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John Fortescue
- Preferred Name: John Fortescue[1]
- Gender: M
- FSID: LYZQ-JT7
- Birth: ABT 1458 in Devon, England at LATI: N0.7365 LONG: E3.7189 with note: No such place as" Spriddlestone, Devon"
- Death: 27 DEC 1537 in Devon, England at LATI: N0.7365 LONG: E3.7189
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
John FORTESCUE of Spridlestone died on 27 December 1537.
Third son of Parents: John FORTESCUE of Wimpstone and Joan PRUTESTON of Preston, Ermington, Devon.
Spouse: Alicia or Alice COOKWORTHY of Cookworthy.
Children were: Richard FORTESCUE of Spridlestone,
Nicholas 1st FORTESCUE,
Nicholas 2nd FORTESCUE of Cookhill,
Elizabeth FORTESCUE,
Baron Lewis FORTESCUE of Fallapit,
Anthony FORTESCUE.
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== St. Joseph, Arizona ===
St. Joseph, Arizona
=== !#542-Stapleton; !#882-v3-p719; ===
!#542-Stapleton; !#882-v3-p719;
=== Name Suffix: [Sir Knight] Ancestra ===
Name Suffix: [Sir Knight] Ancestral File Number: 9FSK-9K
=== Ancestral File Number: 9FSK-9K ===
Ancestral File Number: 9FSK-9K
=== All details for this living person have ===
All details for this living person have been suppressed.
=== !DEATH: Date: 1537 - Doc. Line 25-34 !CH ===
!DEATH: Date: 1537 - Doc. Line 25-34 !CHILDREN: Of John Fortescue and Alice Cockworthy had issue - Doc. Line 25-34 !MARRIAGE: John Fortescue and Alice Cockworthy - Doc. Line 25-34 !RESIDENCE: Of Spridleston in the parish of Brixton, Devon - Doc. Line 25-34 !NOTE: John Fortescue was uncle to Jane Fortescue who married Alice Cockworty son John Cobleigh - Doc. Line 25-34
=== (1460) ===
(1460)
=== Verified against Lula Roskelley records. ===
Verified against Lula Roskelley records. (as child)
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== John Fortescue was of Spridleston in the ===
John Fortescue was of Spridleston in the parish of Brixton, Devon. There was issue of the marriage of John Fortescue and Alice (Cockworthy) Cobleigh. John Fortescue was an uncle to Jane Fortescue who married John and Alice (Cockworthy) Cobleigh's son, John Cobleigh, born about 1479. Weis. 25-34.
=== !Married Alice Cockworthy, AFN:9XXC-KK. ===
!Married Alice Cockworthy, AFN:9XXC-KK.
Preferred Parents:
Father: John Fortescue, b. 1412 in Modbury, Devon, England d. 11 MAR 1481 in Modbury, Devon, England
Mother: Joan Pruteston, b. 1420 in Preston, Devon, England d. 23 MAY 1501 in Modbury, Devon, England
Family 1: Alice Cookworthy, b. 1445 in Yarcombe, , Devonshire, England d. AFT 1495
- Lewis Fortescue, b. 1487 in East Allington, Devon, England d. 23 OCT 1545 in Fallapit, Devon, England
Family 2: Isabela Gibbons, b. 1464 in Modbury, South Hams, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom d. 23 MAY 1501 in Modbury, South Hams, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: John Fortescue, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7318-1M6Z : 16 December 2020), John Fortescue, ; Burial, Brixton, South Hams District, Devon, England, St. Mary's Churchyard; citing record ID 194310925, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7318-1M6Z;
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