Section RH: Descendants of William Fortescue

David Thaler
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Generation One

1. WILLIAM1 FORTESCUE was born between 1274/5 and 1341, and died between 1334 and 1451. He married (ANU-2) ALICE DE STRECHLEGH, daughter of (ANU-1) Walter DE STRECHLEGH.
Child:
+2i.WILLIAM2 FORTESCUE, b. about 1345[1]; d. about 1440[1]; m. (EF-9) ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP, b. before 1349[1], d. about 1430[1], daughter of (EF-8) John, [Sir Knight] and (ATG-2) Margaret (WHALESBURGH).

Generation Two

2. WILLIAM2 FORTESCUE (William1), son of (1) William1 and (ANU-2) Alice (de STRECHLEGH) FORTESCUE, was born about 1345[1], and died between 1410 and 1465[1]. He married (EF-9) ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP, daughter of (EF-8) John, [Sir Knight] and (ATG-2) Margaret (WHALESBURGH), who was born before 1349[1], and died about 1430[1]. [6]
Child:
+3i.WILLIAM3 FORTESCUE, b. about 1385[1]; d. about 1460; m. (PY-2) MATILDA FALWELL, daughter of (PY-1) John FALWELL.

Generation Three

3. WILLIAM3 FORTESCUE (William2, William1), son of (2) William2 and (EF-9) Elizabeth (BEAUCHAMP) FORTESCUE, was born about 1385[1], and died between 1409 and 1505. He married (PY-2) MATILDA FALWELL, daughter of (PY-1) John FALWELL. [2, 6]
Child:
+4i.JOHN4 FORTESCUE, b. about 1420[1]; d. on 11 MAR 1460/1[7]; m. before 1450[1] (AIL-2) JOAN PRUTTESTON of Preston, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, d. on 23 May 1501[1], daughter of (AIL-1) John PRUTTESTON.

Generation Four

4. JOHN4 FORTESCUE (William3, William2, William1), son of (3) William3 and (PY-2) Matilda (FALWELL) FORTESCUE, was born about 1420[1], and died on 11 MAR 1460/1[7]. He married before 1450[1], (AIL-2) JOAN PRUTTESTON of Preston, daughter of (AIL-1) John PRUTTESTON, who died on 23 May 1501[1]. [3, 5]
Children:
5i.JOHN5 FORTESCUE, b. about 1440/1; d. about 1500; m. (LB-2) ALICE (COCKWORTHY) COBLEIGH, daughter of (LB-1) John and (KI-2) Thomasine (CHICHESTER) COCKWORTHY.
+6ii.WILLIAM FORTESQUE of Wymston, b. about 1460[8] of Wymston; d. on 1 FEB 1519/20[8]; m. (IZ-14) ELIZABETH CHAMPERNOUN, b. about 1465[9], d. about 1500[9], daughter of (IZ-13) Richard and Elizabeth (REYNELL) CHAMPERNOUN.

Generation Five

6. WILLIAM5 FORTESQUE (John4, William3, William2, William1) of Wymston, son of (4) John4 and (AIL-2) Joan (PRUTTESTON) FORTESCUE, was born between 1423/4 and 1461/2[8] of Wymston, and died on 1 FEB 1519/20[8]. He married (IZ-14) ELIZABETH CHAMPERNOUN, daughter of (IZ-13) Richard and Elizabeth (REYNELL) CHAMPERNOUN, who was born about 1465[9], and died about 1500[9]. [4]
Child:
+7i.JANE6 FORTESQUE, b. about 1485[10]; d. between 1 Jan. and 12 May 1527[10]; m. about 1501[10] (KZ-2) JOHN COBLEIGH of Brightleigh, b. of Brightleigh about 1479[1], d. on 24 Oct. 1540[1], son of (KZ-1) Sir John and (LB-2) Alice (COCKWORTHY).

Generation Six

7. JANE6 FORTESQUE (William5, John4, William3, William2, William1), daughter of (6) William5 and (IZ-14) Elizabeth (CHAMPERNOUN) FORTESQUE, was born about 1485[10], and died between 1 Jan. and 12 May 1527[10]. She married about 1501[10], (KZ-2) JOHN COBLEIGH of Brightleigh, son of (KZ-1) Sir John and (LB-2) Alice (COCKWORTHY), who was born about 1479[1] of Brightleigh, and died on 24 Oct. 1540[1]. [4]
Child: See (KZ-2) John COBLEIGH


1. Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
2. Ibid., (246E-34).
3. Ibid., (246F-35, 246E-35).
4. Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 396.
5. Ibid., 396, 444.
6. Ibid., 444.
7. Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), (246F-35).
8. Ibid., (246F-36).
9. Ibid., (246F-36+).
10. Ibid., (246F-37).