Marriage & Progeny
John Fortescue married Isabella Jamys by whom he had the following progeny:
- Sir Martin Fortescue (d.1472) who married in 1454 Elizabeth Denzil (or Densil/Densel) the daughter and heiress of Richard Denzil of Filleigh, Weare Giffard and Buckland Filleigh and other manors, all in Devon. Filleigh later became the principal seat of the senior line of the Fortescue family, where the Palladian mansion Castle Hill was built c.1730. Sir Martin Fortescue was the ancestor of the Earls Fortescue.
- Robert Fortescue, married Elizabeth Trenchard.
- Maud Fortescue, married Robert Corbet.
- Elizabeth Fortescue, married Edward Whalesbrough.
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