SEVENTEENTH GENERATION

173. Sir Francis FORTESCUE K.C.B.⁽²¹⁸⁾ died in 1623. He was buried in 1623 in Mursley Church, Bucks. Sir Francis was the eldest son of Sir John and Cecilia. In 1600 (This makes a lot of his children illegitimate) he married Grace, daughter of Sir John Manners of Haddon, Derbyshire, who was the second son of Thomas, Earl of Rutland. They had 8 sons and 5 daughters. Francis died in January 1623, and Grace died in 1634; both are buried in Mursley Church.

Francis was M.P. for Buckingham town in 1592 and 1597, and in 1600 he succeeded his father as a knight of the shire for the county of Buckinghamshire. James I conferred the Order of the Bath on him at his coronation - on 24th July 1603. Sir Francis inherited the "Fostership" of Cornebury Park and Whichwood Forest from his father.

He was married to Grace MANNERS. Grace MANNERS died in Jan 1634. She was buried on 18 Jan 1634 in Mursley Church, Bucks.⁽²¹⁹⁾ Sir Francis FORTESCUE K.C.B. and Grace MANNERS had the following children:

247 i. Catherine FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²⁰⁾ was born in 1590. Died without Issue
248 ii. Francis FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²¹⁾ was born about 1590. M.R. Died without Issue
+249 iii. Sir John FORTESCUE 1st Baronet of Nova Scotia.
+250 iv. Dorothy FORTESCUE of Salden.
251 v. Robert FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²²⁾ was living in 1623.
+252 vi. Gilbert FORTESCUE of Salden.
+253 vii. William FORTESCUE of Salden.
254 viii. Adrian FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²³⁾ was born in 1601. He died on 13 Dec 1653.
255 ix. Francis FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²⁴⁾ was born in 1603.
256 x. Roger FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²⁵⁾ died in 1608. Died without Issue
257 xi. Frances FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²⁶⁾ . A chanoiness of the order of St Augustine
+258 xii. Mary FORTESCUE of Salden.
259 xiii. Female FORTESCUE of Salden⁽²²⁷⁾ .