Richard Foxe

Richard Foxe (born c. 1448, Ropsley, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died Oct. 5, 1528, Wolvesley, Hampshire) was an English ecclesiastical statesman, one of the chief ministers of King Henry VII (ruled 1485–1509) and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1515–16). After receiving ordination into the priesthood Foxe became secretary in Paris to Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, an exiled claimant to the throne. On Richmond’s accession as King Henry VII, Foxe was made principal secretary of state and...