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Fortescue: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Strong shield. Sir Richard Le Forte (the brave), one of the leaders in the army of William the Conqueror, who had the good fortune to protect his chief at the battle of Hastings, by bearing before him a massive shield, hence acquired the addition of the French word escue, a shield, to his name.
Fortescue Surname Origin
Fortescue: Place of Origin :  Devon (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Hertfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Louth (Ireland) |  Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom)
Fortescue: Online Family Trees
FORTESCUE Décapité Dans Tour de Londres (London, England, United Kingdom) 1484 - 1539
FORTESCUE Gb-Wimbledon (United Kingdom) 1973 - 1973
FORTESCUE Nettlestead (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1540 - 1540
FORTESCUE Beheaded At Tower Hill (London, England, United Kingdom) 1539 - 1611
FORTESCUE Filleigh (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1526 - 1526
FORTESCUE Heaton Sachville (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1550 - 1550
FORTESCUE Filleigh (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1526 - 1526
FORTESCUE Heaton Sachville (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1550 - 1550
FORTESCUE Great Bealings (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1888 - 1888
FORTESCUE Wimbledon (London, England, United Kingdom) 1973 - 1973

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Fortescue: GeneaNet Members
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Fortescue: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Fortescue is related to the following famous family trees :
        LUCAS George born LUCAS George Walton, Jr. (1944 - )
Fortescue: Books that contain this surname
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FORTESCUEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Devon, by Gertrude, dau. of Hugh Fortescue, Esq. of FUlelgh, and great-nephew of Sir Nicholas Upton, one of the knights ...
FORTESCUEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... lst, Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Fortescue, K.B. of Salden, Bucks, but by her had no issue. He m. 2ndly, ...
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