Richard FOLEY 1547 - 1600
Son of Edward FOLEY 1525 - 1575 and Mary BAYLEY 1530 - 1551
Born 30th January 1547, Dudley, Worcestershire
Died 4th April 1600, Dudley, Worcestershire
Four recorded children born to Richard FOLEY and Ann ROBINSON
1) John FOLEY d.1587
m.
Margery ROODES b.1609 (?)
2) Katharine FOLEY 1577 - 1616
m.
Thomas Mason b.1570
3) Richard FOLEY 1580 - 1657
m.
1) Margery WILLETTS 1581 - 1609
(Three children)
m.
2) Alice BRINDLEY 1579 - 1663
(Twelve/Thirteen children)
4) Edward FOLEY 1584 - 1655
m.
(?)
Richard was ‘a nailer at Dudley.’ See Wikipedia and his son’s page, Richard FOLEY
Probate 4 Mar 1600 Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Grazebrook's abstract:
"The testator directs his body to be buried in the parish churchyard of St. Thomas in Dudley, and he gives to Anne his wife two kine, a heifer, a bolster, a pillow, and his best brass pot. To the four children I had by her two weynling calves and two pieces of pewter. To my daughter Katherine Robynson my white-faced heifer, and the greate cheste that standeth in Gerry Smith's shop. To his two sons John and Edward Fooley, feather beds, &c. Residue to Richard Fooley, his son, whom he appoints sole executor. Richard Shawe, of Dudley, and John Fooley, testator's brother, to be overseers."
England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com,), Richard Foley, 30 Jan 1547.
Richard mentions in his will his brother John, and a John was also born to this family