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Personal data Jane Fortescue (Preston) 

• She was born about 1420 in Pryston, Devon, England.
• She died on May 23, 1501 in Devon, England.
• A child of John Preston and Joan Preston (LNU)
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2025.

Household of Jane Fortescue (Preston)

She is married to John Fortescue.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Joan Hext (Fortescue)  ± 1444-1525 

Notes about Jane Fortescue (Preston)

https://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Fortescue/6000000006444727533

Jane Fortescue (Preston)
Gender:
Female
Birth:
circa 1420
Pryston, Devon, England
Death:
May 23, 1501 (77-85)
Devon, England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of John Preston and Joan Preston
Wife of John Fortescue, of Whympston
Mother of Joan Hext; John Fortescue, of Whympston; William Henry Fortescue, of Preston; Jane Fortescue and John Fortescue, II, of Spridlestone
Half sister of Eleanor Heneage and William Preston, Sr

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FORTESCUE3.htm#John FORTESCUE of Wymston1
'John FORTESCUE of Wymston
Born: ABT 1420
Died: 11 Mar 1480/1
Father: William FORTESCUE
Mother: Isabel (Maud) FALWELL
'Married: Jane PRESTON 1450
Children:
1. John "The Older" FORTESCUE of Wymston
2. William FORTESCUE
3. Joan FORTESCUE
4. John "The Younger" FORTESCUE of Sprideston
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http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2297.htm#i69052
'Joan Preston
'F, d. 23 May 1501
Father John Preston d. 1468
' Joan Preston was born at of Ermington, Devonshire, England. She married John Fortescue, son of William Fortescue and Matilda (Mabilla) Falwell, before 1450. Joan Preston died on 23 May 1501.
'Family John Fortescue b. c 1420, d. 11 Mar 1481
Children
·ó¶Joan Fortescue+ b. c 1441
·ó¶William Fortescue+ b. c 1460, d. 1 Feb 1520
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' 35. JOHN FORTESCUE (246E-35), b. Say 1420, d. 11 Mar. 1460/1, lord of Whympston, co. Devon: m. by 1450, Joan Prutteston, dau. & h. of John Prutteston of Prutteston (or Preston) in psh. of Ermington, co. Devon, ment. in Inq.p.m. on father's lands dtd. 1468, d. 23 May 1501. (Refs. as cited for 246C-35).
36. WILLIAM FORTESCUE, 2nd s. & h. to part of mother's lands, b. say 1460, d. 1 Feb. 1519/20, Inq.p.m. 21 Apr. 1520, of Preston in psh. of Ermington, co. Devon; m. Elizabeth Champernowne, b. abt. 1465, d. bef. 1518, dau. & coh. of Richard Champernowne of Inworthy, Cornwall, by wife Mary Hamley, dau. & coh. Sir John Hamley. (Cal. Inq.p.m. Henry Vii, II: 264-165; Vivian, Visit. of Devon, p. 162 for Champernowne and p. 353 for Fortescue; Thomas (Fortescue), Lord Clermont, A History of the Family of Fortescue, pp. 1-10; Harleian MS 1567, fol. 46; Harlein MS 1091, fo. 58; Harlein MS 889, fol. IOv; Abstract of Inq.p.m. for William Fortescue (Year: 1520), Devon Record Office, Exeter, co. Devon).
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John FORTESCUE of Wimpstone39 was born about 1460. He died on 22 May 1519.8 Son and heir. John was aged in excess of 50 at his mother's death in 1501. This places his birth date as about 1460 Parents: 'John FORTESCUE of Wimpstone and Joan PRUTESTON of Preston, Ermington, Devon'.
Spouse: Isabella GIBBS of Fenton. Children were: Thomas FORTESCUE of Wimpstone, John FORTESCUE of Wimpstone, Margaret FORTESCUE of Wimpstone, Jane FORTESCUE, Joan FORTESCUE of Wimpstone.
http://www.fortescue.org/alphabetical/b42.html
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John Fortescue, heir to his parents, born about 1420, died 11 March 1480/81, Inquisition post mortem taken 4 November 1481. He was Lord of Whympston, Devonshire. He married by 1450, Joan Prutteston, daughter and sole heir of John Prutteston of Prutteston (or Preston) in the parish Ermington, Devonshire. Joan is mentioned in the Inq.p.m. taken on her father's lands dated 1468. She died 23 May 1501, Inq.p.m. taken 26 October 1501. The Fortescue family later quartered the Prutteston arms, they being, Ore on a bend azure, 3 crosses patty fitchy argent. John Fortescue is sometimes confused with his first cousin, Sir John Fortescue, the emeinent lawyer who became lord chief justice in England.
John Fortescue married JOAN PRUTTESTON 03 11 1479/80, daughter of JOHN PRUTTESTON. She died 05 23 1501.

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