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About Faith Davis
In 1582, Faith married John Davis, but it was not a happy marriage. Although the couple had a daughter and four sons, Faith proved faithless and famously took a lover by the name of Milborne during one of her husband’s long absences at sea. Milburne, ‘a fugitive and dissolute person’ accused of coining money, made false charges against Davis when he returned home to England after a voyage in 1593. The navigator was arrested and imprisoned, although eventually cleared and released. It is believed that Faith died before her husband because Davis was planning to remarry in 1604. Divorce would have been possible though unlikely, and usually did not permit remarriage.
Source: http://www.bythedart.co.uk/famous-sons-and-daughters-no%3A-15/
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davys,_John_%28DNB00%29
Note: Wikipedia states "Davis married Mistress Faith Fulford, daughter of Sir John Fulford (the High Sheriff of Devon) and Dorithy Bourchier, the daughter of the Earl of Bath." This is incorrect, Faith Fulford was the daughter of Andrew Fulford, 2nd son of Sir John Fulford and Dorothy Bourchier.
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Faith Davis's Timeline
| 1561 |
May 29, 1561
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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1561
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1583 |
1583
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1585 |
1585
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1586 |
1586
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1587 |
1587
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Sandridge, Devon, , England
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| 1590 |
February 4, 1590
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Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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| 1604 |
1604
Age 43
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Singapore
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