Edmund_Fortescue_(died_1624)

Edmund Fortescue (died 1624)

Edmund Fortescue (died 1624)

Member of the Parliament of England

Edmund Fortescue (1560–1624) of Fallapit in the parish of East Allington, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, Sheriff of Devon ...

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

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    Vivian, p.365 "MI"
  3. [3]
    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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