Jane (Parr) Fox (abt. 1510 - abt. 1580)

Born about 1510 in Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died about 1580 at about age 70 in Rhodes, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Rev John Booker, the Rector of Prestwich, published an account of the local families in 1852.^[1]

Fox of Rhodes [near Pilkington] – “The Rhodes estate….the residence and doubtless the property of a family of that name……passed in marriage with an heiress into the family of Parr, from whom it was conveyed by two sisters and coheiresses – one portion to William, son of William Holland of Clifton, in the right of his wife Jane Parr, and the remainder to ----Foxe of Latham, who had espoused the other sister.” [unsourced by Booker]. Later documents would indicate that John Foxe had married Jane Parr and the wife of William Holland has been lost.

Will of Jane Fox, Widow of John Fox 1580-1^[2]

October 24, 1579. Jane ffoxe, widow of John ffoxe of the Rodes in Pilkyngton. To be buried at Prestwich. To Henry pre(?) my son, a ring. Item, to ………...…...Hollande. To W[illia]m ffoxe. She mentions Thomas, Anne, and Rychard ffoxe; The wife of Peter Horrocks; the wife of William Seddon; my son William ffoxe, and his son John to be my executors. These present - Alexander Worthington, John Batersbye, Ralph Orrell and others. Proved Mar 8 1580/1*

Sources

1. ↑ Booker, J (1852) Memorials of the Church of Prestwich. Simms & Dinham: Manchester.
2. ↑ Earwaker J.P. (1884) Wills & Inventories at Chester. Chetham Society Vol 3 New Series. pg 210

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Ancestry of Obadiah and Mary Bruen, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 24.
• William Foxe was son and heir of John Foxe of Rhodes in Pilkington, Gent, by his wife Jane, daughter and coheir of ____ Parr of Rhodes. His mother Jane Foxe "of ye rodis" made her will as a widow 24 Oct. 1579 and name her relatives, the Parrs, Seddons and Hollands."
• the original will needs to be reviewed as the transcript does not mention Parr, the Seddons intramarried and are difficult to trace and the Holland may be neighbour William Holland.