Richard Foxton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 in 1621.

Foxton was the son of William Foxton, alderman of Cambridge. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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 on 3 October 1590 and was admitted at the Middle Temple

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 on 19 April 1597. He was mayor of Cambridge from 1619 to 1621. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Cambridge

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but, as he was still mayor, his election was declared void.

Foxton was a Parliamentarian member of the Eastern Counties Association and was a commissioner for the collection of taxes in Cambridge.

Foxton died in 1648 and was buried in Great St Mary's church on 8 December 1648. He left £40 to the University Library.