John Fortescue KS (abt. 1376 - abt. 1435)

Born about 1376 in Modbury, Devon, England

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Died about 1435 at about age 59 in England [uncertain]

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Sir John Fortescue is generally distinguished in various literature as Sir John Fortescue of Meaux. His son also Sir John Fortescue , was Chief Justice of the King's Bench.^[1]

He was born in the 1370s, the second son of William Fortescue of Whympston Devon and his wife Elizabeth Beauchamp, widow of Richard Branscombe, a daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Ryme in Dorset by his wife Margaret Whalesborough, and a co-heiress of her brother Thomas Beauchamp of Ryme.^[2]

Battle of Agincourt 1415

He was a younger son, held lands said to be worth £20 a year in Combe, Efford and elsewhere in the parish of Holbeton. He served in the French wars under Henry V and was present in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He served two earls of Devon, Edward Courtenay and Hugh Courtenay, as steward from about 1413 to 1422.^[3]

Following the Seige of Meaux, in 1422, he was made captain of Meaux as related on the Fortescue mural monument in Weare Giffard Church. The monument was erected in 1638, over 200 years later by Hugh Fortescue (1592-1661).^[4]

William Norreys had issue by a daughter of Roger Colaton (or Collaton) , a daughter, Eleanor who married Sir John Fortescue, of Shepham, Captain of Meaux, by whom she had the following children.^[5]

Henry, the eldest Son, a Lawyer and MP

John, the Second son, who became Lord Chief Justice of England and Lord Chancellor to Henry VI.

Richard.

He returned to England before the year 1431, and appears to have had his residence at Shepham, in South Devon. ^[6]

He was knighted by the duke of Bedford in about 1426, and died in or before 1435. ^[3]

Research Notes

The Coat of arms of the Earl Fortescue used in many Fortescue profiles was created in 1789 for Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Baron Fortescue (1753–1841) and has been deleted from this profile

The Visitation of Sussex shows intermediate generations before and after John.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "John Fortescue (judge)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Fortescue_(judge)&oldid=901494098 (accessed March 4, 2020).
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "John Fortescue (Captain of Meaux)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Fortescue_(Captain_of_Meaux)&oldid=913556291 (accessed February 27, 2020).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 Available from Boydell and Brewer
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Weare Giffard," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weare_Giffard&oldid=943245851 (accessed March 4, 2020).
5. ↑ Fortescues in the East part of England. Chronographical description or survey of the county of Devon. Tristram Risdon. 1811
6. ↑ A history of the family of Fortescue in all its branches by Clermont, Thomas Fortescue, Baron, 1815-1887 Published 1880 Page 45

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 33, Fortescue.

• The Visitations of Cornwall: 1530, 1573 & 1620 by J. L. Vivian Page 168: Fortescue