Family and Education
b. by 1517, 1st s. of Bartholomew Fortescue of Castle Hill by Ellen, da. of Maurice More of Moor Hayes in Cullompton. m. by 1544, Joan, da. of one Morton of Kent, at least 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 12 Sept. 1557.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/113/14, 114/57. Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 110. T. Fortescue, Lord Clermont, Fortescue Fam. 126-7; C142/153/14.
Offices Held
J.p. Devon by 1558/59–d.; sheriff 1562–3.
Main residence: Castle Hill in Filleigh, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
FORTESCUE, Richard (by 1517-70)
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Oxford 1644
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