Re: Did the Foleys have a Gifford line?

On Jun 17, 7:09 am, John Brandon <starbuc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for confirming what I suspected. I guess another clue was that
the arms of this Browne family were granted in 1626.

However, I think I've seen a discussion of this Foley-Browne link in
the context of Prince Charles' ancestry, and seen the mother of Anne
Browne identified as Anne Gifford, citing Paget's book. I would guess
that the 1530 Sussex Visitation was the source for this guess.

I suppose folks can see how interesting a Gifford connection for the
Foleys would be for me, considering that Thomas Foley was one of the
ironworks investors who signed the 1655 letter that got John Gifford
out of prison in Massachusetts:


[snip]

If the Paget book you're referring to is his volume on the ancestry of
Prince Charles, it shows no mother for Anne Browne, the wife of Thomas
Foley.
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