John Fones (1526 - 1573)

Born 1526 in Deddford, Worcestershire, England

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Died 1573 at about age 47 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

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Biography

John Fones was born in Worcestershire, England.

John was born in 1526 in Dodford, Worcestershire, England. He married a Lewell who was born about 1530 in Worcestershire, England. They had a son Thomas, our ancestor.
Dodford is a village about three miles west of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Bromsgrove had a population of 29,237 in 2001 and Dodford 737.
In the Anglo-Saxon times, Bromsgrove had a woodland economy consisting of hunting, maintenance of hays and pig farming. The soil was very good for market gardening and growing vegetables.
John died in 1573, leaving a will which stated:
“The xxiiiith March 1573. John Ffounes of Bromsgrove, County. Worcestshire. Yeoman. Sicke in body &c. To Reparacon of the Church of Bromsgrove xs. To Thomas Ffounes my sonne the bedd & the bedstyde I doe lye on in the parler with all thynges belongyng after my wiffs decease. To evry chyld that he hath a shepe. To the chyldren of Ryc. Ffounes my sonne the best cow that I have equally amonge them to be devyded. To evry chyle that Willm Hill had by daughter a shepe agice. To Nicolas Ffounes my sonne v li. when his mother shall think fitt. To Anne Ffounes doughter & to Simon Ffownes my sonne a heffer. To Humphrey Ffounes my sonne x li. at my wiffs dischressyon. To Osold Ffounes my sonne one of my teames having vi oxen in the teame &co. & the best bed in the Chappel Chamber after my wiff’s decease. To the chyldren of Willm Norris an heffer. To the chyldren of Roger Wakeman a heffer. To Willm Norris the younger a ewe & lambe. To John Olyver a ewe & Lambe. To John Holyman, Marget baker Joyes harper Thomas Torner a ewe & lambe a pice. To Ryc Ffounes sonne to Willm Ffounes a shepe. Rest of Goods &c to Anne my wiffe, my sole extrix. Overseers: Thoms. Ffounes Robert Chandles Nichs. Ffounes Edward Chance.”
Proved at Worcester 8 June 1575
Inventory (no date) of John Ffounes of Dodford – taken by Willm Ffounes, Thoms Ffounes, John Carpenter, Willm Boden & John Perkes.
Total lxxxviii li. xs.

Sources

• The Fones Family, Art Reierson, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem MA. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE The Fones Family, Art Reierson, reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem MA. Call Number: 929.273 F732r Page: 2 Text: 3. John Fones was born 1510 in Deddford, Worchester, England. He married Unknown Lewell.