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Sir John Fortescue

Birth: unknown
Death: 23 Dec 1607
Burial: St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Mursley, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England Add to Map
Memorial ID: 182356192 View Source

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Here lies St John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer and a Member of the Privy Council of Queen Elizabeth; later, in the first year of King James's reign he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He lived for 76 years and died on the 23 December in the year of our Lord 1607. He was survived by his sons Francis, Knight of the most noble Order of the bath, and William, Knight: who placed this memorial in memory of their dead father.

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Francis Fortescue

unknown–1623

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Maintained by: Plantagenet Crown Dynasty
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Aug 13, 2017
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182356192/john-fortescue: accessed ), memorial page for Sir John Fortescue (unknown–23 Dec 1607), Find a Grave Memorial ID 182356192, citing St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Mursley, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England; Maintained by Plantagenet Crown Dynasty (contributor 49922906).

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