Joseph Cox (high sheriff)
Joseph Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1697 Stanford-in-the-Vale |
| Died | 1753 |
Joseph Cox (1697–1753) was High Sheriff of Berkshire.
Biography
[edit]Joseph was the son of Joseph Cox of Cox's Hall, Stanford-in-the-Vale, he was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) c.1707. He received his later education at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
On 12 January 1738, he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.[1] In 1690 the Cox family built the grand house of the village, Cox's Hall and its adjacent Dovecote and also presented a silver flagon to the Church for their thanks to Almighty God, for the recovery of their three children from smallpox.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 6.
- ^ "An Outline History of Stanford in the Vale". Stanford in the Vale Community Website.