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102 Devm Notes and Queries. (i) Fartescue ; (2) Speccott ; (3) Preston {Or, on a bend Az. 3 crosses patty fitchy of the first) ; (4) defaced. This monument probably commemorates John Fortescue, who died i6jj, and Sarah his wife, daughter of Sir Edmund Prideaux, who died 1628 [P.R.] There is a brass plate attached to this monu- ment inscribed : ** Here lyeth John Fortescu (sic) and Margarett his wyfFe On their Soules and all Crysten Soules Jhii have mcy/* but it does not belong to it, and until a recent date was lying about the church loose. It refers to John Fortescue of Fallapit, who married Margaret, daughter of William Hingeston of Wonwell, whose daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, brought Fallapit to Lewis Fortescue of Spriddleston. IV. On the south wall, A large marble monument sur- mounted with a shield bearing the Arms of Fortescue impaling Wyse {Sa.^ 3 chevrons erm.) and this inscription : — Here lye the Bodies of Edmund Fortescue Esq. of Fallapit and Mary his wife, daughter of Mr. Sampson Wyse of Dittisham. She dyed on the i8th day of August 1722 in the 63 year of her age ; He, on the 9th of January 173} in the 74th year of his age. And also of six of their children, Peter, Mary, Edmund, Sarah, Dorothy, Grace. Edmund dyed on the 24th of January 16^ in the 2nd year of his age. Sarah dyed on the 22nd day of November 1701 in the 5th year of her age. Peter dyed on the loth day of January 1707 in the 2 1st year of his age. Mary was married to William Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh, now Master of the Rolls, by whom she had issue Mary their only child : soon after whose birth she dyed on the ist day of August 1710 in the 21st year of her age. Dorothy was married to Thomas Bury Esq. of the City of Exeter, by whom she had issue Catherine and Dorothy, and dyed on the 12th day of July 1733 in the 34th year of her age. Grace dyed unmarried at the Rolls in London, on the 8th day of March 174S in the 43rd year of her age and by her direction in her last Will was here buried. They rest in the Humble Hope of a Happy Resurrection while to us remains the example of their Piety, Benevolence and Innocence. To their most beloved and ever honoured memory the above mentioned William Fortescue (Executor and Testamentary Heir of Edmund) and Elizabeth Fortescue (the only surviving child of Edmund and Mary) have caused this monument to be erected. ^1745. V. On the floor of the south aisle, immediately below the preceding, are the following inscriptions on flat stones : — (a) Here lyeth the Body of Sarah the Daughter of Sir Edmund Fortescue, Knight and Baronet, who died the 26th April, 1685.