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Occupation*: John was M.P. for Tavistock in Henry VI. In Henry VI he sat for Totnes, and for Plympton.
Title*: He was Lord of Whympston, Devonshire.
Birth*: circa 1420
Marriage*: circa 1450, Principal=Joan Pruteston
Living*: 1461
Death*: 11 March 1481, Inquisition post mortem taken 4 November 1481.

Father: William Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1385
Mother: Matilda Falwell

Joan Pruteston d. 23 May 1501

Children:

William Fortescue of Pruteston
John Fortescue of Spridlestone+
Joane Fortescue b. c 1450, d. b 1525
John Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1460, d. 22 May 1519

1. John Fortescue is sometimes confused with his first cousin, Sir John Fortescue, the eminent lawyer who became Lord Chief Justice in England.

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Note*: He was the heir. He was aged in excess of 50 at his mother's death in 1501. This places his birth year at about 1460.
Marriage*: Principal=Isabella Gibbes
Birth*: circa 1460
Death*: 22 May 1519

Father: John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1420, d. 11 March 1481
Mother: Joan Pruteston d. 23 May 1501

Isabella Gibbes

Children:

John Fortescue of Wimpstone
Joan Fortescue of Wimpstone
Margaret Fortescue of Wimpstone
Thomas Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. 1490, d. 1554

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Father: John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1460, d. 22 May 1519
Mother: Isabella Gibbes

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Note*: He obtained a charter from King John in 1209, granting him lands at Wymmondston (Wimpstone). The estate there remained in the Fortescue family until the time of Queen Elizabeth, who reigned from 1558 to 1603.
Birth*: circa 1180, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: Richard Fortescue of Modbury

Children:

Sir Richard Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1206

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Father: Sir Richard Fortescue b. circa 1416
Mother: Agnes De Windsor

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Note*: His only issue was by Alice Boleyn.
Marriage*: circa 1462, Principal=Alice Boleyn
Death*: 28 July 1500, Punsbourne, England
Burial*: Bishops Hatfield, There is a marble tomb in the church.

Father: Sir Richard Fortescue b. circa 1416
Mother: Agnes De Windsor

Alice Boleyn

Children:

Sir John Fortescue
Anne Fortescue
Mary Fortescue
Elizabeth Fortescue
Sir Adrian Fortescue b. c 1476, d. 1539

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Title*: Lewis was a Baron of the Exchequer on 6 Aug 1542.

Education*: 1536, Lewis studied law and was appointed Reader of the Middle Temple in Autumn 1536. On 6th August 1542 he was made 4th Baron of the Exchequer under Henry VIII. He acquired Fallapit through his wife and it was in the hands of a Fortescue to about 1869.

Will*: between 26 January 1543 and 1544, He signed a will on 26 Jan 1543/44. He had an estate probated on 23 Oct 1545 in P.C.C (Pynnyng 38). Lewis, according to the text, was the 3rd son; it possibly means the 3rd legitimate son in view of the suggestion that one of the older Nicholas brothers was possibly a bastard.
Death*: 1545

Father: John Fortescue of Spridlestone
Mother: Alicia Cookworthy

Children:

John Fortescue b. 1525, d. 1595

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Birth*: circa 1527, Filleigh, Devonshire, England

Father: Bartholomew Fortescue Esq. of Filleigh b. circa 1486, d. 12 September 1557
Mother: Ellen Moore of Moor Hayes in Cullompton b. circa 1490

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Father: John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1460, d. 22 May 1519
Mother: Isabella Gibbes

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Christening: Weare Giffard, Devonshire, England
Residence*: Martin lived on his wife's estates at Filleigh, the present Castle Hill. Martin was the first Fortescue to settle in North Devon.

Birth*: circa 1434, Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage*: 10 September 1454, Principal=Elizabeth Denzille of Filleigh, Weare Giffard
Death*: 12 November 1472

Father: Sir John Fortescue of Ebrington, Gloucestershire b. 1395, d. circa 1485
Mother: Isabella Jamys b. circa 1416

Elizabeth Denzille of Filleigh, Weare Giffard b. circa 1434

Children:

William Fortescue d. bt 8 Jan 1547 - 1548
John Fortescue of Wear Gifford+ b. 1460, d. 2 Jun 1503

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Birth*: circa 1519, Filleigh, Devonshire, England

Father: Bartholomew Fortescue Esq. of Filleigh b. circa 1486, d. 12 September 1557
Mother: Ellen Moore of Moor Hayes in Cullompton b. circa 1490

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Father: Sir John Fortescue The Younger of Punsbourne d. 28 July 1500
Mother: Alice Boleyn

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Birth*: circa 1438

Father: Sir John Fortescue of Ebrington, Gloucestershire b. 1395, d. circa 1485
Mother: Isabella Jamys b. circa 1416

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Birth*: circa 1185, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: William Fortescue b. circa 1155

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Birth*: circa 1314, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: Adam Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1284, d. before 1342
Mother: Anna de La Porte

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Note*: Sir Nicholas was a Knight of St. John. He accompanied Richard I (The Lionheart) to the Crusades.

Father: Richard Fortescue of Modbury

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Father: John Fortescue of Spridlestone
Mother: Alicia Cookworthy

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Father: John Fortescue of Spridlestone
Mother: Alicia Cookworthy

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Note*: From a deed found at Eton College, found in 1885 he is named as granting land to Modbury Priory.

"Richard Fortescue was summons to Assize de Morte D'Ancestre in AD 1199. He recites that his father Richard, and grandfather Radulfus (Ralph) had each granted parts of the same land to the Priory.

This is proof that two generations of his predecessors held land in Modbury Parish as well as naming the succession."

Clermont postulates in the 1885 supplement to chapter 1 of his 1880 edition that "Taking the year AD 1185 as the probable date of the deed and assuming that Richard was not less than 30 years old, he already being married to his wife Ysmeina, we have AD 1155 as the date of Richard's birth. 33 years being the average length of a generation. Therefore Ralph was born about 1089".

Visitations to the County of Devon mentions a deed dated 1135. Whether this is the same Deed is not clear. It also has Sir Richard son of William as the person named in a deed of 1199 as married to Ysmeina. But from above this is not true.
Name Variation: Radulfus Fortescue
Birth*: circa 1089, Clermont postulates in the 1885 supplement to chapter 1 of his 1880 edition that "Taking the year AD 1185 as the probable date of the deed and assuming that Richard was not less than 30 years old, he already being married to his wife Ysmeina, we have AD 1155 as the date of Richard's birth. 33 years being the average length of a generation. Therefore Ralph was born about 1089".
Birth: circa 1095, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: Sir Adam Fortescue of Modbury b. circa 1042

Children:

Richard Fortescue of Modbury+

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Birth*: Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: William Fortescue b. circa 1155

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Birth*: circa 1312, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: Adam Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1284, d. before 1342
Mother: Anna de La Porte

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Father: Sir Richard Fortescue b. circa 1416
Mother: Agnes De Windsor

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Note*: Richard went to France in 1421 or 2. He was styled as "of Ermyngton", which was where his family seat, Wympstone, was situated. No doubt he joined his father in the French wars, but he was again in Devon before 1431. At his father's death in about 1435 he succeeded to his Hertfordshire estate of Punsbourne, or Ponsbourne, or Ponnysbourne, near Hatfield. Sir Richard fought under the Duke of Somerset on King Henry VI's side in the first battle of St. Albans, which was close to his home, and was killed.

Richard led to the branches at Punsbourne and Falkbourne.

Marriage*: Principal=Agnes De Windsor
Birth*: circa 1416, Shepham, Devonshire, England

Father: Sir John Fortescue of Meaux b. 1380
Mother: Eleanor Norreis of Norreis b. 1390

Agnes De Windsor

Children:

Richard Fortescue
Elizabeth Fortescue
Sir John Fortescue The Elder
Sir John Fortescue The Younger of Punsbourne+ d. 28 Jul 1500

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Birth*: 1517, Filleigh, Devonshire, England

Father: Bartholomew Fortescue Esq. of Filleigh b. circa 1486, d. 12 September 1557
Mother: Ellen Moore of Moor Hayes in Cullompton b. circa 1490

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Note*: According the History of the Family Fortescue, the order of birth was John, Richard, Nicholas.

Father: Ralph Fortescue of Modbury b. circa 1089

Children:

Sir Richard Fortescue of Modbury
Sir Nicholas Fortescue
Sir John Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1180

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Note*: Sir Richard accompanied Richard I to the Crusades.

Father: Richard Fortescue of Modbury

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Father: John Fortescue of Spridlestone
Mother: Alicia Cookworthy

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Note*: He granted his lands of Stoliforf to Walter Faber of Modbury.
Birth*: circa 1206

Father: Sir John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1180

Children:

Adam Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1232

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Marriage*: Principal=Anne Ameredith
Birth*: before 1566
Death*: 9 March 1600

Father: Henry Fortescue of Wimpstone d. 1 December 1587
Mother: Joan Bright

Anne Ameredith b. 3 April 1564

Children:

Edward Fortescue+ b. 1582, d. 1631

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Marriage*: Principal=Florence Bonville
Birth*: 1490
Death*: 1554

Father: John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1460, d. 22 May 1519
Mother: Isabella Gibbes

Florence Bonville

Children:

Thomas Fortescue of Wimpstone
William Fortescue of Morleigh
Henry Fortescue of Wimpstone+ d. 1 Dec 1587
Joan Fortescue
Elizabeth Fortescue
Agnes Fortescue
Isabel Fortescue

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Father: Thomas Fortescue of Wimpstone b. 1490, d. 1554
Mother: Florence Bonville

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Birth*: circa 1155, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England

Father: Adam Fortescue b. circa 1094

Children:

Richard Fortescue
Nicholas Fortescue b. c 1185

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Death*: between 8 January 1547 and 1548

Father: Sir Martin Fortescue of Filleigh b. circa 1434, d. 12 November 1472
Mother: Elizabeth Denzille of Filleigh, Weare Giffard b. circa 1434

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Father: Thomas Fortescue of Wimpstone b. 1490, d. 1554
Mother: Florence Bonville

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Father: John Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1420, d. 11 March 1481
Mother: Joan Pruteston d. 23 May 1501

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Note*: William is probably the John William mentioned in the text as being the husband of Elizabeth in a will. By now William had estates in Wimstone, Holberton, Strechleigh, Forsan, Cokesland, Broke, Donstan, Tamerton, Smytheston, Wimpell, Thurveton, and Estecot, all thought to be in S. Devon. He also had the manor of Ryme in Dorset.



Elizabeth was the daughter of: Sir John Beauchamp, Knight and heir, born about 1315, died 8 April 1349, Lord of Ryme, Dorsetshire and of Oburnford, Oulescombe, Teignhervy and Buckerell, Devonshire. He married first about 1340 Margaret, daughter of John Whalesburgh.
Birth*: circa 1345, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England
Marriage*: before 23 October 1353, Principal=Elizabeth Beauchamp
Living*: 1410, Wimpstone, Modbury, Devon, England
Death*: after 1410

Father: William Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1310, d. before 1375
Mother: Anne Strechleigh

Elizabeth Beauchamp b. circa 1349

Children:

Sir John Fortescue of Meaux+ b. 1380
William Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1385

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Note: He inherited his mother's estate of Oldport.
Birth*: circa 1310, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England
Marriage*: before 1345, Principal=Anne Strechleigh
Living*: 1360
Note*: 1369, In 1369 William Fortescue and Nicholas Fortescue granted rights to the manors of Orcheston, North Allington, some in Tenhed etc to a Sir John Prideaux.
Death*: before 1375

Father: Adam Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1284, d. before 1342
Mother: Anna de La Porte

Anne Strechleigh

Children:

William Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1345, d. a 1410

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Note*: William, the eldest son succeeded at Wimpstone, whilst his younger brother John inherited only a small portion of his father's estates.

Birth: circa 1366, Wimpstone, Devonshire, England
Birth*: circa 1385, "William Fortescue, heir to his parents, born about 1385; married by 1410 Matilda, alias Mabilla, daughter and heir of John Falwell or Fawell. Both were mentioned in the license for an oratory granted in 1410 by Bishop Stafford to William's father mentioned below. The Fortescue family later quartered the Falwell arms, they being Gules, on a bend argent, 3 water bougets sable. William was the son of: Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter and eventual coheir, born by 1349, living 1410, Whympston in parish of Modbury, Devonshire. She married first Richard, son of Adam de Branscombe. By 1394, and probably much earlier, she had married second William Fortescue, Lord of Whympston, Devonshire. He was born about 1345, living in 1410, son of William Fortescue, Lord of Whympston, Devonshire, by his wife Alice, daughter of Walter de Strechleigh. In 1401, William and Elizabeth sued her sister, Joan's husband, Sir Robert Challons, regarding tenements in Oulescombe and Buckerell, Devonshire which had been possessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp. In 1410, license for oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Sr., and Elizabeth, his wife, and also William Jr., and Matilda, his wife, for the mansion of the said William Sr. at Whympston. The arms of Fortescue were Azure, a bend engrailed Argent, cotised Ore.

Birth: between 1385 and 1395, Shepham, Devonshire, England
Marriage*: 1394, Principal=Matilda Falwell
Living*: 1410, He was mentioned by Bishop Stafford at his father's oratory.

Step-father: William Fortescue of Wimpstone b. circa 1345, d. after 1410
Mother: Elizabeth Beauchamp b. circa 1349

Matilda Falwell

Children:

John Fortescue of Wimpstone+ b. c 1420, d. 11 Mar 1481

Death*: Deceased

Minnie ? d. Deceased

Children:

Matilda Fortier+ b. 2 May 1892, d. Deceased

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Death*: Deceased
Divorce*: Principal=Thomas Bell Laird
Birth*: 2 May 1892, Michigan, U.S.A.

Father: Frank Fortier d. Deceased
Mother: Minnie ? d. Deceased

Thomas Bell Laird b. 6 July 1888, d. 18 December 1957

Children:

Sarah Alice Laird+ b. 23 Dec 1909

Birth*: 13 August 1961, Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Death*: 1 July 1995, Pittsfield, Maine, U.S.A.

Note*: No children of this marriage in these records.
Marriage*: 5 June 1895, Principal=Clara Albertie Fuller

Clara Albertie Fuller b. 1 September 1872

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Birth*: 12 April 1907, Marcella, Stone County, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Father: Robert Franklin Fortune b. 25 January 1882, d. 1954
Mother: Martha Russ

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Birth*: 1850, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Father: Nicholas W. Fortune b. 1809
Mother: Racheal 'Pascal' Pashall b. 1809

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Birth*: 1856, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Father: Elisha Franklin 'Frank' Fortune b. 1836
Mother: Frances Johnson b. 1833

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Birth*: 1838, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Father: Nicholas W. Fortune b. 1809
Mother: Racheal 'Pascal' Pashall b. 1809

Event-Misc*: Eight Mile Cemetery, near Beedeville, Woodruff Co., Arkansas, U.S.A., Type: Fact #1
Birth*: 4 October 1952, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Death*: 1953, Arkansas, U.S.A.

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Birth*: 24 January 1909, Ben, Stone County, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Father: Charles Thomas Fortune b. 24 October 1880, d. 30 August 1965
Mother: Rosa Mae Fulks

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Event-Misc*: Fresno Mem. Gardens, Good Shepard Section, Fresno Co., California, Type: Fact #1
Birth*: 24 October 1880, Cherry Valley, Cross County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 8 March 1908, Chalybeate Springs, Cross County, Arkansas, U.S.A., Principal=Rosa Mae Fulks
Death*: 30 August 1965, Fresno, Fresno County, California, U.S.A.

Father: Nicholas Marion 'Marion' Fortune b. 7 February 1844
Mother: Mary Thomas 'Mollie' Heath b. 1855

Rosa Mae Fulks

Children:

Beulah Belle Fortune b. 24 Jan 1909
Herschel Thomas Fortune+ b. 26 May 1922, d. 26 Mar 1967

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Note*: Daniel R. ''Dan' Fortune, no Civil War records were found.
Birth*: 1846, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Marriage*: 19 December 1867, McNairy County, Tennessee, U.S.A., Principal=Lelle Elesia Smith

Father: Nicholas W. Fortune b. 1809
Mother: Racheal 'Pascal' Pashall b. 1809

Lelle Elesia Smith b. 1844

Children:

James V. Fortune b. 1869
Minnie B. Fortune b. 1872
William P. Fortune b. 1875
Ida Fortune b. 1880