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Joan Fortescue

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wympstone, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1525 (76-86)
Staveton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Devon, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Fortescue, of Whympston and Jane Fortescue
Wife of Sir Thomas Hext; Robert Downes and John Hext
Mother of Agnes Pollard; Elizabeth Ackland; Joan Holway; John Hext; William Hext and 4 others
Sister of John Fortescue, of Whympston; Sir William Henry Fortescue and John Fortescue, II, of Spridlestone

Managed by: Peter Douglas Olson
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About Joan Fortescue

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg708.htm

Wife of John Hext, the first mentioned.

See http://wiki.geni.com/index.php/Hext_family for details.

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  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FORTESCUE3.htm#Joan FORTESCUE1
  • 'Joan FORTESCUE
  • 'Born: ABT 1444, Wymston, Minston, Devon, England
  • Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
  • Mother: Jane PRESTON
  • 'Married: John HEXT (b. ABT 1434 - d. 1497) (son of Thomas Hext)
  • Children:
    • 1. Thomas HEXT of Pickwell (Esq.) (b. ABT 1474 - d. 1555) (m. Wilmot Poyntz)
    • 2. Agnes HEXT (b. 1468) (m. Lewis Pollard)
    • 3. Elizabeth HEXT (m. John Ackeland)
    • 4. Anne HEXT
    • 5. John HEXT
    • 6. Jane HEXT
    • 7. Catherine HEXT
    • 8. William HEXT
    • 9. Henry HEXT
    • 10. Eleanor HEXT
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  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/POYNTZ.htm#Wilmot POYNTZ1
  • Wilmot POYNTZ
  • Born: ABT 1486, Langley, Devonshire, England
  • Died: 15 Apr 1558, Pickwell, Georgeham, Devonshire, England
  • Notes: Following William Poyntz' death, his two daughters, including Wilmot, sued their uncle, Nicholas Poyntz, in Chancery for possession Poyntz family property. An abstract of the Chancery suit is included in the published Poyntz Genealogy. The inquisition taken at her death shows that she was in possession of property which she inherited as co-heiress to her grandfather, Humphrey Poyntz.
  • Father: William POYNTZ
  • Mother: ¿?
  • Married: Thomas HEXT of Pickwell (Esq.) (b. ABT 1474 - d. 1555) (son of 'John Hext and Joan Fortescue')
  • Children:
    • 1. Margery HEXT (b. 1510 - d. 22 Aug 1551) (m. John Collamore)
    • 2. John HEXT (d. BEF 1569)
    • 3. Catherine HEXT (b. 1516 - d. 1563) (m. John Cutliffe)
    • 4. George HEXT (b. 1520 - d. 1548) (m. Mary Parker)
    • 5. Hugh HEXT (b. 1524 - d. 1569) (m. Joan Berry)
    • 6. Agnes HEXT
    • 7. William HEXT
    • 8. Isabel HEXT
    • 9. Jane HEXT
    • 10. Henry HEXT
    • 11. Thomas HEXT
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  • http://www.charlemagne.org/p99.htm#i3295
  • 'Joan Forteacue1
  • 'F, b. circa 1450, d. between 1524 and 1525
  • ' Joan Forteacue was born circa 1450 at probably, Whympston, Devon, England. She was the daughter of John Forteacue and Joan Prutteston. Joan Forteacue married Thomas Hext between 1470 and 1475 at probably, Staverton, Devon, England. Joan Forteacue died between 1524 and 1525 at Staverton, Devon, England.
  • 'Child of Joan Forteacue and Thomas Hext
    • Thomas Hext+ b. bt 1475 - 1480
  • Citations
  • 1.[S151] , 2005.
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  • Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq...
  • Pg. 228
  • 7v, all name 'Thomas Hext's wife, Joane Fortescue, as dau.' ... 1555, Georgeham,co. Devon; m. say 1510 as 2nd husb., Wilmot Poyntz, b. by 1487, d. 15 Apr. 1558, dau. & coh. of William Poyntz, liv. 1486, dead 1515, son of HUMPHREY POYNTZ (234A-36), d. 1487, of Iron Acton, Gloucester & Womberlegh, East Ansty & Langley, co. Devon, escheator of Devon 1460 ...
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  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2407.htm#...
  • 'Joan Fortescue
  • 'F, b. circa 1441
  • Father John Fortescue b. c 1420, d. 11 Mar 1481
  • Mother Joan Preston d. 23 May 1501
  • ' Joan Fortescue was born circa 1441 at of Whympston, Devonshire, England. She married Thomas Hext circa 1465.
  • 'Family Thomas Hext b. c 1439
  • Children
    • ◦Thomas Hext, Esq., Escheater of Devon+ b. bt 1475 - 1480
    • ◦Agnes Hext+ b. c 1494
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Joane Fortescue, born about 1450, living in 1524, but dead by 1525, Staverton, Devonshire; married about 1470 to 1475, Thomas Hext, gentleman of Kingston in the parish of Stacerton, Devonshire, died shortly before 8 may 1497, when a writ for an Inquistion post mortem on his estate was issued to the escheator of Devon. He is referred to as being deceased in the Inq.p.m. taken on his mother-in-law, Joan Fortescue's estate in 1501. The Hext family arms were Ore, a tower (castle) with three battlements port open between 3 battle axes Sable.



Joan Fortescue F, b. circa 1441 Father John Fortescue1 b. c 1420, d. 11 Mar 1481 Mother Joan Preston d. 23 May 1501

    Joan Fortescue was born circa 1441 at of Whympston, Devonshire, England. She married Thomas Hext, Gent. circa 1465.1 Family 	Thomas Hext, Gent. b. c 1439 Children	

Thomas Hext, Esq., Escheater of Devon+1 b. bt 1475 - 1480

   Agnes Hext+ b. c 1494

Citations

   [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 364.

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2408.htm#...



CITING THIS RECORD The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9HLD-CKX : accessed 2016-06-08), entry for Mrs Robert Downes. ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 2QDX-KQ5

Ancestral File Number 2QDX-KQ5

Ancestral File Number 2QDX-KQ5

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