Edmund Fortescue | |
Birth Date: | 1560 |
Death Date: | 1624 |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Old Sarum |
Term Start: | 1593 |
Office1: | Sheriff of Devon |
Term Start1: | 1622 |
Term End1: | 1623 |
Nationality: | English |
Spouse: | Mary Champernown |
Children: | At least one son |
Parents: | John Fortescue (father) |
Edmund Fortescue (1560–1624) of Fallapit in the parish of East Allington, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son and heir of John Fortescue (1525-1595)[1] of Fallapit (whose monumental brass survives in East Allington Church[2]) by his wife Honora Speccot, a daughter of Edmund Speccot (1499-1557)[3] of Speccot, in the parish of Merton, Devon, and succeeded his father in 1595.
He was elected a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1593 and served as Sheriff of Devon for 1622–3.
He married Mary Champernown, a daughter of Henry Champernown of Modbury in Devon, by whom he had at least one son.
He died in 1624 and was buried at East Allington, Devon.
Web site: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys . FORTESCUE, Edmund (1560-1624), of East Allington, Devon. . History of Parliament Online . 2012-09-22.