FORTESCUE, Sir William (c.1562-1629), of Salden House, Mursley, Bucks.; Westminster and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1562, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Fortescue* and his 1st w. Cecilia, da. of Sir Edmund Ashfield† of Ewelme, Oxon.; bro. of Francis† and Thomas†.Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 58; T. Fortescue [Lord Clermont], Hist. Fortescue Fam. 253. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 1578, aged 16; I. Temple 1581. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. unm. Kntd. 17 Nov. 1600. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98; CSP Ire. 1600-1, p. 38. bur. 4 June 1629. PROB 11/156, f. 7v.

Offices Held

Kpr. of Hatfield House, Herts. (jt.) 1593–1607; HMC Hatfield, xiii. 483; SC6/Jas.I/1646, f. 32v; SC6/Jas.I/1648 unfol. freeman, Sudbury, Suff. 1593; Suff. Inst. Arch. Procs. xiii. 285. surveyor, duchy of Lancaster (north) 1603 – 04; feodary of Duchy lands, Beds. and Bucks. June-Nov. 1604; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 74, 196. steward of Suttons Court, Berks. 1604; E315/310, f. 3v. surveyor of Crown lands, Wilts. 1604–10; Lansd. 168, f. 366v; SP14/45/24. kpr. Hanslope Park, Bucks. 1607–d.; VCH Bucks. iv. 37; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 506. j.p. Bucks. by 1614–21. C66/1988; C193/13/1.

Capt. of ft. [I] 1599–1603; CSP Ire. 1599–1600, p. 192; 1601–3, pp. 18, 187, 523; 1606–8, p. 538 esq. of the body by 1603. LC2/4/4, f. 70v.

Parlimentarian

FORTESCUE, Sir William (c.1562-1629), of Salden House, Mursley, Bucks.; Westminster and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Main residences: Salden House, Mursley, Bucks. and Westminster and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

FORTESCUE, Sir William (c.1562-1629)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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