FORTESCUE FAMILY
Born: ABT 1385
Died: AFT 1410
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth (Eleanor) BEAUCHAMP
Married: Isabel (Maud) FALWELL 1410
Children:
Born: ABT 1420
Died: 11 Mar 1480/1
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Isabel (Maud) FALWELL
Married: Jane PRESTON 1450
Children:
1. John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
4. John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Born: ABT 1444, Wymston, Minston, Devon, England
Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Jane PRESTON
Married: John HEXT (b. ABT 1434 - d. 1497) (son of Thomas Hext)
Children:
1. Thomas HEXT of Pickwell (Esq.) (b. ABT 1474 - d. 1555) (m. Wilmot Poyntz)
2. Agnes HEXT (b. 1468) (m. Lewis Pollard)
3. Elizabeth HEXT (m. John Ackeland)
4. Anne HEXT
5. John HEXT
6. Jane HEXT
7. Catherine HEXT
8. William HEXT
9. Henry HEXT
10. Eleanor HEXT
Born: ABT 1460, Devon, Preston, England
Died: 1 Feb 1519/20
Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Jane PRESTON
Married: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
Children:
4. Elizabeth FORTESCUE5. William FORTESCUE
6. Richard FORTESCUEBorn: ABT 1489, Brightley, Devon, England
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: John COBLEIGH
Children:
1. Margaret COBLEY (m. Roger Gifford of Halsbury)
Born: ABT 1493, Brightley, Devon, England
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: Robert DILLON of Chimewell
Born: ABT 1494, Brightley, Devon, England
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: Richard MOYLE of Bake
Born: 1492, Preston, Devonshire, England
Died: 3 May 1567
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
Married 1: Elizabeth St. MAUR
Children:
3. Mary FORTESCUE
4. Catherine FORTESCUE
Married 2: Anne ?
Father: Henry FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth St. MAUR
Married: John KELLY
Children:1. Oliver KELLY (b. BEF 1464 - d. 28 Jun 1511) (m. Joan Tremayne)
Father: Henry FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth St. MAUR
Married: Simon WORTH
Born: ABT 1519, Preston, Devonshire, England
Died: 11 Apr 1587, Woodleigh, Devonshire, England
Father: Henry FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth St. MAUR
Married: Joan FORTESCUE
Children:
4. Tristram FORTESCUE
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Joan FORTESCUE
Married: Charles CHAMPERNOWNE
Buried: 20 Mar 1621/22, Cornworthy, Devonshire, England
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Joan FORTESCUE
Married: Susan HARRIS (dau. of Sir Edward Harris and Agnes Huckford) 5 Jun 1586, Cornworthy, Devonshire, England
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Joan FORTESCUE
Married 1: Dau. FULFORD (dau. of Sir John Fulford)
Married 2: Margaret FRANCIS (dau. of John Francis of Combe Florey) (m.2 Edmund Morgan)
John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
Died: 22 May 1519
Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Jane PRESTON
Married: Isabella GIBBS
Children:
3. John FORTESCUE
5. Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Father: John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Isabella GIBBS
Married: John HEXT
Children:
1. Thomas HEXT
Father: John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Isabella GIBBS
Married 1: Richard TROUBLEFIELD
Married 2: Thomas COTTERELL
Married 3: John PRIDEAUX of Orcharton
Father: John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Isabella GIBBS
Married: John COLE
Born: BEF 1490
Died: AFT 1519
Father: John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Isabella GIBBS
Married: Florence BONVILLE (b. ABT 1486) (dau. of John Bonville and Alice Dennis)
Children:
1. Thomas FORTESCUE
2. William FORTESCUE
Father: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Florence BONVILLE
Married: Robert ASHFORD
Father: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Florence BONVILLE
Married: John BARNHOUSE
Father: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Florence BONVILLE
Married: Anthony HONEYCHURCH
Father: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Florence BONVILLE
Married: William HEALE
Father: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Florence BONVILLE
Married: Joan BRETT (BRIGHT)
Children:
Born: 1565, Wymondisham, England
Died: 9 Mar 1600
Father: Henry FORTESCUE
Mother: Joan BRETT (BRIGHT)
Married: Anne AMEREDITH (dau. of Edward Ameredith and Elizabeth Fortescue)
Children:
1. Edward (Edmund) FORTESCUE of Wymston (b. 1582 - d. ABT 1631)
John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
Mother: Jane PRESTON
Married: Alice COKWORTHY(b. ABT 1445) (dau. of John Cockworthy and Thomasine Chichester) (m.2 Sir John Cobleigh) 1471
Children:
4. Anthony FORTESCUE
Father: John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Mother: Alice COKWORTHY
Married: John AKELANE of Akelane (son of Baldwin Akelane and Joan Prideaux)
Children:
1. John AKELANE (m. Elizabeth Hext)
Died: 28 Aug 1549
Father: John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Mother: Alice COKWORTHY
Married: Catherine SKINNER
Died: BET 14 Nov 1546 - 13 Sep 1550
Notes: Will dated/proved 13 Sep 1550.
Father: John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Mother: Alice COKWORTHY
Married: Elizabeth STURE
Died: AFT 14 Nov 1546
Notes: Son and heir.
Father: John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Mother: Alice COKWORTHY
Married: Elizabeth KNOLLYS
Children:
1. Humphrey FORTESCUE
Born: ABT 1516 / 1532, Spridlestone, Devon, England
Father: Richard FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth KNOLLYS
Married: Florence VIVIAN ABT 1540
Children:
Born: ABT 1558, Spridlestone, Devon, England
Died: AFT 1602
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Florence VIVIAN
Married: John HEXT
1. William HEXT
2. Robert HEXT
3. Richard HEXT
4. John HEXT
Born: ABT 1506, Spridleston, Devonshire, England
Notes: Youngest son, by his marriage into another branch of the Fortescue family, the estate of Fallapit was thus acquired.
Father: John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
Mother: Alice COKWORTHY
Married: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Children:
1. Mary FORTESCUE
2. Agnes FORTESCUE
4. Peter FORTESCUE
5. Thomas FORTESCUE
6. Bennett FORTESCUE
7. Phillip FORTESCUE
10. John FORTESCUE
Father: Lewis FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Married: Richard BLACKALL
Born: ABT 1513, Fallapit, Devonshire, England
Died: AFT 1568
Father: Lewis FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Married 1: George REYNELL (b. ABT 1509 - d. 20 Dec 1568) ABT 1539
Children:
1. Elizabeth REYNELL (b. ABT 1542 - d. AFT 1568) (m. Henry Borough)
2. Alice REYNELL (m. John Beare)
3. Henry REYNELL
4. John REYNELL (m. Agnes Heale)
5. Edmund REYNELL (b. ABT 1547 - d. ABT 1609) (m. Anne Hatch)
6. Richard REYNELL (m. Maria Periam)
7. Humphrey REYNELL (m. Dau. Stocket)
8. Jane REYNELL (m. John Fountaine)
Married 2: Robert COURTENAY of Molland AFT 4 Jan 1560
Born: ABT 1532, Fallowpit, Devonshire, England
Father: Lewis FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Married: Edward AMEREDITH (son of Griffith Ameredith and Joan Moore) ABT 1553
Children:
1. Thomas AMEREDITH of Slapton (chr. 4 Dec 1554) (m. Elizabeth Champernowne)
2. Mary AMEREDITH
3. John AMEREDITH
4. Margaret AMEREDITH
5. Elizabeth AMEREDITH (m. Walter Langdon)
6. Honor AMEREDITH (m. Nicholas Rolle)
7. Anne AMEREDITH (m. Thomas Fortescue)
8. Mark AMEREDITH
9. Ellen AMEREDITH
10. Lewis AMEREDITH
11. Edmund AMERIDETH
Died: 11 May 1609, Mawgan, Cornwall, England
Father: Lewis FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Married: Jane HILL (dau. of Robert Hill of Helegan) (w. of Michael Vivian)
Children:
Father: Nicholas FORTESCUE
Mother: Jane HILL
Married: Lower SAMUEL
Children:
1. Mary FORTESCUE
Father: Nicholas FORTESCUE
Mother: Jane HILL
Married: George BOWDEN
Father: Nicholas FORTESCUE
Mother: Jane HILL
Married: William PRISK
Born: 1569, Mawgan, Cornwall, England
Died: AFT 1609
Buried: 9 Aug 1623, Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall, England
Father: Nicholas FORTESCUE
Mother: Jane HILL
Married 1: Eliza SLEMAN
Married 2: Christian VIVIAN 14 Oct 1591, Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall, England
Children:
1. Agnes FORTESCUE
Born: 1525, Fallapit, Devonshire, England
Died: 1595
Buried: 21 Sep 1595, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Father: Lewis FORTESCUE
Mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
Married: Honora SPECCOTT ABT 1546
Children:
2. Anne FORTESCUE
7. George FORTESCUE
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Honora SPECCOTT
Married 1: Richard HALSE 1 Nov 1576, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Married 2: Henry ROLLES (Sir)
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Honora SPECCOTT
Married: Eleanor READE
Born: ABT 1547, Fallapit, Devonshire, England
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Honora SPECCOTT
Married: Henry LUSCOMBE 18 Sep 1561, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Born: ABT 1549, Fallowpit, Devonshire, England
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Honora SPECCOTT
Married: John PLUMLEIGH 3 Jul 1567, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Born: 1552, Fallapit, Devonshire, England
Died: 1624
Buried: 25 Jul 1624, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Honora SPECCOTT
Married: Mary CHAMPERNOWNE
Children:
4. Francis FORTESCUE
5. Nicholas FORTESCUE
Born: 1583
Father: Edmund FORTESCUE (Sheriff)
Mother: Mary CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: Humphrey PRIDEAUX (b. 1573 - d. 13 Mar 1617) (son of Richard Prideaux and Catherine Arundell)
Children:
1. Edmund PRIDEAUX
2. Nicholas PRIDEAUX
3. John PRIDEAUX
4. Thomasine PRIDEAUX (b. 23 Oct 1603 - d. 1655) (m. John Fortescue)
5. Elizabeth PRIDEAUX
Born: 1584
Father: Edmund FORTESCUE (Sheriff)
Mother: Mary CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: John NYCHOLLS
Born: BEF 1587
Died: 1649, Fallapit House, East Allington, Devon, England
Father: Edmund FORTESCUE (Sheriff)
Mother: Mary CHAMPERNOWNE
Married: Sarah PRIDEAUX (dau. of Sir Edmund Prideaux and Bridget Chichester)
Children:
Father: John FORTESCUE
Mother: Sarah PRIDEAUX
Married: Jane SOUTHCOTT
Children:
Died: AFT 1662
Father: Edmund FORTESCUE (Sir)
Mother: Jane SOUTHCOTT
Married: George SOUTHCOTT 30 Mar 1654, East Allington, Devonshire, England
Children:
1. Frances SOUTHCOTT
2. Jane SOUTHCOTT
3. Mary SOUTHCOTT
4. Sarah SOUTHCOTT
5. George SOUTHCOTT