Edmund Fortescue (died 1624)
Edmund Fortescue (1560–1624) of in the parish of East Allington, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.
Origins[]
He was the eldest son and heir of John Fortescue (1525-1595)[1] of Fallapit (whose monumental brass survives in East Allington Church[2]) by his wife Honora Speccot, a daughter of Edmund Speccot (1499-1557)[3] of Speccot, in the parish of Merton, Devon, and succeeded his father in 1595.
Career[]
He was elected a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1593 and served as Sheriff of Devon for 1622–3.
Marriage and children[]
He married Mary Champernown, a daughter of Henry Champernown of Modbury in Devon, by whom he had at least one son.
Death and burial[]
He died in 1624 and was buried at East Allington, Devon.
References[]
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.365, pedigree of Fortescue
- ^ Vivian, p.365 "MI"
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.706, pedigree of Speccot
Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "FORTESCUE, Edmund (1560-1624), of East Allington, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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