Lady Elizabeth FORTESCUE (LADY CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH I)

1532 - 1602  (70 years)

• Name	Lady Elizabeth FORTESCUE (LADY CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH I)  [1, 2]
  Birth	1530	Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England
  Birth	1532	Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jul 1600	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
  Death	2 Jun 1602	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I1249	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Lewis FORTESCUE,   b. 1487, East Allington, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 23 Oct 1545, Fallapit, Devon, England, United Kingdom (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth KNOLLYS,   b. 1495, Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. Fallapit, Devon, England, United Kingdom
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Fallapit, Devon, England, United Kingdom   [3]
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edward AMERIDETH,   b. 1532, Slapton,,Devon,England d. 13 Jun 1606, Slapton, Devon, England (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Thomas AMEREDITH, Esq.,   b. 1554, Exeter, Devon, England d. 1617 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family 2
  Marriage	1553
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

• Histories

  Elizabeth Fortescue 1530

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] Hamilton, Rosanna, comp., British Chancery Records, 1386-1558, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). [S2] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/pallmallking?n=fortescue&oc=4&p=elizabeth [S2] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;).