Foljambe of Steveton
Alice Foljambe, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Hassop in Derbyshire married Sir Robert Plumpton (1383-1421), eldest son and heir of Sir William . This was a notably advantageous marriage (1401) as Alice , a wealthy heiress brought with her substantial estates in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire: as a result, the Plumpton sphere of influence, largely confined to the West Riding, had now expanded to take in territory in the North Midlands
Source:Visitation of Yorkshire, Sir.William Dugdale, A.D. 1665 and 1666
Godfrey Foljambe (1558–1595), a Derbyshire JP and MP, married Isabel, Lady Darcy, nee Wray (d. 1622), They had one daughter - Katherine Wright. Godfrey Foljambe died in June 1595, leaving his wife considerable property in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. By 1599 Isabel had married Sir William Bowes (d. 1611), a Durham gentleman
Sir Francis Foljambe. His first marriage was on 21/10/1614 to Elizabeth Wray,daughter of Sir William Wray of Glentworth; his second marriage was to Elizabeth Reresby of Thrybergh daughter of Sir George Reresby, on 22/05/1638.
Catherine Foljambe (1717–1740), the fourth daughter of Francis Foljambe of Aldwarke, a prominent Yorkshire landowner, married Sir Henry Ibbetson, first baronet (1708–1761)on 23rd December 1736 . Catherine died childless within four years of the marriage, and on 6 October 1741 he married Isabella Carr (d. 1757), the elder daughter of Ralph Carr of Cocken Hall, co. Durham.
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