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Joan Bossam (Fortescue)

Also Known As: "Bozom"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Whympston Wood, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: circa 1422 (13-31)
Bozom Zeal, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Fortescue, Kt., of Meaux and Eleanor Norreys
Wife of Sir John Bossam
Mother of Elizabeth Fulford; Margaret Southcott and Richard Bossam
Sister of Sir John Fortescue, MP, of Eberington; Sir Henry Fortescue, MP and Sir Richard Fortescue, Kt.

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About Joan Bossam

  • Joan Fortescue1
  • F, b. circa 1421
  • Father John Fortescue d. a 1424
  • Mother Eleanor Norris b. c 1385
  • Joan Fortescue was born circa 1421 at of Wood, Devonshire, England. She married Sir John Bozom, son of Edmund Bozom, circa 1450.
  • Family Sir John Bozom
  • Children
    • Elizabeth Bozom+
    • Margaret Bozon+ b. c 1458
  • Citations
  • 1.[S74] Brent Ruesch's Research Notes.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1176.htm#...
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  • John Fortescue1
  • M, d. after 1424
  • Father William Fortescue d. a 1406
  • Mother Isabella Beauchamp d. a 1406
  • John Fortescue was born at of Devonshire, England. He married Eleanor Norris, daughter of William Norreis, Esq. and Eleanor de Collaton, circa 1408 at of Devonshire, England. John Fortescue died after 1424.
  • Family Eleanor Norris b. c 1385
  • Children
    • Sir Henry Fortescue, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas+ d. a 1426
    • Sir John Fortescue, Lord Chief Justice, Chancellor of England+ b. c 1414, d. c 1504
    • Sir Richard Fortescue+2 b. c 1419, d. 1455
    • Joan Fortescue+ b. c 1421
  • Citations
  • 1.[S10927] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p. 541.
  • 2.[S11581] Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 221.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1176.htm#...
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Joan Bossam's Timeline

1400
1400
Whympston Wood, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1420
1420
Bosumzeal, Zeal Monachorum, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1422
1422
Age 22
Bozom Zeal, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1458
1458
Bossom Sayle, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1466
1466
Sancreed, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom