Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 6 December 1667.
Place of Burial: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Foley.
Mother: Margery Stubbs.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Sarah.
Thomas mentions his wife Sarah in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas Foley (baptized 14 April 1664 in Bromsgrove - buried 21 February 1728/9 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire) married Sarah Littleford 27 February 1687 in Rock, Worcestershire.
John Foley (baptized 17 September 1665 in Bromsgrove)
William Foley (baptized 6 December 1667 in Bromsgrove)
Evidence
A fine from Hilary Term, 13/14 Charles II (1661/2):
Inter Johannem Foley querentem et Thomam Foley defendentem in Chadwich et aliis.
In the 1666/7 Hearth Tax, Thomas Foley is recorded in Chadwich with three hearths.
from the Bromsgrove parish register:
April 1664
Thomas the son of Thomas Foley was Baptized the 14th day
September 1665
John the sonn of Thomas Foley Baptiz’d the 17th day.
December 1667
6. Thomas Foly buryed
6. Will the son of Thom: Foly baptized
Thomas’s will:
In the name of god Amen I Thomas Folley of Chadwich in the p[ar]ish of Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester yeoman the third day of december in the yeare of our lord god 1667 and in the nineteenth yeare of the Reing of our Soveraigne lord King Charles the second Being [wh…] sicke in bodye but whole in minde and of good and perfitt memory Praised be god therefore doe make and ordaine this my last will and Teastament in manner and forme following That is to say first I bequeath my soule in to the hands of Allmyghty god my maker and redemer and my body to the earth from whence itt came and for my worldy estate I Give devise and dispose as followeth first of all I give and bequeath unto Sarah my loveinge wife one bond of a hundred poundes for the payment of fifty poundes with Consideracon for the same wherin John Foley standeth bound unto me to be payd in att or upon the five and Twentyeth day of march next ensuing and allsoo all other debts whatsoever oweing and due unto me by expecialty or without Itm I give and bequeath unto my eldest sonne Thomas Folley all those severall p[ar]cells of land which are not expresed by way of Inionture in apart of Indenture having a date the Twentyeth day of december and in the thirteenth yeare of the Raigne of our aigne lord Kinge Charles the second never the les I doe soe give and dispose the sayd land and premises hereafter mencioned that is to say called or knowne by the severall names of the sayd cow pasture & the close meadow or a pasture called the fire meadow and all and every the premisses wherof noe wise is before limited to the sayd Thomas Foley my eldest sonne condicionally that my eldest sonne Thomas Foley shall pay unto my younger sonne William Foley the some of one hundred poundes of good and lawfull mony of England if the sayd William shall live and accomplish the age of one & Tweenty yeares Itm I give and dispose unto John Foley my sonne and his heires forever the sayd land and premises herafter mencioned that is to say called or knowne by the severall names of the Little furlong the sayd close of pasture called the greate furlong and the sayd close or pasture called the windmill hill & my will is That John Foley my sonne shall pay unto my younger sonne William Foley the some of fiftye poundes of good & lawfull mony of England if the sayd William shall live & accomplish the age of one and Tweenty yeares Item I give and bequeath all my goods cattells & chattells unto my sonn John Foley except before before excepted [sic] and I doe as well constitute ordaine and make my sayd sonne John Foly my sole executor of this my last will and Testament & of this my Last will and Testament I doe order & appoint overseers of this my sd will my truly and well beloved freinds William Russell of Rowley in the County of Stafford and John Foley alsoo of the p[ar]ish of Rowley and County of Stafford aforesaid desiring them to be ayding and assisting to my sayd executor before named In witnes wherof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the third day of december anno domi 1667
Thomas Foley
Roger Hornblower
the marke of Ann Hall
the marke of Ann Russell
John Stainyes
[Proved 24 April 1668]
Writing in gift by Sarah Foley of Chadwick in the parish of Bromsgrove, Co. Worc., widow to her son John Foley, of a sum of £50.
Date: 10 September 1681
[Birmingham Archives catalogue]
Commentary
Thomas’s parentage:
In Thomas Foley of Chadwich’s 1654 will, he leaves “Waseley Hills” in Chadwich, in the occupation of Francis Stubbs, to his son Thomas and “Chapman Hill” in Chadwich to his son John.
In his 1667 will, Thomas Foley of Chadwich leaves several parcels of land including “the cow pasture” and “the fire meadow” to his son Thomas and “the Windmill Hill” and “Little Furlong” to his son John. The land mentioned in the 1667 probaby formed part of the Waseley Hills bequest in the 1654 will. (Windmill HIll and Waseley Hill are adjacent, and plausibly could be referred to as “Waseley Hills”. They are both now part of Waseley Hills Country Park.) The 1882 and 1903 Ordnance Surveys provide good maps of the area.
Therefore, the wills provide good evidence that the Thomas Foley of this page was the son of the Thomas Foley of the 1654 will. The elder Thomas in that will named his wife Margery and his father-in-law Francis Stubbs. The 1618 marriage of Thomas Foley and Margery Stubbs is recorded is recorded in the Bromsgrove parish register. The 1655 will of Francis Stubbs of Waseley Hall in Chadwich names his daughter Margery Foley and her sons Thomas and John.
Thus, there is good evidence that Thomas’s parents were Thomas Foley and Margery Stubbs.
References
Bromsgrove parish registers. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 28 July 2018.
Will of Thomas Foley of Chadwich. Proved 29 April 1654 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 29 July 2018.
Will of Thomas Foley of Chadwich. Proved 24 April 1668 in the Worcester consistory court. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 28 July 2018.