William Fortescue Lord of Wympstone

• Preferred Name: William Fortescue Lord of Wympstone^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L8JS-Z1W
  
• Birth: 1315 in Modbury, Devon, England at LATI: N0.35 LONG: E3.8833 with note: No UK before 1801
  
• Death: AFT 1360 in Wympstone, Modbury, Devonshire, England at LATI: N0.349 LONG: E3.8912
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William FORTESCUE of Wimpstone was living in 1360. He died before 1375. Inherited his mother's estate of Oldport
  Clermont's text says that William married Alice!!
  
  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.
  
  This William Fortescue married Alice, daughter of Walter Strechleigh, of Strechleigh, in the parish of Ermington, and thus obtained lands in Tamerton ; and, in 1360, by grant of his kinsman, Richard Maldett (Malduit), alias Somaster, whose mother had been a co-heir of De la Port, he had a further extension of property in the form of tenements at Old Port, in Modbury, and at Painston* He was succeeded by his son, William Fortescue (alive 1394), whose son of the same name, married, vitd patris, Elizabeth Branscombe, widow, who was a daughter of Sir John Beauchamp, and sister and co-heir of Thomas Beauchamp, of Ryme, co. From "Devonshire Wills," by Charles Worthy.
  
  Parents: Adam FORTESCUE of Wimpstone and Anna DE LA PORT Of Old Port.
  
  Spouse: Anne STRECHLEIGH.
  
  Children were: William FORTESCUE.
  
  === took part in many battles in Wales and N ===
  took part in many battles in Wales and Normandy
  
  === ! SEALED TO SPOUSE: To Elizabeth Beaucha ===
  ! SEALED TO SPOUSE: To Elizabeth Beauchamp, IGI 1994 Edition, Batch F519913 02 Film # 1553737. !
  
  === child ===
  child
  
  === MISC: Fought with great valor in Wales ===
  MISC: Fought with great valor in Wales in 1163 and 1165. W ent to France in 116and returned to England about 1176. Su ccessor to his father.
  
  === !Weis. 246E-33. William Fortescue was ===
  !Weis. 246E-33. William Fortescue was lord of Whympston, Devon. The Fortescue arms were:Azure, a bend engrailed Argent, cotised Or.
  
  === In 1410, license for an oratory was gran ===
  In 1410, license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fortescue, senior, and Elizabeth his wife, and also to William Fortescue, junior, and Matilda alias Mabilla his wife, for the mansion of the said William (senior) at Whympston.
  
  === hazeltine papers vol 444 Gen. Society of ===
  hazeltine papers vol 444 Gen. Society of Penn. He took an active part in suppressing two formidable in surrections that broke out in Wales, 1163 and again in 1165. In 1166 he went to France, the people of Brittany having rebelled against their Duke Conan, and Henry II becoming involved in hostilities with Louis VII , he remained and took part in all the engagements, but after the Peace of Montmirail, 6 Jan 1169 he returned to England.
  
  === !From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 ===
  !From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Family rep is a direct descendant of th ===
  Family rep is a direct descendant of this principal
  
  === ! FHL #0896884 FOSTER GENEALOGY BY FREDE ===
  ! FHL #0896884 FOSTER GENEALOGY BY FREDERICK CLIFTOM PIERCE
  
  === !AKA: William Fortescue, Lord of Whympst ===
  !AKA: William Fortescue, Lord of Whympston, co. Devon - Doc. Line 246E-33 !CHILDREN: Of William Fortescue, Lord and Alice de Strechlegh William - Doc. Line 246E-33
  
  === !AKA: William Fortescue Sr., Lord of Why ===
  !AKA: William Fortescue Sr., Lord of Whympston, co. Devon - Doc. Line 246E-33 !BIRTH: Date: Say 1345 - Doc. Line 246E-33 !CHILDREN: Of William Fortescue, Lord and Elizabeth Beauchamp William - Doc. Line 246#-33 !DEATH: Date: After 1410 (living then) - Doc. Line 246E-33 !MARRIAGE: William Fortescue, Lord and Elizabeth Beauchamp - Doc. Line 246E-33 Date: By 1394 (probably much earlier) - Doc. Line 246E-33 !NOTE: In 1401, William and Elizabeth sued her sister Joan's husband, Sir Robert Challons, re. tenements of Oulescombre and Buckerell, co. Devon, which had been possessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp. In 1410, license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fortescue, senior, and Elizabeth, his wife, and also to William Fortescue, junior, and Matilda, alias, Mabilla, his wife for the mansion of the said William (senior) at Whympston. - Doc. Line 246E-33
  
  === Ancestral File Number: FHLK-5J ===
  Ancestral File Number: FHLK-5J
  
  === He was the governor of Etherstone and w ===
  He was the governor of Etherstone and was the general in command of armies in Wales (1163 and 1165) and France (1166).
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
  William de Fortescu1
  M, #296661, d. before 1375
  William de Fortescu|d. b 1375|p29667.htm#i296661|Adam Fortescue|d. b 1342|p29666.htm#i296659|Anne Delaport||p29666.htm#i296660|Adam Fortescue||p29666.htm#i296658||||William Delaport||p29640.htm#i296398||||
  Last Edited=16 Jun 2008
  William de Fortescu was the son of Adam Fortescue and Anne Delaport .2 He married Alice Strechleigh, daughter of Walter Strechleigh.1 He died before 1375.1
  He inherited his mother's estate of Oldport.1 He lived at Wymondston, Devon, England .1
  Child of William de Fortescu and Alice Strechleigh
  William Fortescu + d. a 13942
  Citations
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, 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 1472. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  
  === !Lord of Whympston, Devon, England, livi ===
  !Lord of Whympston, Devon, England, living 1410
  
  === !Weis. 246E-33. William Fortescue was ===
  !Weis. 246E-33. William Fortescue was Lord of Whympston in Devon. In 1401 William and Elizabeth sued her sister Joan's husband, Sir Robert Challons, regarding tenements in Oulescombe and Buckerell, Devon, which had been possessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp. In 1410 a license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fprtescie. senion, and Elizabeth, his wife, and also to William Fortescue, kimopr. amd Matilda, alias Mabilla, his wife, for the mansion of the said William (senior) at Whympston.
  
  === !FOSTER GENEALOGY Pages 11-15. Listing ===
  !FOSTER GENEALOGY Pages 11-15. Listing antecedents of Reginald FOSTER who came to America in about 1638 and settled at Ipswich, Mass.
  
  === !BIOGRAPHICAL_INFORMATION: Son of Willia ===
  !BIOGRAPHICAL_INFORMATION: Son of William Fortescue, lord of Whympston in the parish of Modbury, Devonshire, and Alice, daughter of Walter de Strechlegh. In 1401, he and his wife Elizabeth sued her sister Joan's husband, Sir Robert Challons, regarding tenements in Oulescombe and Buckrerell, Devon, which had been possessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp. In 1410, license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fortescue, senior, and Elizabeth, his wife, and also to William Fortescue, junior, and Matilda, alias Mabilla, his wife, for the mansion of William (senior) at Whympston. The arms of Fortescue were, Azure, a bend engrailed Argent, cotised Or. The Fortescue family later quarered the Falwell arms, they being, Gules, on a bend argent, 3 water bougets sable. See material by Douglas Richardson in Line 246E in "Ancestry Roots of Sixty Colonists ...," by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard (6th Edition, 1988).

• m. 1344 in Devon, , England
• m. 1344 in Devonshire, England, UK

1. William Fortescue, b. 1345 in Modbury, Devon, England     d. 1410 in Modbury, Devon, England

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