Sir John Fogge (c.1417-1490) was lord of the manor of Repton, in the parish of Ashford, Kent. An English courtier and soldier, and a supporter of the Woodville family under Edward IV who became an opponent of Richard III.
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The Fogge family was one of the first families in Kent, England. Sir John Fogge of Ashford built and endowed the noble Church and the College at Ashford, Kent. Sir John was keeper of the wardrobe to King Henry VI in the last year of his reign.
He became a supporter of the Yorkist party when the future King Edward IV landed in England. Sir John was a Privy Councillor and Treasurer of the Household of Edward IV from 1461 to 1468.[1] He was also granted the office of keeper of the writs of the Court of Common Pleas in 1461.[2] He took part in the investigation of the possible treason of Thomas Cooke.[3]
From 1473, he was on the council of Prince Edward (the future King Edward V), undertook administration of his property, and was made Chamberlain jointly with Sir John Scott.[1] He represented Kent in parliament in 1478.[1]
In 1483, he supported Richard Guildford in Kent against Richard III, this rising being in support of Edward V, and becoming part of the unsuccessful Buckingham's rebellion.[4] This was despite an apparent reconciliation with the king as soon as he came to the throne, after Fogge had taken sanctuary in June 1483 at the time of Richard's coup in Westminster Abbey.[5][6] The rising was blocked at Gravesend by John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk; and the rebel force retreated.[7] The king acted mercifully once order had been restored;[8] but Fogge later did have lands in Kent confiscated and given to Sir Ralph Ashton.[9]
Throughout the many conflicts which arose with the War of the Roses, Sir John was lucky enough to survive, especially when Richard III came to the throne. Sir John was a supporter of Henry Tudor and reportedly had a role in the Battle of Bosworth field. Because of this Sir John's lands that were attained during King Richard's reign were restored as soon as King Henry VII came to power.
A character named 'Jon Fogge', who appears to be based on this knight, appears frequently in Marjorie Bowen's 1929 novel Dickon about the life of Richard III. In the novel he serves as a sort of sinister shadow, portending the violent fate of the king.
His first wife was Alice de Criol or Kyriell, the daughter of the Yorkist Sir Thomas de Criol who was killed at the second battle of St Albans. This marriage brought him Westenhanger Castle.[10]
His second wife was Alice Haute or Hawte (born circa 1444),[11] whom he had married c. 1465. She was the daughter of Sir William Haute (c.1390-1462) and Lady Joan Woodville, sister of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers; and so first cousin to Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort to Edward IV.[12][13] Their descendants include the last queen consort of King Henry VIII, Catherine Parr.[11]
His son Thomas, and his daughters Anne, Elisabeth, and Margaret, were probably from the second marriage.[12]