Editing John Fortescue (judge) (section)

==Death and burial==
[[File:Effigy of Lord Chief Justice Sir John Fortescue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Monument with recumbent painted effigy of Sir John Fortescue in the [[Church of St Eadburga, Ebrington]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fortescue.org/site/manor-houses/ebrington-manor-gloucestershire/ |title=See colour photos |access-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514000313/http://fortescue.org/site/manor-houses/ebrington-manor-gloucestershire/ |archive-date=14 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]
The exact date of Fortescue's death is not known, but is believed to be shortly before 18 December 1479.<ref name="parliament"/> He was buried in the [[Church of St Eadburga, Ebrington]] in Gloucestershire, in the manor he had purchased, and after which his descendants took the name of their title [[Viscount Ebrington]], today used as the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of [[Earl Fortescue]].<ref>{{citation|author=Anne Mannooch Welch|title=Sir John Fortescue, Buried at Ebrington Gloucestershire|url=http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v024/bg024193.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205204313/http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v024/bg024193.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2013|journal=Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society|year=1901|volume=24|pages=193–250}}.</ref> A painted stone effigy of John Fortescue, wearing his scarlet robes of office with collar of ermine, exists within the church, against the north wall of the chancel within the communion rails.<ref>Foss, p. 314; a photograph can be seen at {{Flickr-inline2|photos/52219527@N00/4531454568/|Painted stone effigy of Lord Chief Justice Sir John Fortescue c1478}}.</ref> Above it was erected in 1677 by Col. Robert Fortescue (1617–1677) (eight times his descendant and the second son of Hugh Fortescue (1593–1663) of [[Filleigh]])<ref>Vivian, p. 355.</ref> a mural monument with a biographical inscription in Latin. A smaller tablet is affixed below stating that the monument was repaired in 1765 by Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue. A brass plate below states: "Restored by the Rt Honble. [[Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue|Hugh, 3rd Earl Fortescue]], AD 1861".<ref>For heraldry on this monument, see {{citation|author=F. Were|title=Heraldry|url=http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v025/bg025187.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421083931/http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v025/bg025187.pdf|archive-date=21 April 2014|journal=Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society|year=1902|volume=25|pages=187–211 at 200}}.</ref>