▁Francis ▁Fol j am be , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron et ▁ ▁( d ied ▁ 1 6 4 0 ) ▁was ▁Member ▁of ▁Parliament ▁for ▁P onte f ract ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 6 ▁and ▁High ▁Sher iff ▁of ▁Derby shire ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 3 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Fol j am be ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁well ▁established ▁Derby shire ▁family ▁whose ▁residence ▁was ▁at ▁Wal ton ▁Hall , ▁Ch ester field ▁in ▁Derby shire . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁Francis ▁Fol j am be , ▁E sq . ▁of ▁Ald war ke . ▁The ▁family ▁were ▁L ords ▁of ▁the ▁Man or ▁of ▁T ides well ▁from ▁the ▁four teenth ▁century , ▁and ▁also ▁had ▁est ates ▁at ▁B ake well ▁and ▁Dar ley ▁D ale . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁earliest ▁recorded ▁ ▁ancest ors ▁was ▁God f rey ▁de ▁Fol j am be , ▁Lord ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁of ▁Ireland ▁( d ied ▁ 1 3 7 6 ), ▁whose ▁elaborate ▁tomb ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁All ▁Sain ts ▁ ▁Church , ▁B ake well . ▁▁ ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁was ▁created ▁a ▁baron et ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁July ▁ 1 6 2 2 ▁by ▁James ▁I . ▁He ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁reducing ▁the ▁family ▁est ates ▁by ▁his ▁over - ind ul gence ▁and ▁extra v ag ance . ▁The ▁family ▁chron ic ler ▁Dr ▁Nathan iel ▁John ston ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁" was ▁a ▁person ▁of ▁great ▁gener ous ness , ▁but ▁of ▁so ▁prof use ▁a