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A History of the County of Oxford
… descent of Stonor manor until the execution of Sir Adrian Fortescue in 1539, when it descended to his daughter … Howe until their Watlington property passed to Sir Adrian Fortescue and his heirs the Wentworths. 225 Thomas Lord … to a Watlington trader; and in the 16th century Sir Adrian Fortescue's accounts record the purchase of bread and ale …
A History of the County of Warwick
… to Dame Maud Lane, 14 who sold it in Nov. 1543 to Nicholas Fortescue of Cookhill, Worcs. 15 He died in 1549 and the next … mortgages on lands within it, while a creditor of John Fortescue claimed 50 from the estate. 18 In 1661 the manor was the subject of a lawsuit between John Fortescue, who had been disinherited by his father because he …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… known also by the name of Vaughan. 21 His wife, Lady Anne Fortescue, was the daughter of Sir William Rede, and had married as her first husband Adrian Fortescue. She died in 1585. 22 Sir Thomas's heir was his son … daughter of William Rede, kt., and wife first of Adrian Fortescue, kt., then of Thomas Parry, kt., with her effigy …
A History of the County of Hertford
… son and heir Edward Welch conveyed it in 14545 to John Fortescue, chief justice, to the use of John Barry and his …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to the family of his daughter Cecily, who had married John Fortescue. 140 Robert son of John and Cecily inherited at his grandfather's death in 1578. 141 Sir Francis Fortescue, brother and heir of Robert, 142 joined with other …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 183 The Staverton lease was alienated in 1607 to Sir John Fortescue and Richard Tomlins. 184 Robert Spicer and Robert …
Magna Britannia
… was the seat of a younger branch of the Fortescues. Peter Fortescue, Esq., of this branch, was created a baronet in … branch of the family, became extinct. The heiress married Fortescue of Preston. Wood is now the property and residence … 41 Mr. Incledon, in his Church Notes, mentions Hugh Fortescue, of Weare, 1609. The impropriation is now vested in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… life. 22 In 1599 the manor was granted in fee to Sir John Fortescue, kt., chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. 23 He … his wife for life, with remainder to his son Sir Francis Fortescue, kt. The latter conveyed the manor in 1620 to … called the Motehall in the market on John, later Sir John, Fortescue for a term of twenty-one years. 54 She is said to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Stephens, literary coadjutor of Sir Henry Spelman; James Fortescue, rector 176477, poetical writer; and Thomas …
Survey of London
… Two Brothers, 1906, p. 75. H.M.C., Report on MSS. of J. B. Fortescue, Esq., at Dropmore, vol. X, 1927, pp. 412: GBM … 146; survey plan, 1844. Ramsden, op. cit., p. 109. H.M.C., Fortescue, ut supra, vol. X, pp. 4467: G.O., box T, bundle … of the Eighteenth Century, vol. VI, 1831, p. 85: H.M.C., Fortescue, ut supra, vol. II, 1894, p. 285. B.L., Add. MS. …