Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about 1587.
Place of Death: unknown.
Administration of John’s estate was granted to his son John Foley, nailer of Rowley Regis, on 4 July 1587.
Relationships
(probable) Father: Christopher Foley. (Died after Emot).
(probable) Mother: Emot. (Buried 1 May 1557 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire).
This couple appear in Emot’s Rowley Regis burial record. The name of John’s eldest son suggests that they were his parents.
Spouse: Catherine Hipkiss. Married 19 August 1540 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Isabel Foley (baptized 14 August 1541 in Rowley Regis)
Christopher Foley (baptized 13 January 1543/4 in Rowley Regis - buried 28 December 1545 in Rowley Regis)
Richard Foley (baptized 30 January 1546/7 in Rowley Regis - died 1600 or 1601) married (1) Margery Bennett 24 January 1574 in Rowley Regis; married (2) Anne Munday 14 September 1588 in Sedgley, Staffordshire . Richard’s son Richard became a wealthy ironmaster, with many famous descendants, including Charles Darwin and Queen Elizabeth II.
Lawrence Foley (baptized 30 July 1549 in Rowley Regis) married Sibyl Swinglehurst 14 July 1577 in Halesowen, Worcestershire.
John Foley (baptized 8 February 1551/2 in Rowley Regis - died 1630) married (1) unknown; married (2) Christian Russell.
Joan Foley (baptized 4 April 1556 in Rowley Regis)
Evidence
Probate inventory:
A true inventorie of the goodes and cattell of John Foley of the p[ar]ish of Rowley within the Dyosese of Worcester Decessed, taken levied and prysed by Thomas Russell Richard Whiller & Richard Harris the fyth day of August In the yeare of our lord god 1587
imprimis three kyne &c ----- iiij li
Itm two swine ---- xvj s
Itm a gose & a gander --- xij d
Itm chese and butter --- xxvi s viij d
Itm a fetherbed ij flockbedds with the furniture of the same --- xlvi s
Itm ij potts one posnett one pan iiij caldrons one kettell xvij pease of pewter iij candelsticks ij salts one quart pott a fryinge pan a chafing Dyshe --- xlv s vi d
Itm one broch one bill a lanndyron a fyreshovell a payre of tonngs a payre of collies --- xvij s
Itm payles pynts and other trewe vessels --- xvij s
Itm one bord ij forms ij beuches --- iij s
Itm three bedstidds --- xviij d
Itm iiij loodes of hay ---- xl s
Itm ij coffers one forcer --- v s
Itm a spade a mattocke a shoved & two pickforks --- ij s
Itm boord clothes and towels --- x s
Itm a payre of bellios & other smithie tooles --- xx s
Itm his app[ar]ell --- xx s
Itm yron ware --- vij li
Itm in money --- viij li iiij s
s’m total --- xxij li xij s iij d
References
Probate bond and inventory for John Foley of Rowley Regis. 1587, Worcester Consistory Court. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 29 July 2018/
Parish Registers of Rowley Regis. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.
Rowley Regis parish register transcription on www.freereg.org.uk.