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Godfrey de Foljambe
- Preferred Name: Godfrey de Foljambe[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
- Gender: M
- LdsBaptism: 29 JAN 1938 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: L8YB-4VW
- Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight
- LdsSealingToParents: 8 DEC 1969 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 1317 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.2775 LONG: E1.776
- Political Office: 1351 with note: Description: Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
- Burial: 1377 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.2156 LONG: E1.676 with note: fh
- LdsEndowment: 25 MAY 1938 with note: GEDCOM data
- Death: 1377 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.2156 LONG: E1.676
- Occupation: Knight
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
sir, Godfrey Foljambe , Knt,
eldest s/o sir Thomas IV Foljambe & 2nd wife Anne Darley
b- abt 1317 - Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
m-1- Anne
m-2- Avena Ireland
d- 1377 age 60
Founder of Bakewell Chantry,Derbyshire -
Eldest son of 2nd wife Alice Darley-
Seneschal of John Gaunt- Member Parliment 1339-40, 63-4 & 69-71
he held the old Gernon manor in Bakewell parish
Buried - Bakewell chancel,mBakewellchurhc - monument - "sir, Godfrey Foljambe, Knight & Avena his wife, Lord & lady of manors of
Hassop, Ockbrook.Elton,stanton, darley over Hall & Louko - founded this chantry in honor of the Holy Cross in 39th year
of King Edward III "
1345 - Derbyshire - GODFRREY Foljambe is styled "Secundarias Baro Scacarii"
1346 - Derbyshire - sir, John Gernon, Knt - gives to - GODFREY Foljambe - lands in Bakewell
1354 - he was a Knight
abt 1354 - Derbyshire - he gives to Thomas , His son, his manor of Wauton in the High Peak
1359 -Derbyshire - John Bardolph , of Wormgay - grants to -GODFREY Foljambe,Knt, -
the manor of Okebrook & lands in Ambaston & Thurleston
1360 - GODFREY Foljambe, Knt, - chief steward of John of Gaunt
1361 - Derbyshire - William, Vicar of Castleton - gives to - GODFREY Foljambe & Thomas his son, for term of life -
all the manor of Pillesby
wit - John Foljambe of Longsden
1366 - Derbyshire - GODFREY Foljambe had custody of JOHN s/o THomas Foljambe, of Elton
1366- Derhyshire - GODFREY Foljambe-fined for 46s for licesne to give Roger Banewell - i Messuage & 30acres of alnd in Banewell
1371 - Derbyshire - GODFREY Foljambe, Knt, - had free warren in lands in Hassop & Chaddesen
1371 - Derbyshire - sir, GODFREY Foljambe - gives to his son THOMAS
rent of 6 marks out of the manor of Pillesley
1371 - Derbyshire - sir, GODFREY Foljambe, Knt, - gives to - GODFREY Foljambe,Jr his son - the manor of Woolvery Cheston & Mereston
1371 - Derbyshire - Sir GODFREY Foljambe,Knt, - Founded a chantry in Church of Bakewell for a priest to pray fr the healthful estate
of sir GODFREY & Ann his wife & their children while they live & after their deaths , for their souls &
the souls of their parents....
1372 - Derbyshire - Thomas Castleton,Vicar of Worksworth, Wm Hogh, & John Eyre, Chaplains - to-
John Foljambe of Tideswell
1 messuage & 70 acres of alnd, which were Thomas Ellysses & the reversion of the lands & rents &
1/2 of the Mill called "Over Mill" which ELENA, which was the wife of Thomas , held for life in
Wormhill, Lytton, & Tideswell & the reversion of lands in Burton near Bakewell, which
GODFREY Foljambe, held for life, of the gift of sir THOMAS Foljambe , his father
all these reversions were to come to those Chaplains by gift of JOHN Foljambe,
They then gave to JOHN Foljambe for life, after his death to
Roger Foljambe s/o said JOHN & his male heirs, if no issue male, then to
Thomas, brother of said Roger, is no male issue, then to
sir, GODFREY Foljambe & his male heirs
12 June 1377 - IPM - GODFREY Foljambe , Knt,
held - derbyshire - Ockbrook manor, held jointly with wife Avena
Godfrey held for life & Avena & Richard thier son
Godfry s/o Godfrey s/o said GODFRY, is next heir, age 9
July 1378 - Thomas Foljambe s/o & 1 of the executors of Godfrey Foljambes Will
=== Line in Record @I17754@ (RIN 17752) from ===
Line in Record @I17754@ (RIN 17752) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID 7EDE27CA9ECCD61193C3973FD6E9BB5EA200 Line in Record @I17756@ (RIN 17754) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID BBA5322446A2D61193C3E88C9393015FD59D Line in Record @I17783@ (RIN 17776) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID 76B934DE985DD61193C294AD8A14235ED230 Line in Record @I17784@ (RIN 17784) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID 97545B7C3451D61193C2CDEE4AFA0D5EED6A 1 _UID 16FDE40DF5E0D51193C2F02AB1EEA056C3D7 Ancestral File
=== !LDS Family History Library ===
!LDS Family History Library
=== Line 4813 from GEDCOM File not recogniza ===
Line 4813 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Godfrey (Sir) /Foljambe/ GIVN Godfrey (Sir) Line 4814 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Godfrey (Sir) /Foljambe/ SURN Foljambe Line 4822 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: FAMC PEDI birth
=== (2) Avena/Ireland * ===
(2) Avena/Ireland *
=== Name Suffix: (Sir) Ancestral File ===
Name Suffix: (Sir) Ancestral File Number: JKXW-DD
=== Non-standard gedcom data: 1 HEAL JKXW- ===
Non-standard gedcom data: 1 HEAL JKXW-DD
=== Research results ===
!9 Apr 1999 from Iris Montague Spafford Archive Record: FGS for Godfrey
and his wife Avena Ireland and their 5 children; his 1st wife is Anne
Yorkshire 20 - vol 1, pt 2, Foljambe Pedigree
Family Rep/sub: Wayne Rich Pugmire, 3165 Highland Dr, Salt Lake City, Ut
=== from Notts&Derby
Sir ===
from Notts&Derby
Sir
=== I wish I was sure of every name in thi ===
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=== Line 15481 from GEDCOM File not recogniz ===
Line 15481 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
Twentieth Great Grandfather : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.31;
Preferred Parents:
Father: Thomas de Foljambe, b. 1282 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England d. 1326 in Darley, Derbyshire,England
Mother: Alice Darley, b. 1295 in Darley, Derbyshire, England d. 1318 in Tideswell, Yorkshire, England
Family 1: Anne , d. BEF 1342 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
Family 2: Avena Ireland, b. 1319 in Hartshorne, Derbyshire, England d. 13 DEC 1382 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
- m. 1342 in Hassop, Derbyshire, England
- Godfrey Foljambe, b. 1343 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England d. 29 MAY 1376 in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England
Sources:
- Title: British History online
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sir Godfrey Foljambe - death:
Author: International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org
Note: death:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church
Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Nov 2005
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Nov 2005
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Nov 2005
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Nov 2005
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
Search performed using PAF Insight on 05 Nov 2005
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2742562066
- Title: Book - The Reliquary & Illustrated Archaeological Vol 14
- Title: Book - Feudal History of Derbyshire "History of Family of Eyre"
- Title: Book - Memorials of Old Derbyshire
Author: Google Books
- Title: Book - Collectanea Topographica et Geneaologica
- Title: Bakewell All Saints Church
Publication: Name: http://www.bakewellchurch.co.uk/;
Note: This is where an alabaster monument of Godfrey and Avena is located.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foljambe_Monument_in_Bakewell.jpg
- Title: Book - Derbyshire Pedigrees
- Title: Sir Godfrey de Foljambe Wikipedia entry
Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_de_Foljambe;
- Title: Godfrey Foljambe, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-2GHJ : 7 August 2020), Godfrey Foljambe, ; Burial, Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, All Saints Churchyard; citing record ID 63800078, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-2GHJ;
Page: clear match
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sir Godfrey Foljambe - Church record: birth-name: Godrey Foljambe
Note: Church record: birth-name: Godrey Foljambe
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244466166
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9000&h=2&indiv=try;
- Title: Book - Visitations of Yorkshire
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