. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. t Hoxne, 17thOctober, 1800, inherited at the de-mise of his father an estate at Mar-tlesham, in Suffolk, which comprisesthe manor and advowson of thatparish, m. 21st August, 1833, Bea-trice, daughter and co-heiress ofrear admiral Sir Charles Cunning-ham, of Oak Lawn, Hoxne, Harriet, m. in 1827, to the Rev. Tho-mas DEye Betts, of Wortham, inSuffolk, but now resident at Wood-bridge, in that county. He
. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. t Hoxne, 17thOctober, 1800, inherited at the de-mise of his father an estate at Mar-tlesham, in Suffolk, which comprisesthe manor and advowson of thatparish, m. 21st August, 1833, Bea-trice, daughter and co-heiress ofrear admiral Sir Charles Cunning-ham, of Oak Lawn, Hoxne, Harriet, m. in 1827, to the Rev. Tho-mas DEye Betts, of Wortham, inSuffolk, but now resident at Wood-bridge, in that county. He is anacting magistrate for Suffolk, andholds the rectory of Doughty d. 22nd April, 1832, agedsixty-five, when his estates were dividedbetween liis two sons, the elder of whom isthe present Rev. Charles MontagueDoughty, of Theberton Hail. Arms—Arg. two bars between three mul-lets sa. Crest—A mullet sa. Motto—Palma, non sine pulvere. Estates—In Suffolk. /Stai—Theberton Hall. 541 FORTESCUE, OF FALLAPIT. FORTESCUE, WILLIAM-BLUNDELL, esq. of Fallapit,in the county of Devon,b. 31st May, 1816, succeeded liis father in July, 1821. Fallapit, says Lysons, in his MagnaBritannica, was for several descents theproperty and residence of a family of thatname, whose heiress married Sir HenryFortescue, lord chief justice of the commonpleas in Ireland: she was his second wife :their descendants in the male line inheritedand resided at this place above five hundredyears/ The family originated in England withSir Richard Le Forte, one of the lead-ers in the Conquerors army, who had thefortune to protect his chief at the battle ofHastings, by bearing before him a massiveshield, and hence acquired the addition oftlie French word escue, a shield, to hissurname. Sir Richards son. Sir Adam Fortescue, who had also acommand at Hastings, obtained from hisroyal master grants of Wymondeston orWinston, and other lands in the county ofDevon. From him lineally d
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