Family and Education
bap. 22 Sept. 1642, 2nd s. of Sir Edmund Fortescue (d.1647) of Fallapit by Jane, da. of Thomas Southcote of Mohun’s Ottery. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1658. m. by 1661, Margery (d. 10 May 1687), da. of Hon. Henry Sandys of Mottisfont, Hants, 1s. 2da. suc. gdfa. 1650; Kntd. and; cr. Bt. 31 Mar. 1664.Lord Clermont, Hist. Fortescue Fam. 41; Stow, Survey of London, vi. 90.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Devon 1661 – d., corporations 1662 – 63, j.p. 1664 – d.; sub-commr. for prizes, Portsmouth 1664–5.
Main residence: Fallapit, East Allington, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund (1642-66)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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