FORTESCUE, Richard (d.1480), of Hollacombe and Ermington, Devon.

s. and h. of Richard Fortescue (c.1392-1455) by Agnes, da. and coh. of Thomas Windsor and Alice, da. and h. of Richard Holcombe of Hollacombe; wid. of Andrew Clerk; C139/132/36; CP25(1)/45/79/21; Stonor Letters, i (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xxix), 36-38; JUST1/199/13, rot. 4. bro. of Sir John†. educ. adm. L. Inn, aft. Mich. 1445. CP40/808, rot. 55. The register of Lincoln’s Inn records the admission of ‘Fortecue, le terce’ at this date. It is probable that this was Richard, since later in his career William Menwenick, who was admitted to the Inn in the following year, was described as Fortescue’s ‘fellow of corte’: L. Inn Adm. i. 8; Stonor Letters, i. 77-78. m. ?Alice, CP25(1)/34/44/28. 1da. C140/76/60, m. 2.