Person:John Fortescue (2)

John Fortescue, heir to his parents, born about 1420, died 11 March 1480/81, Inquisition post mortem taken 4 November 1481. He was Lord of Whympston, Devonshire. He married by 1450, Joan Prutteston, daughter and sole heir of John Prutteston of Prutteston (or Preston) in the parish Ermington, Devonshire. Joan is mentioned in the Inq.p.m. taken on her father's lands dated 1468. She died 23 May 1501, Inq.p.m. taken 26 October 1501. The Fortescue family later quartered the Prutteston arms, they being, Ore on a bend azure, 3 crosses patty fitchy argent. John Fortescue is sometimes confused with his first cousin, Sir John Fortescue, the emeinent lawyer who became lord chief justice in England.

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd. Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2004)
   p. 548.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Weis, Frederick Lewis; William R. Beall; Kaleen E. Beall; and Walter Lee Sheppard. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700: lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2004)
   p. 228, line 246E-35.

   John Fortescue, s. & h. [of William], b. say 1420, d. 11 Mar 1460/1, Inq.p.m. 4 Nov. 1481, lord of Whympston, co. Devon; m. by 1450, Joan Prutteston, dau. & h. or John Prutteson of Prutteston (or Preston) in psh. of Ermington, co. Devon, ment. in Inq.p.m. on father's lands dtd. 1468, she d. 23 May 1501, inq.p.m. 26 Oct 1501.