(Crookhill, co. Worcestrr, p. 369. Lord Clermont’s History of the Home of Fortescue devotes several pages to a memoir of this family, and clearly shows that Nicholas Fortescue, Groom Porter to Henry VIII., was the legitimate son of John Fortescue, of Spridlestone).
(Winston, co. Devon; the senior line of the house of Fortescue, whose last male representative, Edmund Fortescue, Esq., left five daus. co-heirs, Mary, m. the Right. Hon. William Fortescue, Master of the Rolls; Elizabeth, d. urm., 1768; Sarah, d. young, 1703; Dorothea, m. Thomas Bury, Esq., son of Sir Thomas Bury, Knt., of Exeter; and Grace, d. unm., 1743. Of these daus. the only one to leave issue was Dorothea, wife of Thomas Bury, Esq.; her dau. and heir, Catherine Bury, 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). Az. a bend engr. ar. cotised or. Crest—An heraldic tiger pass. ar. armed, inaned, and tufted or. Motto—Forte scutum salus ducum. 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
(Fallapit, co. Devon, bart., extinct 1682. Sir Edmund Fortescue, Knt., of Fallapit, was created a bart. 1664, d. s. p. m.). Same Arms, &c.
(Earl Fortescue). Az. a bend engr. ar. plain cotised or. Crest—An heraldic tiger statant ar. armed, inaned, and tufted or. Supporters—Two greyhounds ar. each ducally collared and lined gu. Motto—Forte scutum salus ducum.
(Earl of Clinton, created 1746, extinct 1751). Same Arms, &c., as Earl Fortescue.
(Lord Fortescue, created 1746, extinct 1781). Same Arms. Crest—A leopard pass. ppr. resting the dexter paw on a shield ar. Supporters—Two leopards ppr. murally gorged or. Motto—As Earl Fortescue.
(Buckland Filleigh, co. Devon). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto, as Earl Fortescue.
(Dromisken and Rarensdale, co. Louth; Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms, 1788; derived from Sir Faithful Fortescue, Knt., son of John Fortesque Esq., of Buckland Filleigh, by Susannah, his second wife, sister of Sir Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto, as Fortescue, of Fallapit.
(Earl of Clermont, created 1777, extinct 1806). Same Arms. Crest—A leopard pass. ppr. dexter paw resting on an escutcheon ar. Supporters—Two moose deer ppr. crined or, each gorged with a cellar of trefoils vert. Motto—Same as Earl Fortescue.
(Viscount Clermont, extinct 1829). Az. a bend engr. ar. betw. two cotises or. Crest—A leopard pass. ppr. supporting with the dexter paw a shield ar. Supporters— Two moosedeer ppr. attired or. gorged with a chaplet of trefoils ppr. Motto—Forte scutum salus ducum.
(Lord Clermont). Az. a bend engr. ar. cotised or. Crest—An heraldic tiger ppr. supporting with his forepaw a plain shield ar. Supporters—Two moose deer ppr. attired or, each gorged with a collar of trefoils also ppr. Motto—Forte scutum salus ducum.
(Parkinson-Fortescue, Lord Carlingford). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, az. a bend engr. ar. cotised or, a crescent for diff., for Fortescue; 2nd and 3rd, per chev. gu. and az. on a chev. engr. betw. three ostrich feathers erect of the third as many pellets, for Parkinson. Crests—1st: An heraldic tiger ppr. supporting with his forepaw a plain shield ar. charged on the shoulder with a crescent sa. for diff., for Fortescue; 2nd: A falcon, wings addorsed ppr. belled or, and charged on the breast with a pellet, in the beak an ostrich feather ar. Mottoes—Forte scutum salus ducum; and, over the Parkinson crest, Si celeres quatit pennas. Supporters—Same as Lord Clermont’s, duly differenced.
(Wood, co. Devon, bart., extinct .1686; descended from the marriage of Sir Henry Fortescue, Chief Justice, Common Pleas, in Ireland, with Joan, his first wife, heiress of Wood; the eventual heiress of this branch, Elizabeth Fortescue, m. Lewis Fortescue, Esq., of Preston; their descendant, Peter Fortescue, was created a bart., 1667, d. s. p. m.). Same Arms as Fortescue, of Fallapit.
(Stapleford Abbots, co. Essex). Az. a bend engr. ar. cotised or. Crest—A leopard pass. guard. ppr.
(Cookhill, co. Worcester, and Wethell, co. Warwick; derived from Nicholas Fortescue, groom porter to Henry VIII., illegitimate son of John Fortescue, of Spirelston, co. Devon). Az. a bend engr. ar. betw. two cotises or, a border gobony of the second and first. Crest—A tiger pass. or.
Az. a bend engr. ar. cotised or, a bordure gu. (another, of the second).
Ar. fretty sa. on a chief of the first three roses gu. leaved vert.
Baron Clermont – Irlande – (Baron Clermont de Dromisken, dans la pairie d’Irl., 1852; baron Clermont de Clermont-Park, dans la pairie du Royaume-Uni, 2 mai 1866) – Les armes précédentes
Comte de Clinton – Angleterre – (Baron Fortescue et comte de C., 5 juillet 1746. M. ét. le 3 mai 1751) – Écartelé aux 1 et 4 d’azur à la bande engrelée d’argent coticée d’or (Fortescue) aux 2 et 3 d’argent à six croix recroisettées au pied fiché de sable et au chef d’azur ch de deux molettes (5) d’or percées de gueules (Clinton) Cimier un tigre héraldique au naturel posant la patte dextre sur un écusson d’argent Supports deux lévriers d’argent colletés de couronnes de gueules liées du même Devise FORTE SCUTUM SALUS DUCUM
Devonshire – (Baronet, 31 mars 1664. M. ét. en 1682) – D’azur à la bande engrelée d’argent coticée d’or Cimier un tigre héraldique d’argent criné et onglé d’or Devise FORTE SCUTUM SALUS DUCUM
Comte Fortescue – Angleterre – (Baron Fortescue, vicomte Ebrington et comte F., 1 sept. 1789) – Les armes de Fortescuc comte de Clinton
Lord Fortescue – Irlande – (Lord F., 1746. M. ét. en 1781) – D’azur à la bande engrelée d’argent coticée d’or Cimier un léopard au naturel posant la patte dextre sur un écusson d’argent Supports deux léopards lionnés au naturel colletés de couronnes murales d’or Devise FORTE SCUTUM SALUS DUCUM
Ecosse – (Baronet, 1636. M. ét. le 11 nov. 1729) – D’argent à la bande engrelée de sable coticée du même
Devonshire – (Baronet, 29 janv. 1666-67. M. ét. en 1686) – Les armes de Fortescue de Fallapit
