John Fortescue Captain of Meaux

• Preferred Name: John Fortescue Captain of Meaux^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1435 in England
  
• Occupation: Captain of the captured Castle of Meaux,ABT 1422 with note: Appointed by Henry V following the Siege of Meaux during the Hundred Years' War.
  
• Birth: ABT 1376 in Devon, England at LATI: N0.7365 LONG: E3.7189
  
• FSID: M7R7-C6B
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir John FORTESCUE of Meaux was born in the 1370s, the second son of William Fortescue (died after 1406), of Whympston in the parish of Modbury in Devon (the earliest recorded English seat of the Fortescue family) by his wife Elizabeth Beauchamp, widow of Richard Branscombe and 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. Elizabeth Beauchamp was of a junior branch of the Beauchamp feudal barons of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. Thomas Beauchamp died without issue when his heirs to one moiety each became the descendants of his two sisters, the other of whom was Joane Beauchamp, wife of Sir Robert Challons, from whom the moiety descended to a member of the Carwithan family
  
  Parents: William FORTESCUE of Wimpstone and Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP.
  
  Spouse: Eleanor NORREIS of Norreis.
  Children were: Sir Henry FORTESCUE of Wood, Sir John FORTESCUE of Ebrington, Gloucs, Sir Richard FORTESCUE of Punsbourne, Herts, Joan FORTESCUE Of Wood.
  
  Ives (2005) stated that "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", the Earls of Devon. However, older sources state that he was at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) and that he was appointed after the Siege of Meaux in 1422 as captain of the captured Castle of Meaux, returning to England before 1431 and living at Shepham in South Devon.
  
  He married Elinor Norries, daughter and heiress of William Norries (aliter Norreis, Norreys) of Norreys in the parish of North Huish in Devon, by his wife a daughter of Roger Colaton.[ By his wife he had the following issue:
  
  Sir Henry Fortescue, of Wood in the parish of Woodleigh, Devon, eldest son and heir, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, who married Jane Bozun, daughter of Edmond Bozun of Wood in the parish of Woodleigh. Wood became the seat of his descendants for several generations.
  Sir John Fortescue (d.1479) of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 2nd son, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, ancestor of the present Earl Fortescue of Ebrington, formerly of Castle Hill, Filleigh, and of Weare Giffard both in North Devon.
  Sir Richard Fortescue, 3rd son, ancestor of the Fortescues of Punsborne in Hertfordshire, of Falkborne and of Seldon.
  
  On the south wall of the south aisle chapel ("Fortescue Chapel") of the parish church of Weare Giffard in Devon, is affixed a mural monument, erected in 1638 by Hugh Fortescue (1592-1661). It is dedicated to three generations of the Fortescue family and mentions the family origins at Whympston and descent from Sir John Fortescue, Captain of Meaux, which is in Latin:
  Translated as:
  "These arose from John Fortescue, Knight, Captain of the Castle of Meaux in France, arisen under Henry the Fifth, a scion of the Fortescues of Wympstone, Devon. He had a son John, Chief Justice and Chancellor under Henry the Sixth. He was buried at Ebrington in Gloucestershire. Indeed the very ancient family even now is happy with fruitful issue and are buried here".
  
  === !BIRTH: Date: Say 1385 - Doc. Linr 246E- ===
  !BIRTH: Date: Say 1385 - Doc. Linr 246E-34 !CHILDREN: Of William Fortescue and Matilda (alias Mabilla) Fahwell (or Fawell !MARRIAGE: William Fortescue, Junior and Matilda (alias Mabilla) Doc. Line 246E-33 William Fortescue and Matilda (alias Mabilla) Fahwell (or Fawell) Doc. Line 246E-34 Date: Before 1410 - Doc. Line 246E-34
  
  === !Weis. 246#-34. William Fortescue was ===
  !Weis. 246#-34. William Fortescue was heir of his father. The Fortescue later quartered the Falwell arms. Oratory 1410--see William Fortescue, Sr.
  
  === !Married by 1410 Matilda, alias Mabilla, ===
  !Married by 1410 Matilda, alias Mabilla, dau and h of John Falwell orFawell; both mentioned in the license for oratory granted to his Uncle,Sir Thomas Beauchamp.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
  Sir John Fortescu1
  M, #296668
  Sir John Fortescu||p29667.htm#i296668|William Fortescu||p29667.htm#i296665|Elisabeth Beauchamp||p29667.htm#i296666|William Fortescu|d. a 1394|p29667.htm#i296664||||Sir John Beauchamp||p29695.htm#i296947||||
  Last Edited=16 Jun 2008
  Sir John Fortescu is the son of William Fortescu and Elisabeth Beauchamp.2 He married Eleanor Norreis, daughter of William Norreis .1
  Sir John Fortescu held the office of Governor of Meaux, during the reign of King Henry V.1
  Children of Sir John Fortescu and Eleanor Norreis
  Sir John Fortescue + d. a 14722
  Henry Fortescu 2
  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 1473. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

• m. ABT 1391 in North Hush, Devonshire, England, UK
• m. ABT 1391 in North Huish, Devon, England

1. Joan Fortescue, b. 1405 in Devon, England, United Kingdom     d. ABT 1422 in South Tawton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: Visitations of Cornwall (Partial)
   Author: Unknown, Visitations of Cornwall (Partial), Page 167.
   
2. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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3. Title: Visitations of Devon (Partial)
   Author: Unknown, Visitations of Devon (Partial), Page 352.
   
4. Title: Devon, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5864/records/272494;
   
5. Title: Buckinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5847/records/37792;
   
6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William Fortescue - birth:
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7. Title: Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William Fortescue - birth-name: William Fortescue
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