| Name |
John FORTESCUE [1] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
of Ebrington, Gloucestershire |
| Birth |
Abt 1395 |
Norries, Devonshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
Sir John studied law at Lincoln's Inn, like his brother Henry. [1] |
- Sir John studied law at Lincoln's Inn, as did his brother Henry. His branch led to the North Devon Fortescues of Filleigh and Castle Hill etc.
From Chamber's Encyclopaedia published 1969:
Sir John C.1394 - 1480 educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn was in 1441 made Sergeant-at-law, and in the following year Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's Bench. In the struggle between houses of York and Lancaster he steadily adhered to the latter and was attainted by the Parliament under Edward IV. He accompanied Margaret of Anjou and her young son, Prince Edward on their flight to Scotland and therefore is supposed to have been appointed Lord Chancellor by Henry VI. In 1463 he embarked with the Queen and her son for Holland. During his exile he wrote his celebrated work, De Laudibus Legum Angliae, for the instruction of Prince Edward who was his pupil. But on the final defeat of the Lancastrian party at the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471, where he is have been taken prisoner, Fortescue submitted to Edward IV. The De Laudibus Legum Angliae was not printed till the reign of Henry VIII; another valuable work by Fortescue is the Governance of England; otherwise called the Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy
- Role: Principal 2
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| Education |
Sir John studied law at Lincoln's Inn, like his brother Henry. [1] |
- Sir John studied law at Lincoln's Inn, as did his brother Henry. His branch led to the North Devon Fortescues of Filleigh and Castle Hill etc.
From Chamber's Encyclopaedia published 1969:
Sir John C.1394 - 1480 educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn was in 1441 made Sergeant-at-law, and in the following year Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's Bench. In the struggle between houses of York and Lancaster he steadily adhered to the latter and was attainted by the Parliament under Edward IV. He accompanied Margaret of Anjou and her young son, Prince Edward on their flight to Scotland and therefore is supposed to have been appointed Lord Chancellor by Henry VI. In 1463 he embarked with the Queen and her son for Holland. During his exile he wrote his celebrated work, De Laudibus Legum Angliae, for the instruction of Prince Edward who was his pupil. But on the final defeat of the Lancastrian party at the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471, where he is have been taken prisoner, Fortescue submitted to Edward IV. The De Laudibus Legum Angliae was not printed till the reign of Henry VIII; another valuable work by Fortescue is the Governance of England; otherwise called the Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy
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| Knighted |
1443 |
| Note |
- He was Lord Chief Justice (1442-1461) of the King's Bench under Henry VI, and Lord Chancellor. This note from the National Portrait Gallery, http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp, and the National Gallery, London.
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| Name |
John Fortescue [2] |
| Death |
Abt 1485 |
Ebrington Manor, Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England [3] |
| Burial |
Ebrington Chapel, Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England [1] |
- This information from Visitations of the County of Devon, 1620, incorporating the earlier vistations of 1531 and 1564, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian. This taken from www.fortescue.org, source #26.
His monument in Ebrington church was refurbished by his descendant Colonel Robert Fortescue.
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| Person ID |
I8511 |
Ancestral Trails |
| Last Modified |
22 Apr 2024 |
Abt 1395 - Abt 1485 (~ 90 years)