FOWKE, RICHARD, son of John Fowke, Gunston, Staffs., and Joyce, dau. of Richard March, Stepney, Middlesex, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Charles I and II; b.; adm. c. 1662; KS 1666; from a letter written by Sir Joseph Williamson (qv) to the Dean of Christ Church, dated Whitehall 6 May 1669, it appears that Richard March had petitioned the King for the election of his grandson to Christ Church, Oxford (CSP Dom 1668-9, 314-5); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670; 5th in “ordo” 1672/3; BA 1672/3; MA 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1674; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders 11 Jun 1674 (both London); Vicar of Great Stanmore, Middlesex, 12 Apr 1677-86; Rector of Greystoke, Cumberland, from 1686; m. 1 May 1677 Elizabeth (IGI) (or Joyce ?), dau. of Sir Humphrey Sydenham, Kt., Chelworth, Somerset; buried Greystoke 19 Feb 1692/3.
FOUNTAINE, WILLIAM NASSAU, son of (Augustus) Thomas Fountaine (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 24 Apr 1777 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1798; Ensign, 9th Bengal Native Infantry 3 Oct 1799; Lieut., 28 Oct 1799; Capt., 5 Jun 1811; Maj., 1 Feb 1820; d. at Baitool, Bengal 25 Dec 1824.
FOUNTAINE, (AUGUSTUS) THOMAS, son of Rev. John Fountaine DD, headmaster of a preparatory school at Marylebone, by Jane Anne, sister of William De La Place (qv); b. 13 Mar 1737; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1749 (as Augustus Fountaine) (Morel's); KS (aged 13) 1750 (as Thomas Fountaine); Capt. of the School 1755; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; BA 1760; MA 1763; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1762, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1763; ordained deacon 17 Aug 1766, priest 31 Aug 1766 (both Winchester); Vicar of Old Windsor, Berks., 1771 (disp. to hold with North Tidworth 1780); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1772 (still 1793); Prebendary of Worcester from 20 Apr 1774; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey, 16 Dec 1775-88; Rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1780-8; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 2 Oct 1788; Vicar of Tarrington, Herefs., from 21 Jan 1790; m. Elizabeth --- (IGI); d. 4 May 1815.
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.