Bartholomew Fortescue (abt. 1486 - abt. 1557)

Born about 1486 in Filleigh, South Moultry, Devon, England

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Descendants

Died about 12 Sep 1557 at about age 71 in England

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Biography

Date of death may require further research - previous duplicate profiles stated that he died in March 1556.

Father John Fortescue, Esq.^[1] b. c 1460, d. 2 Jun 1502

Mother Jacquetta St. Leger b. c 1460, d. bt 1535 - 1544

Bartholomew Fortescue was born circa 1490 in the vicinity of the manors of Filleigh, Wear Gifford, Combe in Holbeton, & East Buckland, Devonshire, England. He married Ellen Moore, daughter of Maurice Moore, Esq. and Cecily Bonville, before 1513; They had 2 sons (Richard, Esq; & Lewis) & 5 daughters (Gertrude, wife of Barnard Drake; Mary, wife of Humphrey Yeo; Ellen, wife of William Canwell; Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Hatch, Gent., & of Geoffrey Tothill, Gent; & Anne, wife of John Raleigh).^[2] Bartholomew Fortescue died on 12 September 1557 at of Corscombe, Somersetshire, England.^[3]

Family

• Ellen Moore b. c 1495

Children

• Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Hatch, Gent., & of Geoffrey Tothill, Gent b. 1531, d. a 23 Apr 1587
• Gertrude, wife of Barnard Drake b. c 1538, d. 10 Feb 1601
• Richard, Esq
• Lewis
• Ellen, wife of William Canwell
• Anne, wife of John Raleigh
• Mary, wife of Humphrey Yeo

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 9.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 9-10.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 513.

See also:

• The Peerage, Bartholomew Fortescue, M, #296682, b. circa 1486, d. 12 September 1557 [1]
• https://www.geni.com/people/Bartholomew-Fortescue/6000000000915441584?through=6000000015445491367

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