John Fortescue (1460 - 1503)

Born 1460 in Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England

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Died 2 Jun 1503 at about age 43 in Filleigh, Devon, England

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Biography

He was the son of Martin Fortescue and Elizabeth Deynsell.^[1]He was born in 1460.^[2][3]He married Jacquetta St. Leger, daughter of Ralph St. Leger, in 1480.^[2]He died on the 2nd of June 1503.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 53.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1473.
3. ↑ Vivian, John Lambrick, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Exeter: H.S. Eland, 1895.), p. 353.

• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Pg. 8,9

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