John Foxe

1561 - 1630  (~ 68 years)

• Name	John Foxe
  Christening	18 Dec 1561	All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   [2, 3]
  Death	Jul 1630	East Ruston, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Burial	1 Aug 1630	All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   [2, 3]
  Will	2 Aug 1630 (~ 68 years)	East Ruston, Norfolk, England   [2]
  In the name of God Amen the seconde day of August in the Sixt yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne lord Charles by the grace of God of Ingland Scotland Frannce & Ireland Kinge Defender of the faith &c. in Ano Dni 1630: I John Foxe of Eastruston in the Countie of Norffolk yeoman beinge wholl in mynde & in good & perfitt Remembrance thankes be given to God: revokeinge all other wills and testaments by me formerly made: Doe make & ordayne this my last will & testament in manner & forme following First I give & bequeath my Soull unto allmightie God and to Jesus Christ his onely sonn & my onely Saviour by & through whose death & passion I steadfastly beleave to have forgiveness of my Sinnes in the world to Come And my bodie to be buried where my executors or one of them shall thinke good in hope of a Joyefull Resurrection to eternall life at the last daye. Item I give and bequeath unto Mosses Foxe my youngest sonn And to his heires for ever: my Tenement in Ridlington and all my landes in Ridlington both free & Copie hold; except two Acres & three Roodes which I have heretofore by feofement Conveyed to my sonn Daynell: Item I give & bequeath more unto my sonn Mosses Foxe One halfe Acre of Copie hold lande of the manor of Happesbrough [Happisburgh] layeinge & beinge in Walcott to him & his heires for ever And I will & my mynde is that Mosses Foxe my sonn shall enter & have this my tenement & landes bequeathed him at the full Ende and tearme of fower yeares next after my deceesse to be accomplished: And not before: Item I will & my mynde is that Mosses Foxe my sonn & his heires or Assignes shall paye or Cause to be paid out of this my tenement & landes before bequeathed him: unto Susanna Forster my daughter five poundes of good & lawfull mony of Ingland within three yeares next enseueinge after he shall or may Come to the tenement & landes bequeathed unto him aforesaid at or in the parishe church portch of Ridlington. Item I will & my mynde is also that Mosses Foxe my sonn his heires or assignes shall pay or Cause to be paid out of this my tenement & landes before bequeathed him unto Ruth Symons my daughter five poundes of lawfull mony of Ingland within fower yeares next enseueinge after he shall or may Come to the said tenement & landes before bequeathed unto him at or in the parishe Church portch of Ridlington: Provided alwayes and I will & my mynd is that if Mosses Foxe my sonne or his heires shall make default in payment of the said guiftes of five poundes a peece unto my two daughters Susanna & Ruth or to either of them Contrari to my true intent & meaneinge above mentioned & specified: That then I will & my mynde is that my said Daughters or either of them to whom the default is made shall have full power to enter into the said tenement & landes bequeathed to my sonne Mosses Foxe And this same premisses to have hold & Injoye the use & Revation thereof quietly & peaceably without the lett suit or molestaton of the said Mosses Foxe my sonn or his heires or assignes untill they or either of them to whom the default is made shalbe fully satisfied & paid the foresaid guifte bequeathed unto them makeinge no strop nor wast in & upon the said premisses: provided further and I will and if Mosses Foxe my sonn shall happen to departe out of this present life before he doe accomplishe the time in which the tenement & landes bequeathed unto him as aforsaid shalbe expiered: not haveinge issue of his bodi lawfully begotten: That then I will & my mind is that the said tenement & landes bequeathed unto Mosses Foxe my sonn I give & bequeath unto my fower daughters vizatt Mary MarthaSusanna & Ruth & to their heires for ever to be equally devided betwixt them Any thinge to the Contrary in wise not with standinge. Item I give & bequeath unto Daynell Foxe my eldest sonn & to his assignes the use & occupation of all my tenement & landes layeinge in Ridlington & Walcot which I have given unto Mosses Foxe my sonn for the time & tearme of fower yeares next & imediatly after my decease makeinge no strop nor wast in & upon the said premisses and to keepe & mayntayne the said houses in Reasonable Reparacons dureinge the said tearme And upon Condition payeinge or Cause to be paid unto my executors hereafter named the some of Twentie poundes of lawfull mony of Ingland in manner & forme followinge vizott in & upon the feast day of St Michall the Archangell which shalbe next after my deceasse Tenn poundes at or in the parishe church portch of Eastruston And upon the feast day of St Michall the archangel Come twelvemonth after my deceasse other Tenn poundes of lawfull mony of Ingland at or in the parishe church portch of Eastruston: in full discharge & lewe of the use & Reversion or Reversions of my tenement & landes aforesaid for fower yeares next enseueinge after my deceasse: Provided alwayes & I will if Daynell Foxe my sonn or his assignes shall make default of payment of the said Twentie poundes or Any parte or parcell thereof at the dayes & place above mentioned for the use & Revertion or Revertions of this my tenement & landes bequeathed my sonn Daynell for fower yeares as aforesaid: That then I will my executors hereafter named shall presently after such default of payment of either of the somes aforesaid of Tenn powndes: enter into the said tenement & landes bequeathed unto my sonn Daynell for fower yeares: And all the same premisses have & hold the use & Revertion or Revertions to them & their assignes makeinge no strop nor wast upon the said premisses & to kepe & mayntayne the said howses in Reasonable Reparcons dureinge the Residue of the time & tearme of fower yeares after my deceasse as aforesaid And then I will if it shall so happen Daynell Foxe my sonn & his assignes shalbe quit expelled frustrat & void of this my guift of the use & Revertion or Revertions of this my tenement & landes for the tearme aforesaid bequeathed & given him and to have no further use & enterest thereof: Any thinge to the Contrari in Any wise not with standinge: Item I will give & bequeath three powndes to be bestowed & distributed at my buriall by myne executors hereafter named or one of them at their discretion. Item I give twentie shillings for sermons One to be preached in Ridlington Church and an other in Walcott Church And the Rest in Eastruston Church to be performed & preached within two yeares next after my deceasse to provid a preacher at the choyse of myne executors or of one of them which may fittest for the occasion suplied: Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Martha Balye five powndes of lawfull mony of Ingland to be paid by myne executors upon the feast day of St Michall the Archangle Come twelvemonth after my deceasse at or in the parishe church portch of Eastruston. Item I give & bequeath unto all my daughters Children and to my sonn Daynells Children which are now borne 3s 4d [3 shillings 4 pence] a peece to be paid by myne executors hereafter named within fower yeares next enseueing after my deceasse: Item I give unto Deborea Farfaxe tenn shillings of lawfull English mony to be paid by myne executors upon the feast day of St Michall the archangell Come twelvemonth after my deceasse. Item all my other goodes Cattells & Chattells or houshold stufe whatsoever unbequeathed I give & bequeath unto Mosses Foxe my sonn & unto Bartram Flight my sonn in lawe whom I make & ordayne my Soall executors of this my last will & testament they to take my debts & paye my debts & legasies as I have formerly in this my will appointed them And to bringe my bodie decently in the Christian buriall to the Earth And in wittnes this is my last will & testament Contayned in tuo sheetes of paper I have subscribed my hand & sette my Seall the day & yeare first above written And published these presente to be my last will & testament in the presence of William Ward & James Thaxter John Foxe Delivered in the presence of William Ward & James Thaxter. Approved at Norwich 20th August 1630 and administration granted to Bartram Flight one of the executors, power reserved to Moses Fox.
  Siblings	2 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Alys Foxe,   c. 20 Mar 1560, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England + 2. John Foxe,   c. 18 Dec 1561, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England d. Jul 1630, East Ruston, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 68 years) ▻ Catherine Crickemer,  m. 1 Nov 1588 > 3. Annes Foxe,   c. 22 Mar 1563/64, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England d. 1606  (Age ~ 41 years) ▻ John Bruen,  m. Abt 1597   4. Christabell Foxe,   c. 10 Mar 1566, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   5. Laurence Foxe,   c. 9 Feb 1568, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 7 May 1568, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Laurence Foxe,   c. 26 Jan 1569, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 2 Apr 1579, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 10 years)   7. Katheriyne Foxe,   c. 11 Sep 1571, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   8. Margaret Foxe,   c. 14 Jan 1573, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 30 May 1579, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 6 years)
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Clement Walston and Mary Cooke)
  1. Robert Walston,   c. 15 Nov 1577, Walcott, Norfolk, England   2. Agathe Walston,   c. 26 May 1579, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Foxe   bur. 3 Apr 1559, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   (Grandfather)  Alys  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I256	Roy Line
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	William Foxe,   b. 1536, Walcott, Norfolk, England d. Mar 1572/73, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Cooke,   b. 1638, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 27 Mar 1598, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Catherine Crickemer,   b. 12 Dec 1569, Walcott, Norfolk, England
  Marriage	1 Nov 1588	All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 11 months - She : 18 years and 11 months.
  Children	3 sons and 8 daughters
  1. Margaret Foxe,   c. 23 Aug 1589, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 24 Aug 1589, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 0 years) >   2. Mary Foxe,   c. 25 Jun 1591, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England ▻ Bartram Flight >   3. Martha Foxe,   c. 13 Feb 1593, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England ▻ James Balie  m. 7 Sep 1620     4. John Foxe,   c. 22 Feb 1594, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 1 Dec 1609, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 15 years)     5. Lydia Foxe,   c. 20 Sep 1596, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 3 Apr 1597, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 0 years) >   6. Daniell Foxe,   b. Apr 1598, Walcott, Norfolk, England d. Dec 1658, Bodney, Norfolk, England (Age 60 years) ▻ Katherine Paramenter     7. Susan Foxe,   c. 23 Jan 1600, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England +   8. Ruth Foxe,   c. 10 Jan 1601/02, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England ▻ John Symonds  m. 1 May 1624     9. Lidia Foxe,   c. 13 Jun 1603, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 25 May 1604, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 0 years)   10. Moyses Foxe,   c. 4 Nov 1604, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   11. Jane Foxe,   c. 6 Jan 1607, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England bur. 17 Feb 1607, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Foxe(1561 – 1630) 2William Foxe(1536 – Mar 1572/73) 4John Foxe( – 1559) 5 3Mary Cooke(1638 – 1598) 6Edmund Cooke 7Alys

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 18 Dec 1561 - All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England Marriage - 1 Nov 1588 - All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England Death - Jul 1630 - East Ruston, Norfolk, England Burial - 1 Aug 1630 - All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England Will - 2 Aug 1630 - East Ruston, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S387] FamilySearch, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S1646] Farrow, Charles. "The Walcott Connection", (Olympia, Washington: About Towne, volume XXXII, number 1, 2012). [S1389] Wheeler, Dick. "Symonds/Foxe Update", (Rochester, New York: About Towne, volume IX, number 2, 2 June 1989).