FOULKE, Francis (d. aft. 1688), of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

Family and Education

s. of Walter Foulke (or Fowke) of Gunston, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Littleton of Holbeach, Staffs. m. Eleanor, da. of Philip Tallent of Derbys., at least 1s.NLI, GO 169, p. 421. Kntd. 19 Mar. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 233. d. aft. 1688.Cal. Orrery Papers, 223, 303, 358.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. Prot. forces in Ireland, 6 July 1642;A. and O. maj. regt. of Richard Townsend, parlian. army in Ireland, 17 Sept. 1646-Nov. 1649;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 515. maj. regt. of Thomas Sadleir* by Sept. 1650-c.Feb. 1651;SP28/70, f. 673. lt.-col. c.Feb. 1651-Aug. 1653.SP28/74, f. 551; SP28/94, f. 451. Gov. Dungarvan, co. Waterford c.Feb. 1653;Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 28 Feb. 1653. Clonmel, co. Tipperary bef. Nov. 1660.W.P. Bourke, Hist. of Clonmel (Waterford, 1907), 96. Col. of ft. [I] c.1661.CSP Ire. 1633–5, p. 474.

Civic: freeman, Youghal 18 Feb. 1652.Council Bk. of the Corp. of Youghal ed. R. Caulfield (Guildford, 1878), 292.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Cork 16 Oct. 1654; co. Waterford 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. J.p. co. Waterford c.Apr. 1658–?Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 13 Apr. 1658. Member for co. Cork, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 217. Commr. poll money, 24 Apr. 1660; co. Cork 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 623–4, 642. MP, Clonmel, co. Tipperary 1661.CJI i. 593. Trustee, 1649 officers, 2 Mar. 1661.NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, vol. ‘articles with Irish chiefs, etc.’, f. 130.

Parlimentarian

FOULKE, Francis (d. aft. 1688), of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

: of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FOULKE, Francis (d. aft. 1688), of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

Will

not found.

Estates

leases in cos. Waterford and Limerick worth £800 p.a. in 1659;TSP vii. 597. in 1670 held 13 townlands in Orrery and Kilmore barony, co. Cork.Down Survey website.

Oxford 1644

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