Thomas Fogge
Sir Thomas Fogge | |
|---|---|
| Died | 13 July 1407 |
| Buried | Canterbury Cathedral |
| Spouse(s) | Joan de Valence |
| Issue | Thomas Fogge John Fogge son Fogge |
Sir Thomas Fogge (died 13 July 1407) was an English politician and soldier.
Career
[edit]The names of Thomas Fogge's parents are not known with certainty,[1] although he is said to have been the son of Sir Thomas Fogge, Knight of the Shire for Kent in 1377, 1379 and 1381, who married Anne, Countess of Joyeux in France, and was buried at Glastonbury, Somerset.[2]
In his early years he was a soldier of fortune on the continent. He purchased land around Canterbury, in Chartham, Harbledown and Boughton under Blean.[1] By October 1360 he had been knighted.[1] He was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in 1376, 1378, November 1380, 1381, February 1383, October 1383, November 1384, and February 1388.
Fogge died on 13 July 1407. He was survived by his wife, and provided for her in his will. His heir was his grandson, William Fogge.[1]
He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, of which he had been a benefactor.[1][3]
Marriage and issue
[edit]Before May 1365 Fogge married Joan de Valence (d. 8 July 1420),[4] widow of William Costede of Costede, Kent, and daughter of Sir Stephen de Valence of Repton, by whom he had three sons:
- Thomas Fogge, eldest son, who married Eleanor St. Leger, daughter of Sir Thomas St. Leger, by whom he had a son, William Fogge, born 31 October 1396 at Cheriton, Kent.[1][2] According to Robertson:[5]
In the year 1396, Thomas (once mis-called or misprinted John) Fogge, junior, whose wife was Alianora (daughter of Thomas St. Leger), brought to [Cheriton] church, for baptism, his infant son and heir, William Fogge, who was ultimately the coheir also of his grandfather Thomas St. Leger. The priest, "Dom." or "Sir" William Newynton, declared to the assembled congregation "that God had, in that infant, multiplied his people after the late pestilence". Here also Thomas Fogge, the father of the infant, caused "Sir" William Newynton, to make an entry in the Missal or Service Book of the church to the effect that William Fogge (the infant) was born on the Vigil of All Saints in the year 1396. This entry was made in the presence of Ralph Norys and other parishioners upon All Souls Day 1396.
At the siege of Rouen in 1418 the Foster Roll blazoned his arms as: Argent on a fess between three annulets sable as many mullets of the field.[6]
- John Fogge, esquire, who was the father of Sir John Fogge (d. 1490).[7][1]
His male line blazoned their arms as: Argent on a fess between three annulets sable as many mullets pierced of the field.[8]
- Another son, who died without issue.[1]
Monument in Canterbury Cathedral
[edit]He was buried in the nave of Canterbury cathedral.[1] Nearer the north side of the Cathedral, an inscription and figure of a knight with shields of arms, as follows:[9]
Thomas Fogge, jacet hic, jacet hic sua sponsa Johanna,
Sint celo cives per te Deus hos et Osanna;
Regni Protector Francos Britones superavit
Nobilium rector sicuti Leo Castra predavit
Et quoq, Militiam sic pro patria peramavit
Ad summan patriam deus hunc ab agone vocavit.
By his will in the consistory court of Canterbury, anno 1407, he gave ten marcs to the work of this church; and it is recorded in the obituary, that Sir Thomas Fogge gave 20l. sterling, towards the new chapter-house; and his wife gave 20d. to each monk in the convent. She was descended from the royal blood of the kings of England, being daughter of Sir Stephen de Valence, who was descended from William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, half-brother by the mother to King Henry III.— She died July 8, 1425. The shield of arms of this Sir Thomas Fogge, carved and painted on wood, hung till of late on the pillar of the nave, next his place of burial.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Fogg, Sir Thomas (d.1407), of Repton in Ashford and Canterbury, Kent, History of Parliament Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ a b T.G.F. 1863, p. 124.
- ^ Pearman 1868, pp. 24–5.
- ^ According to Pearman she died in 1425.
- ^ Robertson 1889, p. 359.
- ^ "Foster's Shields 201-250". Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2015. Foster Roll of Arms - 219 - Thomas Fogge
- ^ Horrox 2004.
- ^ T.G.F. 1863, p. 125.
- ^ "Monuments in the cathedral | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Monuments in the cathedral | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
By his will in the consistory court of Canterbury, anno 1407, he gave ten marcs to the work of this church; and it is recorded in the obituary, that Sir Thomas Fogge gave 20l. sterling, towards the new chapter-house; and his wife gave 20d. to each monk in the convent. She was descended from the royal blood of the kings of England, being daughter of Sir Stephen de Valence, who was descended from William de Valence, earl of Pembroke, half brother by the mother to king Henry III.— She died July 8, 1425. The shield of arms of this Sir Thomas Fogge, carved and painted on wood, hung till of late on the pillar of the nave, next his place of burial. William Fogg, gent. of St. Elphe, was buried here in 1525; and as by his will he expresses it, near his ancestors. He gave by it to the bell-ringers of Christ-church, for the pele, and for the making of his poole 3s. 4d. He left an infant son Francis by Katherine his wife.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References
[edit]- Horrox, Rosemary (2004). "Fogge, Sir John (b. in or before 1417, d. 1490)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57617. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Pearman, A.J. (1868). History of Ashford. Ashford: H. Igglesden. p. 24. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966393.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Robertson, Scott (1889). "Cheriton Church". Archaeologia Cantiana. XVIII. London: Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- T.G.F. (1863). "Family Chronicle of Richard Fogge of Danes Court in Tilmanstone". Archaeologia Cantiana. V. London: Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- CP 25/1/114/298, number 110, Plea of covenant, 5 June 1418, William Wadham and John Wadham, querents, and William Fogge, son and heir of Thomas Fogge, deforciant Retrieved 25 September 2013
- C 138/29/66, National Archives, Fogg, William, son of Thomas, jr and of Eleanor his wife, one of the daughters of the late Thomas St. Leger. Proof of age: Kent. 1417/18 Retrieved 25 September 2013
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