Richard Fortescue, of Filleigh

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Richard Fortescue, of Filleigh

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Birthplace: Filleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Death: June 30, 1570 (49-50)
Filleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Son of Bartholomew Fortescue; Sir Bartholomeus Fortescue; Ellen Fortescue and Eleyn Fortescue
Husband of Joan De Moreton and Joan Fortescue, of Kent
Father of Sheriff of Devon Hugh Fortescue; Hugh Fortescue, of Weare Giffard; Mary Culme and George Fortescue, of Coombe
Brother of Ellen Carswell; Elizabeth Brook Fortescue; Mary Yeo; Lewis Fortescue, of Filleigh; Gertrude Drake and 2 others

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About Richard Fortescue, of Filleigh

Richard Fortescue (c. 1517–1570) of Filleigh, North Devon was an English Member of Parliament and prominent land-owner and member of the Devonshire gentry, ancestor to the Earls Fortescue.

Richard Fortescue was elected MP for Tavistock in 1545. He was a Justice of the Peace for Devon by 1558/9, and Sheriff of Devon in 1562-3.

Richard Fortescue at Wikipedia

-https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fortescue-48

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Richard Fortescue, of Filleigh's Timeline

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1520
Filleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1544
1544
1544
Raleigh,,Devon,England
1550
1550
Devon, England, United Kingdom
1570
June 30, 1570
Age 50
Filleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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