| Name |
Adrian FORTESCUE [1] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
Abt 1476 |
probably Ponsbourne Park, Hertfordshire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Knighted |
1503 [3] |
- was made a Knight of the Bath
- Role: Principal 2
|
| Knighted |
1503 [3] |
- was made a Knight of the Bath
|
| Biographical Note |
1532 [3] |
- He was made a Knight of the Order of St. John
|
| Arrest |
29 Aug 1534 [3] |
- without any stated reason, but freed after several months
|
| Biographical Note |
- He participated in wars against France in 1513 and 1523.
|
| Biographical Note |
- The Order of St. John of Jerusalem has advocated devotion to Blessed Adrian as a martyr since the 1600s. On 13 May 1895 he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. His canonization is still pending. His feast day is 9 July.
|
| Death |
9 Jul 1539 |
Tower of London, London, Middlesex County, England, 51.508056,-0.076111 [1, 3] |
- Adrian "was one of sixteen people condemned for treason without a trial by Parliament for unspecified acts presumably relating to hostility to King Henry VIII's church policies", and subsequently beheaded.
|
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Tower_of_London
Tower of London, England |
| Person ID |
I92090 |
Ancestral Trails |
| Last Modified |
28 Apr 2024 |
Abt 1476 - 1539 (~ 63 years)