Charles Foxe (by 1516 – December 1590), of Bromfield,

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

and the

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, London, was an English politician.

Family

Foxe was the second of six sons of Ludlow MP, William Foxe. His brother, Edmund Foxe, also represented the constituency. Foxe married Elizabeth Crosby, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. His second marriage was to Catherine Leighton, daughter of Sir Edward Leighton of Shropshire, with whom he had three sons. Foxe also had an illegitimate son by an unknown mother.

Career

He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

Ludlow Ludlow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...

in 1539, 1542, 1547 and March 1553, and for

Much Wenlock Much Wenlock is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish incl ...

in 1563.

References

Year of birth missing 1590 deaths Members of the Inner Temple Politicians from Shropshire English MPs 1539–1540 English MPs 1542–1544 English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1563–1567 16th-century births {{1563-England-MP-stub