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b. c. 1533, 1st s. of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Brightwell, Oxon. and his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir William Reade of Boarstall, Bucks., wid. of Giles Greville of Lasborough, Glos.; bro. of Thomas† and half-bro. of Sir Thomas Parry*.T. Fortescue [Lord Clermont], Hist. Fortescue Fam. 3, 254, 312, 313; VCH Glos. xi. 287. educ. travelled abroad?; ?m. (1) by 1556, Cecilia (d. 7 Feb. 1571), Bucks. Recs. i. 93. da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Ashfield† of Ewelme, Oxon., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da.; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 58. (2) lic. 22 June 1576, London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 502. Alice (bur. 23 Jan. 1621), Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 319. da. of Christopher Smith† of Annables, Herts., clerk of the pipe 1551-89, wid. of Richard Robson of London, 2da. Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 164. suc. fa. 1539, restored in blood 1551; HLRO, O.A. 5 and 6 Ed.VI. c. 31. Kntd. Sept. 1592. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 89. d. 23 Dec. 1607. WARD 7/41/189; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 430.
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Servant to Princess Elizabeth c.1555; Fortescue, 312. kpr. of the Great Wardrobe 1559–1603; CPR, 1558–60, p. 90. PC 1589–d.; APC, 1588–9, p. 76. under-treas. of the exch. 1589 – 1603; chan. of the exch. 1592–1603; Exchequer Officerholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 39, 200. chan. of the duchy of Lancaster 24 Sept. – 3 Oct. 1601, 4 Nov. 1601–d.; R. Somerville, Hist. Duchy of Lancaster, 397. member, High Commission, Canterbury province 1601–d.; HMC Hatfield xvi. 290; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 350. commr. merchants losses, 1601, C231/1, f. 107v. discovery of Jesuits and seminary priests 1603. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 61.

Kpr. of Cornbury Park, Oxon. and ranger, Wychwood Forest, Oxon. 1560–d.; CPR, 1558–60, pp. 426–7; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 566; V.J. Watney, Cornbury, 69, 92, 97. j.p. Bucks. 1569–d., CPR, 1569–72, p. 223; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1549; C181/1, f. 47. Mdx. by 1593–d., APC, 1592–3, p. 407; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP13/case F/11, f. 22b; C66/1620. Lancs. 1600–d., Lancs. RO, QSC2–3. Herts. and Oxon. by 1601–d., C66/1549, 1620. Cambridge 1601–d., C181/1, ff. 25v, 39, 47; C181/2, f. 16. Buckingham 1603; C181/1, f. 47v. high steward, Buckingham by 1584, Cent. Bucks. Stud. Buckingham corp. bk. 1574–1835, f. 1. York 1596, HMC Hatfield, vi. 436. Wallingford, Berks. by 1601; Berks. RO, Wallingford min. bk. f. 88. commr. to levy volunteers for Low Countries, Beds. and Bucks. 1586; APC, 1586–7, pp. 80, 115. kpr. (jt.), Hatfield House, Herts. 1593–d.; HMC Hatfield, xiii. 483; SC6/Jas.I/1646, f. 32v; SC6/Jas.I/1648 unfol. custos rot. Bucks. c.1594–1600, C66/1421; C231/1, p. 171. Mdx. by 1594–1605; C66/1421, 1682. recorder, Cambridge 1600–d.; C.H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, ii. 599–600; C181/1, f. 25. commr. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1601–d., C181/1, ff. 10v, 13, 34, 43v, 77v, 87v, 102, 125v, 126, 132v; 181/2, ff. 3v, 11v, 18, 30. Norf. circ. 1602–d., C181/1, ff. 16, 30, 37, 52, 76v, 96v, 104v, 116, 131v; 181/2, ff. 7, 26, 38v. the Verge 1604–d., C181/1, ff. 93v, 117v; 181/2, ff. 13, 57. Bucks. 1607, C181/2, f. 35. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1601–d., C181/1, ff. 11v, 22, 35, 42v, 48v, 68v, 102v, 126v; 181/2, ff. 5v, 18v, 52v, 53. Cambridge, 1602–d., C181/1, ff. 25v, 45v, 99v, 124: 181/2, ff. 11, 36. sewers, Thames 1603, C181/1, f. 46. Mdx., Oxon. and Berks. 1604–6, Ibid. ff. 85, 88, 100v; C181/2, f. 19v. Lea valley 1604–d. C181/1, f. 89v; 181/2, f. 50.

Parlimentarian
FORTESCUE, Sir John (c.1533-1607), of Salden House, Mursley, Bucks.; Westminster and Hendon, Mdx.
Main residences: Salden House, Mursley, Bucks. and Westminster and Hendon, Mdx.
Author
V.C.D.M.
R.C.L.S.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

FORTESCUE, Sir John (c.1533-1607)

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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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