B22504-Fortescue

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Name of the family:

Fortescue

Blason:

Az. a bend engr. ar. cotiied or.

Crest(s):

An heraldic tiger pass. ar. armed, inaned, and tufted or.

Motto:

Forte scutum salus ducum. Comment-The founder of the family, Sir Richard Le Forte, protected William the Conqueror at-Hastings, by bearing a shield before him, from which event the French word "escue" was added to the original word of "Forte;" and to the same circumstance the motto refers.

Info about the family:

Winston, co. Devon; the senior line of the house of Fobtbscue, whose last male representative, Edmund Fortescue, Esq., left five daus. co-heirs, Mary, m. the Bight. Hon. William Fortescue, Master of the Bolls; Elizabeth, d. unm., 1768; Sabab, d. young, 1703; Dorothea, m. Thomas Buit, Esq., son of Sir Thomas Bust, Knt., of Exeter; and Gbace, d. unm., 1743. Of these daus. the only one to leave issue was Dobothba, wife of Thomas Bobt, Esq.; her dau. and heir, Cathbbine Bdbt, m. Rev. Nathaniel Wells, Rector of East Allington, co. Devon, and had, with other issue, a son Edmund, who assumed the surname and arms of Fortescue

Comment (Additional info):

The founder of the family, Sir Richard Le Forte, protected William the Conqueror at-Hastings, by bearing a shield before him, from which event the French word "escue" was added to the original word of "Forte;" and to the same circumstance the motto refers.

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369

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