Seventeenth Generation

65. John FORTESCUE of Wear Gifford²⁴ was born in 1460. He died on 2 June 1503. John, only 12 when his father died, succeeded to his mother's estates at Wear-Gifford in Holbeton, South Devon.

Jacquet (Jacoba) ST LEDGER of Amony, in Monksfield (private).

John FORTESCUE of Wear Gifford and Jacquet (Jacoba) ST LEDGER of Amony, in Monksfield had the following children:

114	i.	George FORTESCUE of Filleigh24 was born in 1484. George, born 1484, was 19 when his father died. He probably died early without issue, since he was passed over, his brother Bartholomew inheriting John's estates. Visitations of the County of Devon has him as d.s.p.
+115	ii.	Bartholomew FORTESCUE of Filleigh.