William Foxwist

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Welsh judge and politician

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William Foxwist (1610 – 1673?) was a Welsh judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1647 and 1660.

Life

Foxwist was born in 1610 in Caernarvon, Wales, the son of Richard Foxwist of Carnarvon and his wife Ellen Thomas daughter of William Thomas of Aber. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 25 January 1628 aged 17. He became a barrister, joining Lincoln's Inn in 1636 and being called to the bar in 1645. He was Recorder of St Albans in 1645.

In 1646, Foxwist became judge of the admiralty for North Wales. In 1647 he was elected member of parliament for Carnarvon until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648. He became Bencher of his Inn in 1649. He was elected MP for Anglesey in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament. He became puisne justice of the Brecknock circuit in 1655 and held the post until 1659. He was elected MP for Swansea in 1659. He became judge advocate of the Chester circuit in 1660 and in the same year was elected MP for St Albans in the Convention Parliament. He was regarded as a moderate Parliamentarian.

Although the date of his death is unknown, his will was dated 1673 and was proved in the same year.

Foxwist married Mary Pemberton, daughter of John Pemberton of St Albans.

References

| title=Member of Parliament for Carnarvon

years=1646–1648
title=Member of Parliament for Anglesey
with= George Twisleton
years=1654
after= George Twisleton
after2 = Griffith Bodwrda
title=Member of Parliament for Swansea
years=1659

References

  1. "Foxwist, William (1610-1673), lawyer, judge and Member of Parliament".
  2. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117059 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Flooke-Fyrmin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 510-541. Date accessed: 3 May 2011]
  3. [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030498939#page/n25/mode/2up W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales'']
  4. [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/foxwist-william-1610-73 History of Parliament Online - Foxwist, William]

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