William Fortescue
- Born: Abt 1385, Devonshire, England
- Marriage: Mabilla Falwell By 1410 160,1459
- Died: After 1410, Devonshire, England
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 160
William Fortescue, son and heir, born abt 1385, married by 1385, Matilda, alias Mabilla, Falwell, daughter and heir of John Falwell or Fawell. Both were mentioned in the license for an oratory granted in 1410 by Bishop Stafford to William's father.
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 246E:34
• Background Information. 1459
William and his wife, Alice, had a son, William Fortescue, who was alive in 1394 and was the father of the William Fortescue who married Elizabeth Beauchamp. (According to this article, this William was omitted on the Pedigree in Vivian's Visitation of Devon on p. 352.) This William was succeeded by another William Fortescue who married Elizabeth Branscombe, widow, who was a daughter of Sir John Beauchamp, and sister and co-heir of Thomas Beauchamp, of Ryme, co. Somerset. William Fortescue and Elizabeth Beauchamp were the parents of William and John. The eldest son, William, married Isabel Falwell, and was the father of John Fortescue of Wimpston who married Jane Preston.
~Devonshire Wills, pp. 456-460
William married Mabilla Falwell, daughter of John Falwell and Unknown, By 1410 160.,1459 (Mabilla Falwell was born in Fawell, Devonshire, England and died after 1410 in Devonshire, England.)
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