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Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Foxwist of Caernarfon and Ellen, da. of Capt. William Thomas of Aber, Caern.W.H. Jones, Brief Account of William Foxwist (1896), 12; Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams., 354. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 25 Jan. 1628, ‘aged 17’; L. Inn 14 Feb. 1629.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. Mary, da. of John Pemberton of St Albans, Herts. s.p. suc. fa. 27 Dec. 1615.Jones, Brief Account, 12; Vis. Herts. 1572, 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 81. d. betw. 25 Mar.-14 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343, f. 320v.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 17 May 1636;LI Black Bks. ii. 339. bencher, 16 Nov. 1648–73.LI Black Bks. ii. 379. Second justice, Brec. circ. 13 July 1655–9; Chester circ. 14 Mar.-Aug 1660.CJ vii. 876a; Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 61, 137.

Local: j.p. St Albans borough and liberty 3 Aug. 1644, 15 July 1656–18 Sept. 1660;C181/5, ff. 241, 241v; C181/6, pp. 180, 181, 317, 397; C231/6, p. 8. Caern. 25 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 31–3. Herts. 8 Apr. 1651-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 212. Brec., Glam., Rad. 30 Aug. 1655–?Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273, 302, 335. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 3 Aug. 1644, 15 July 1656-aft. May 1658;C181/5, f. 241v; C181/6, pp. 179, 290. St Albans liberty 3 Aug. 1644, 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659.C181/5, f. 241; C181/6, pp. 181, 397. Judge, v.-admlty. N. Wales 23 June 1646.LJ viii. 398b. Commr. assessment, St Albans 23 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Herts. 23 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Caern. 23 June 1647, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: steward, St Albans 17 Dec. 1644 – ?61; recorder, 1 June 1645–25 Jan. 1661.A.E. Gibbs, Corporation Recs. of St Albans (St Albans, 1890), 72, 76.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
FOXWIST, William (c.1610-73), of Caernarvon, Caern. and St. Albans, Herts.
: of Caernarfon, Caern. and St Albans, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FOXWIST, William (?1610-73), of Caernarfon, Caern. and St Albans, Herts.

Will
25 Mar. 1673, pr. 14 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343, f. 320v.
Estates
at d. property in Caernarfon called Trefan; messuage in High St, Caernarfon; dwelling house and other properties in St Albans.PROB11/343, f. 320v.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Foxwist, John Glynne* and Griffith Bodurda* presented Laurence Fogg to rectory of Hawarden, Flint, 30 Oct. 1657.LPL, COMM/2/335.
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