John Fortescue

- 1436

• Name	John Fortescue  [1]
  Birth	of Holbeton, Devon, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1432 and 1436  [2]
  Alternate death	Abt 1435  [3]
  Alternate death	Bef 1436  [3]
  Person ID	I35695	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William Fortescue,   b. Abt 1345, of Whympston in Modbury, Devon, England d. Aft 1406 (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Beauchamp,   b. of Whympston in Modbury, Devon, England d. Aft 1409
  Family ID	F4586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor Norris
  Family ID	F20978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Clarice
  Marriage	Bef 1408  [3]
  Children	1. John Fortescue   d. Bef 18 Dec 1479, Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England   2. Henry Fortescue   d. Aft 31 Oct 1460 + 3. Richard Fortescue,   b. of Punsborne, Hertfordshire, England d. 22 May 1455, St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England
  Family ID	F20967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  According to John Morris (citation details below), he fought at Agincourt in 1415, and in 1422 he was governor of Meaux in France. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (citation details below), he was "not a soldier, as historians of the family have claimed, but a local administrator and man of affairs, above all in the service of the Courtenay family."

  
  

• Sources

  [S5930] The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue, Knight of the Bath, Knight of St. John, Martyr by John Morris. London: Burns and Oates, 1887. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.