Sir John DE FOXLEY

Abt 1318 - 1378  (~ 60 years)

• Name	John DE FOXLEY
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	Abt 1318	Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Nov 1378	Bramshill, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I40484	Main
  Last Modified	9 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas DE FOXLEY,   b. Abt 1305, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1360, Bray, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Katherine IFIELD,   b. 1299,   d. 1342  (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F28403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda DE BROCAS,   b. Abt 1318, Beaurepaire, Hampshire, England ,   d. ?, England
  Children	+ 1. Katherine DE FOXLEY,   b. 1347, Foxley, Berkshire, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1403  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	9 May 2016
  Family ID	F28404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joan MARTYN,   d. ?
  Last Modified	9 May 2016
  Family ID	F28405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It was almost certainly at the Royal Castle that John met Matilda Brocas, the daughter of the Master of the King's Horse, and his father's great friend, Sir John Brocas. The two were only about fourteen when they fell deeply in love with one another. Perhaps their parents thought they were still too young to marry, for the couple appear to have run away together in 1332. They headed for the hospitality of the Vicar of Bray, William de Handloo, who John, at least, would have known well. Maybe he was staying in Windsor at the time. He certainly married the two outside his own parish, possibly through trickery or possibly because he was sympathetic to their plight. At any rate, Thomas Foxley and Sir John Brocas had little choice but to accept the situation. The vicar was suspended from duty for a year. Although the bride and groom must have managed to persuade the authorities (or their parents) of his innocence, since this was later lifted. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/jfoxley.html