Robert Fovent, alias Osegood, of Shaftesbury, Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament.

Family

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Fovent was the second of Member of Parliament Robert Osegood alias Fovent, who died in 1377, of Fovant, Wiltshire and Shaftesbury and Margery, a daughter of MP, Thomas Platel, of Shaftesbury. Fovent married firstly, by 1384, Margaret née Herring and by 1405, he married a woman named Edith.

Career

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In 1355, he was Mayor of Shaftesbury. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury in January 1390.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "FOVENT, alias OSEGOOD, Robert, of Shaftesbury, Dorset. | History of Parliament Online".
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
Jan. 1390
With: Thomas Cammell
Succeeded by
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