Foscott, Buckinghamshire
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Foscott (also called Foxcote and Foscote) is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. In the Twentieth century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is located just to the north of Maids Moreton.
The name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning 'Fox cottage'.
[edit] Population of Foscott
In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 85 inhabitants in 17 families living in 17 houses recorded in Foscott.
| Census Year | Population of Foscott |
|---|---|
| 1801 | 85 |
| 1811 | 91 |
| 1821 | 119 |
| 1831 | 107 |
| 1841 | 119 |
| 1851 | 99 |
| 1861 | 96 |
| 1871 | 79 |
| 1881 | 72 |
| 1891 | 58 |
| 1901 | 46 |
[edit] Rectors of the Parish Church of St Leonard, Foscott
According to George Lipscomb's 1847 "The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham" there were 39 rectors of the Parish of Foscott, between 1220 and 1840.
| Year | Rector |
|---|---|
| 1220 | Robert, the Chaplain |
| 1253 | Eustace de Rochford |
| 1277 | Thomas Fitz-Gilbert |
| 1320 | William de Malesovers |
| 1323 | Nicholas de Lyons |
| 1332 | Thomas de St.Lys |
| 1340 | Adam de la Mere |
| 13-- | John Smith |
| 1382 | John Drax, alias Cooper |
| 1384 | William Ailthorp |
| 1390 | John Barton |
| 1393 | Robert de Pitchecote |
| 1400 | John Gawcote |
| 1437 | Walter Hopton |
| 14-- | John Wattes |
| 1457 | William Rees |
| 1461 | Robert Ormesby |
| 1478 | Robert Tymson |
| 1503 | Henry Boleyn |
| 1510 | James Walton, or Welton |
| 1558 | Ralph Colys |
| 1567 | John More |
| 1574 | David Powell |
| 1601 | Richard Evans |
| 1608 | Robert Gray |
| 1612 | James Stilton |
| 1657 | Thomas Cheslin |
| 1660 | Francis Hodson |
| 1665 | William Walters |
| 1672 | Samuel Pepys, A.M. |
| 1703 | Richard Major, A.B. |
| 1741 | Thomas Price, B.C.L. |
| 1769 | William Cleaver, A.M. |
| 1773 | William Cleaver, Junior, A.M. |
| 1780 | William Cleaver, A.M. |
| 1784 | Joseph Smith, A.M. |
| 1791 | Honourable Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, A.M. |
| 1797 | Robert Holt, A.M. |
| 1820 | Wolley Leigh Bennet, A.M. |
| 1840 | William Fletcher, A.M. |
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