Fox, John (snr and jnr?), St Ives and Huntingdon, cm, u, auctioneer and appraiser (1765–1817). Auction advertisements appeared in Cambridge Chronicle, 8 June 1765, and Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 7 March 1766, 27 August, 19 September and 7 November 1767, and 18 March and 25 November 1769. Announced in the same paper on 5 April 1770 that he was taking over house and shop of the late Mr Nodes, cm, of Huntingdon, whilst continuing his own shop at St. Ives for the present. On 8 September 1770 a large advertisement for furniture appeared, and Fox stated that he ‘continues his old booth in Gorlier[?] Row.’ Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1778 for £400, £200 on utensils and stock; in 1781 for £300 on his house; in 1785 for £350 on his house and £50 on his warehouse etc.; and on 18 July 1787 for £700 on his house, brewery, workshop, stables, chaisehouses, goods and utensils. A notice in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 20 February 1796 asked anyone owing money to the ‘late John Fox late of St. Ives’ to forward it to John Fox, u and cm, of Huntingdon. Death, aged 67, announced, same paper, 24 January 1817, when a detailed inventory was made. Marriage of Miss E. Fox, daughter of the late John Fox, cm, to Mr Warne, reported on 2 February 1819. [GL, Sun MS vol. 269, p. 445; vol. 289, p. 613; vol. 330, p. 39; vol. 346, p. 357; Hunts. RO, inventories F]