FORTESCUE FAMILY

I. SALDEN LINE

Richard De La FORT (Sir)

Born: BEF 1066, France

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Father: Richard De La FORT (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Ralph FORTESCUE

Ralph FORTESCUE

Father: Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard FORTESCUE

Richard FORTESCUE

Father: Ralph FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William FORTESCUE

William FORTESCUE

Father: Richard FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John FORTESCUE (Sir)

3. Nicholas FORTESCUE (Sir)

Richard FORTESCUE (Sir)

Born: BEF 1211, Wymondston, Devon, England

Father: William FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: Yamenia ?

John FORTESCUE (Sir)

Born: BEF 1209, Wymondston, Devon, England

Father: William FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard FORTESCUE

Richard FORTESCUE

Father: John FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Born: BEF 1370, Wimston, Devon, England

Father: Richard FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Father: Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Anna De La PORT

Children:

1. William FORTESCUE of Wimston

2. Richard FORTESCUE

3. Nicholas FORTESCUE

William FORTESCUE of Wimston

Born: BEF 1370, Wimston, Devon, England

Father: Adam FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Anna De La PORT

Married: Alice STRECHLEIGH

Children:

1. William FORTESCUE

William FORTESCUE

Born: ABT 1345 / BEF 1362, Shepham, Devonshire, England

Died: AFT 1410

Father: William FORTESCUE of Wimston

Mother: Alice STRECHLEIGH

Married: Elizabeth (Eleanor) BEAUCHAMP (d. AFT 1410) (dau. of Sir John Beauchamp) (m.2 Richard Branscombe) 1394

Children:

1. William FORTESCUE

2. John FORTESCUE (Sir)

John FORTESCUE (Sir)

Born: ABT 1380/1, Shepham, Devonshire, England

Died: AFT 1424, Meaux, France

Notes: Captain of Meaux, France.

Father: William FORTESCUE

Mother: Elizabeth (Eleanor) BEAUCHAMP

Married: Eleanor NORREYS

Children:

1. Joan FORTESCUE

2. Henry FORTESCUE (Sir)

3. John FORTESCUE (Sir Chief Justice)

4. Richard FORTESCUE (Sir)

Joan FORTESCUE

Born: ABT 1400, Wood, Devonshire, England

Father: John FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Eleanor NORREYS

Married: John BOSSOM ABT 1419

Children:

1. Margaret BOSSOM

2. Elizabeth BOSSOM

Henry FORTESCUE (Sir)

Married 1: Dau. FALLAPIT

Children:

1. Richard FORTESCUE of Fallapit

Married 2: Jane BOSSOM (dau. of Edmund Bossom of Wood)

Children:

2. John FORTESCUE of Wood

Richard FORTESCUE of Fallapit

Father: Henry FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Dau. FALLAPIT

Married: Margaret HILL (dau. of Robert Hill and Margaret Champernowne)

Children:

1. John FORTESCUE

John FORTESCUE

Father: Richard FORTESCUE of Fallapit

Mother: Margaret HILL

Married: Margaret HINGESTON (dau. of William Hingeston)

Children:

1. Elizabeth FORTESCUE

Elizabeth FORTESCUE

Father: John FORTESCUE

Mother: Margaret HINGESTON

Married: Lewis FORTESCUE

Children:

1. Mary FORTESCUE

2. Agnes FORTESCUE

3. Anne FORTESCUE

4. Peter FORTESCUE

5. Thomas FORTESCUE

6. Bennett FORTESCUE

7. Phillip FORTESCUE

8. Nicholas FORTESCUE

9. Joan FORTESCUE

10. John FORTESCUE

11. Elizabeth FORTESCUE

John FORTESCUE of Wood

Father: Henry FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Jane BOSSOM

Married: Elizabeth TALLANCE

Children:

1. William FORTESCUE of Wood

William FORTESCUE of Wood

Father: John FORTESCUE of Wood

Mother: Elizabeth TALLANCE

Children:

2. Margery FORTESCUE

4. Robert FORTESCUE of Wood

Margery FORTESCUE

Father: William FORTESCUE of Wood

Mother: Elizabeth HINGESTON

Married: John REYNELL of East Ogwell

Children:

1. Richard REYNELL of East Ogwell (b. 1519 – d. 1585) (m. Agnes Southcote)

Richard FORTESCUE (Sir)

Married 1: Agnes WINDSOR

Children:

1. Elizabeth FORTESCUE

2. John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Married 2: Alice HALLACOMB (dau. of Richard Hallacomb)

Elizabeth FORTESCUE

Father: Richard FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Agnes WINDSOR

Married: Sir John CROKER of Lineham (d. 1506) (son of Sir John Croker) (m. Elizabeth Yeo)

Children:

2. William CROKER

John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Born: 1434, Bicking, Norfolk, England

Died: 1462 / 28 Jul 1500

Father: Richard FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Agnes WINDSOR

Married: Elizabeth (Alice) BOLEYN ABT 1488

Children:

1. Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

2. Mary FORTESCUE

4. Anne FORTESCUE (b. ABT 1490)

5. Elizabeth FORTESCUE (b. ABT 1491)

6. Richard FORTESCUE of Hollacomb (b. ABT 1492)

Mary FORTESCUE

Born: 1491

Died: Saturday 11 May 1546, Swinbrook, Oxon, England

Father: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth (Alice) BOLEYN

Married 1: John STONOR

Married 2: Anthony FETTIPLACE of Swinbrook (Esq.)

Children:

1. Alexander FETTIPLACE of Swinbrook

2. Miles FETTIPLACE

3. Ursula FETTIPLACE (Nun)

4. Alice FETTIPLACE (d. 1530)

Married 3: Thomas ENGLEFIELD of Englefield (Sir) AFT 1510

Children:

5. Elizabeth ENGLEFIELD

Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1476, Punsborne, England

Died: 10 Jul 1539, Beheaded, Tower Hill, London, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth (Alice) BOLEYN

Married 1: Anne STONOR (b. ABT 1484 - d. 14 Jun 1518) (dau. of Sir William Stonor and Anne Neville) BEF 17 Oct 1499

Children:

1. Margaret FORTESCUE (B. Wentworth of Nettlestead)

2. Frances FORTESCUE

Married 2: Anne READE (dau. of Sir William Reade and Anne Warham)(w.1 of Sir Giles Greville - m.3 Sir Thomas Parry)

Children:

3. John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Chancellor of the Exchequer)

4. Thomas FORTESCUE (d. ABT 1608)

5. Elizabeth FORTESCUE

6. Anthony FORTESCUE (Sir)

7. Edward FORTESCUE

Margaret FORTESCUE (B. Wentworth of Nettlestead)

Born: ABT 1502

Died: BET 1546/51

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne STONOR

Married: Thomas WENTWORTH (1° B. Wentworth of Nettlestead) ABT 1520

Children:

1. Thomas WENTWORTH (2° B. Wentworth of Nettlestead)

2. Phillip WENTWORTH

3. Anne WENTWORTH

4. Elizabeth WENTWORTH

5. Margaret WENTWORTH

6. Dorothy WENTWORTH

7. James WENTWORTH

8. Thomas WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)

9. John WENTWORTH

10. Margery WENTWORTH

11. Cecily WENTWORTH

12. Jane WENTWORTH (B. Cheney of Toddington)

13. Henry WENTWORTH

14. John WENTWORTH

15. Son WENTWORTH

16. Mary WENTWORTH

17. Dau. WENTWORTH

Frances FORTESCUE

Born: ABT 1505

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne STONOR

Married: Thomas 'Silken Thomas' FITZGERALD (10° E. Kildare)

Elizabeth FORTESCUE

Buried: 2 Jun 1602, St Margaret’s Church, Westminster

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne READE

Married: Thomas BROMLEY (Lord Chancellor of England)

Children:

1. Muriel BROMLEY

2. Henry BROMLEY (Sir)

3. Edward BROMLEY

4. Thomas BROMLEY

5. Gerard BROMLEY

6. Elizabeth BROMLEY

7. Anne BROMLEY

8. Jane BROMLEY

9. Joan BROMLEY

Anthony FORTESCUE (Sir)

Born: ABT 1535

Died: AFT 1611

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne READE

Married: Catherine POLE ABT 1558

Children:

1. Anthony FORTESCUE

2. John FORTESCUE

3. George FORTESCUE

Anthony FORTESCUE

Father: Anthony FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Catherine POLE

Married: Dau. OVERTON

Children:

1. Anthony FORTESCUE

John FORTESCUE

Father: Anthony FORTESCUE (Sir)

Mother: Catherine POLE

Married: Ellen HENSLOW

Edward FORTESCUE

Born: ABT 1540

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne READE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Reade FORTESCUE

Reade FORTESCUE

Father: Edward FORTESCUE

Mother: ¿?

Married: Catherine FORTESCUE

John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Chancellor of the Exchequer)

Born: 1533, Holborn, London, Middlesex, England

Died: 23 Dec 1607

Buried: Mursley Church, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne READE

Married 1: Cecily ASHFIELD (d. 1570) (dau. of Edmund Ashfield of Ewelme and Eleanor Barton) ABT 1556

Children:

1. Francis FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir)

2. Thomas FORTESCUE

3. William FORTESCUE of Hanslope

4. Son FORTESCUE

5. Margery FORTESCUE

Married 2: Alice SMYTHE

Children:

7. Dau. FORTESCUE

Margery FORTESCUE

Father: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Chancellor of the Exchequer)

Mother: Cecily ASHFIELD

Married: John PULTENEY

Children:

1. John PULTENEY

2. Alice PULTENEY

3. Magdalen PULTENEY

4. Jane PULTENEY

5. Mary PULTENEY

Francis FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir)

Born: ABT 1563

Died: 1649

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Chancellor of the Exchequer)

Mother: Cecily ASHFIELD

Married: Grace MANNERS 1589

Children:

1. Mary FORTESCUE (C. Shrewsbury)

2. John FORTESCUE of Salden (Bt)

3. Robert FORTESCUE

4. Gilbert FORTESCUE

5. William FORTESCUE

6. Adrian FORTESCUE

7. Francis FORTESCUE

8. Roger FORTESCUE

9. Son FORTESCUE

10. Frances FORTESCUE

11. Dorothy FORTESCUE

12. Catherine FORTESCUE

13. Dau. FORTESCUE

John FORTESCUE of Salden (Bt)

Died: Sep 1656, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Francis FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir)

Mother: Grace MANNERS

Married: Frances STANLEY

Children:

1. Edward FORTESCUE

Mary FORTESCUE (C. Shrewsbury)

Died: 1635

Buried: 6 Jan 1635, Albrighton, Shropshire

Father: Francis FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir)

Mother: Grace MANNERS

Married: John TALBOT (10º E. Shrewsbury) BEF 1619

Children:

1. George TALBOT (B. Talbot) (b. ABT 1620)

2. Francis TALBOT (11° E. Shrewsbury)

3. Gilbert TALBOT

4. Frances TALBOT

John FORTESCUE of Ponsbourne

Father: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth (Alice) BOLEYN

Married: Phillipa SPICE (dau. of Sir Humphrey Spice of Black Notley) (m.2 Sir Francis Bryan)

Children:

1. Henry FORTESCUE of Faulkbourne (Esq.)

Henry FORTESCUE of Faulkbourne (Esq.)

Born: BEF 1515, Ponsbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 1576, Faulkbourne, Essex, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John FORTESCUE of Ponsbourne

Mother: Phillipa SPICE

Married 1: Elizabeth STAFFORD BEF 1546

Children:

1. Francis FORTESCUE

2. Son FORTESCUE

3. Son FORTESCUE

4. Son FORTESCUE

5. Catherine FORTESCUE

6. Dau. FORTESCUE

7. Dau. FORTESCUE

8. Dau. FORTESCUE

9. Dau. FORTESCUE

Married 2: Mary DANIEL (dau. of James Daniel) (w.1 of Edward Darrell - w.2 of Phillip Mansell) 22 Mar 1557

Children:

10. Dudley FORTESCUE (MP)

Catherine FORTESCUE

Born: BEF 1532, Faulkbourne Hall, Essex, England

Father: Henry FORTESCUE of Faulkbourne (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth STAFFORD

Married: Anthony BRYDGES AFT 1584, Faulkbourne Hall, Essex, England

Children:

1. Catherine BRYDGES

2. Elizabeth BRYDGES

3. Robert BRYDGES

II. WOOD LINE

Robert FORTESCUE of Wood

Born: 1482

Father: William FORTESCUE of Wood

Mother: Elizabeth HINGESTON

Married: Eleanor St. LOWE (dau. of Sir John St. Lowe)

Children:

1. Anne FORTESCUE

2. Thomasine FORTESCUE

Married: Elizabeth DYLLON

Children:

3. Anthony FORTESCUE of Wood

4. Joan FORTESCUE

Anne FORTESCUE

Married: William MORGAN

Joan FORTESCUE

Married: William (Gilbert) WEBBER of Churchtowe

Anthony FORTESCUE of Wood

1. Joan FORTESCUE

Joan FORTESCUE

Died: BEF 29 Jan 1598/99

Father: Anthony FORTESCUE of Wood

Mother: Ellen WALROND

Married: John FORTESCUE

Children:

1. Ellen FORTESCUE

2. Henry FORTESCUE

3. William FORTESCUE

4. Tristram FORTESCUE

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