About Edmund Fortescue
Lived 1560 – 1624 (aged 63–64). Edmund Fortescue was an English politician.
Edmund Fortescue (1560–1624) of Fallapit in the parish of East Allington, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament.
Origins He was the eldest son and heir of John Fortescue (1525-1595) of Fallapit (whose monumental brass survives in East Allington Church ) by his wife Honora Speccot, a daughter of Edmund Speccot (1499-1557) of Speccot, in the parish of Merton, Devon, and succeeded his father in 1595.
Career He was elected a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1593 and served as Sheriff of Devon for 1622–3.
Marriage and children He married Mary Champernown, a daughter of Henry Champernown of Modbury in Devon, by whom he had at least one son.
Death and burial He died in 1624 and was buried at East Allington, Devon.
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