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John Fortescue


 

Sir John Fortescue (c. 1394 - c. 1476), English lawyer, the second son of Sir John Fortescue, of an ancient Devon family, was born at Norris, near South Brent, in Somerset.

Authorities

Plummer's Introduction to The Governance of England; Life in Lord Clermont's edition; Gairdner's Paston Letters; Foss's Lives of the Judges.

Related Topics:
Gairdner - Foss

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This entry is updated from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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