Family and Education
b. c. 1563, 1st surv. s. of John Fortescue I of Salden by his 1st w. Cecily, da. of Edmund Ashfield of Ewelme, Oxon.; bro. of Thomas II and William. educ. sp. adm. I. Temple 1580. m. 1589, Grace, da. of John Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbys., 8s. 5da. KB 1603. suc. fa. 1607.C142/305/132; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 58; G. Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 430; VCH Bucks. iv. 162.
Offices Held
Commr. musters, Bucks. 1596; j.p.q. and custos rot. 1600; esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth; surveyor, Bucks. 1606, sheriff 1608–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Salden, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
FORTESCUE, Francis (c.1563-1624)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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