Person:William Fortescue (1)

William Fortesque Fortescue
m. Bef 1394
  1. John Fortescue1370 - 1431
  2. John Fortescue1380 - 1417
  3. William Fortesque Fortescue1385 - 1410
  4. John De FortescueAbt 1390 - 1424
m. Bef 1410
  1. Henry Lord Fortescue1400 - 1473
  2. Lord John FortescueAbt 1420 - 1480/81
Facts and Events
Name[1] William Fortesque Fortescue
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1385 Modbury, Devon, EnglandWhympston,
Marriage Bef 1410 to Matilda Falwell
Death? 1410 Modbury, Devon, EnglandWimston,

William Fortescue, heir to his parents, born about 1385; married by 1410 Matilda Falwell, alias Mabilla, daughter and heir of John Falwell or Fawell. Both were mentioned in the license for an oratory granted in 1410 by Bishop Stafford to William's father mentioned below. The Fortescue family later quartered the Falwell arms, they being Gules, on a bend argent, 3 water bougets sable.

References
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd. Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2004)
    p. 548.
  2. Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992)
    p. 215.