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Sir John Fogge (c. 1417-1490) was an English courtier, soldier and supporter of the Woodville family under Edward IV who became an opponent of Richard III.
When John Fogge was born in 1417, in Ashford, Kent, England, his father, Sir William Fogge, was 28 and his mother, Septvans, was 28. He married Alice Kurriel about 1439, in Repton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He registered for military service in 1485.
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Sir John Fogge passed away on the 9th November 1490 and because he had built the main church within Ashford town, St Mary’s (as well as the college nearby), he was buried beneath a grand altar-tomb in that church, near his son (as previously mentioned).
Sir John Fogge was an English courtier and soldier, born around 1417. He became an esquire to Henry VI by 1450 and was involved in the suppression of Jack Cade’s rebellion. He served as Sheriff of Kent and was appointed Comptroller of the Household under Henry VI.
The general appearance of St Mary’s, Ashford, today was the work of Sir John Fogge between 1475 and 1483 with the rebuilding of the central tower, the transepts, the choir with its sixteen medieval misericords, the porch and nave.
- Gillian Draper
28 de ago. de 2012 · Sir John Fogge (c.1417-1490) was Lord of the manor of Repton. His family was one of the first families in Kent, England. It was this John Fogge of Ashford who built and endowed the noble Church and the College at Ashford, Kent circa 1450, where he is also buried.
3 de mai. de 2021 · Sir John Fogge was well-known in Ashford. He helped build Ashford College, a building that still stands today, but is now a part of Ashford’s museum. He is also remembered in our modern-day minds with the naming of a road, Sir John Fogge Avenue.
