfield (bpt 24.03.1615-6, bur 13.07.1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Morton (d 12.05.1691, dau/coheir of Christopher Morton of Wightwistle, m2. Robert Ward of Woodseats) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Fox of Smalfield (d unm bur 12.12.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Fox (b 1645, bur 26.06.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.10.1675) John Woodhead of Woodseats | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Ann Fox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Wood of Barnsley | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Fox | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.06.1689) George Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - William (d infant), George (d infant), Sarah (a 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Fox (bpt 25.09.1618, bur 1648?) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Stephen Fox (bpt 08.04.1624, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.04.1650) Elizabeth Morton (bur 1668) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Fox (bur 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Zachariah Fox (bpt 18.02.1592-3, a 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Sophronia Fox (bpt 03.03.1587-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1617-8) Edmund Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Gertrude Fox (bpt 20.08.1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.06.165) John Ellis | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | John Fox of Harper House, Sheffield possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Ulysses Fox of Hallam | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1610) Elizabeth Rose (dau of Richard Rose of Grey Stones (son of Robert) by Ellen) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 20.08.05, reviewed & expanded 03.11.24 using Crisp): BP1934 ('Bingley)', BLG1886 ('Lane Fox of Bramham Park'), Commoners (vol 2, 'Lane-Fox of Braham Park', p493+), Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Fox', p154+)
(2) For middle section (uploaded 26.07.08) : Commoners (vol I, 'Wykeham-Martin of Leeds Castle') p423+)
(3) For lower section (uploaded 16.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS278, 'Fox', p681+)
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