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FOULKES, THOMAS, brother of Peter Foulkes (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 5 Nov 1690 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; left 1708; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1708, aged 17, Canoneer Student 22 Jul 1708-22, Tutor 1715-21, Junior Censor 1720; BA 1712; MA 1714; ordained deacon 12 Mar 1719, priest 11 Jun 1720 (both Winchester); Vicar of Yeovil, Somerset, from 5 May 1721; Rector of Sock Dennis, Somerset 28 May 1728; m. 1721 Philadelphia, eldest dau. of Capt. Richard Clerke, South Weston, Thame, Oxfordshire; d. 1751.

FOULKES, ROBERT, son of Edward Foulkes, Cuppins Lane, Chester, and Rebecca ---; bapt. 18 Nov 1703; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1716; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1724, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1724, scholar 16 Apr 1725, matr. 1724. [Note that Robert Foulkes, M. A., Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wilts., for 23 years, d. 24 Aug 1771, aged 77 (sic) (M. I. Steeple Ashton, Wilts. ) : same individual ?]

FOULKES, RICHARD, brother of Peter Foulkes (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 25 Mar 1688 (IGI); adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1702; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1706, matr. 27 May 1706, aged 18, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1706- void 1720, Tutor 1713-7; BA 1710; MA 16 Mar 1712/3; ordained; Rector of Seaton, Rutland, 23 Mar 1718/9-24 [check]; Rector of Bulwick, Northants., 13 Jun 1719 - res 1721; d. 9 Dec 1725.

FOULKES, PETER, third son of Robert Foulkes, Llechryd, Denbighshire, Deputy Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Chester, and Jane Ameridith, Landulph, Cornwall; a relation of William Jane (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 5 Nov 1676 (IGI); adm.; KS 1690; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694 - void by marriage 1707, Tutor 1701-7, Junior Censor 1703-5; BA 1698; MA 1701; DD 1710; Proctor 1705; ordained; Prebendary of Exeter from 29 Sep 1704, Sub-Dean 25 Jun 1723-4, Chancellor 27 May 1724-31, Precentor 1 Oct 1731; Rector of Cheriton Bishop, Devon, from 1714; Canon of Christ Church from 25 Nov 1724, Sub-Dean 1725-33; he and John Freind (KS 1691, qv) produced an edition of Demosthenes, De Corona, 1695, of which a copy given by Foulkes to Jonathan Trelawny (qv) is in the School Library; m. 1st, 4 Aug 1707 Elizabeth Bidgood, Rockbeare, Devon; m. 2nd, by 1726, ---, sister of William Holwell, Exeter, Devon; m. 3rd, 26 Dec 1738 Anne, widow of William Holwell, and second dau. of Right Rev. Offspring Blackall DD, Bishop of Exeter; d. 4 May 1747. DNB.

FOTHERBY, EDMUND, son of Sir John Fotherby, Kt, Barham, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke, Kt, Gidea Hall, near Romford, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1648; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1651 - c. 1660; ordained; Vicar of Gainford, co. Durham, from 16 Jan 1659/60; m.; d. 12 Mar 1700/1, aged 76.

FOSTER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Foster, Herts. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, f. 224).

FORTH, WILLIAM, son of William Forth, Nayland, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Richard Barker, Nayland, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 1633, matr. Easter 1632; migrated to Trinity Hall, adm. scholar 1635; LLB 1638; LLD 1646; Fellow, Trinity Hall, 10 Aug 1639-49; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 29 Jan 1646/7; a Commissioner of Excise; of St. Giles in the Fields, London; m.; buried Highgate, Middlesex 27 May 1671.

FORTH, PHILIP; b.; adm.; KS 1671; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Jul 1672, scholar 1676, matr. 1675; first in “ordo” 1676/7; BA 1676/7; MA 1680.

FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, MATTHEW INGLETT, eldest son of John Fortescue Fortescue-Brickdale (qv); b. 15 Apr 1817; adm. (G) 28 Jun 1830; KS 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1841; adm. Middle Temple 27 Oct 1841, called to bar 22 Nov 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jan 1845; Secretary, Statute Law Commission 1853; a Conveyancing Counsel to Court of Chancery from Apr 1861; m. 25 Mar 1856 Sarah Anna, dau. of Edward John Lloyd QC, Judge of the Bristol County Court; d. 24 May 1894, from the effects of a fall over a precipice near Biasca, Ticino, Switzerland.

FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, JOHN FORTESCUE, eldest son of John Brickdale (qv); b. 17 Feb 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1811; adm. Middle Temple 2 May 1811, called to bar 5 Jun 1818; Western circuit; assumed surname of Fortescue before that of Brickdale 9 Feb 1861; of Birchamp House, Newland, Gloucs.; JP Devon, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Somerset; m. 7 Jul 1813 Catherine, dau. of George Gregorie; d. 28 Mar 1867.