Early Life
Fortescue was the second son of Sir John Fortescue, appointed in 1422 Captain of the captured Castle of Meaux, 25 miles NE of Paris. The earliest surviving record of the Fortescue family relates to its 12.c. holding of the manor of Wimpstone in the parish of Modbury, Devon. His eldest brother was Henry Fortescue, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland. He was born at Norries, in the parish of North Huish near South Brent, in Devon. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford.
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