Family and Education
1st. s. of Sir John Fortescue (d.c.1435) of Whympstone, Devon by Eleanor, da. and h. of William Norris; er. bro. of John. m. (1) bef. 1421, Katherine—of Wood Barton, ?1s.; (2) bef. 1424, Joan, da. of Edmund Bosom of Bosomzeal, Devon; (3) by 1437, Margaret, da. and h. of Nicholas Fallapit of Fallapit.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 352-3; CCR, 1454-61, p. 448; CPR, 1467-76, p. 327; T. Fortescue, Ld. Clermont, Sir John Fortescue, ii. 42-45; Reg. Lacy ed. Hingeston-Randolph, i. 20; ii. 70. 1s.
Offices Held
C.j. KB Ire. 25 June 1426–9.
Commr. of oyer and terminer, Devon July 1433, May 1434, July 1439; inquiry Nov. 1445 (Robert Hill’s will), Devon, Cornw. Dec. 1451, Devon Aug. 1455 (piracy); to survey mines, Devon, Cornw. Sept. 1451; of array, Devon June 1454; to assign archers Dec. 1457.
Sheriff, Devon 4 Nov. 1446 – 9 Nov. 1447, 8 Nov. 1452 – 5 Nov. 1453, Cornw. 9 Nov. 1447–8.
J.p. Devon 22 Nov. 1447–8.
Tax collector, Cornw. Aug. 1450.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Wood Barton in Woodleigh; Fallapit in East Allington, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
FORTESCUE, Henry (-d. c.1458)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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