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Sir Edmund, the fifth in descent from this Lewis, was a 

 zealous royalist ; he was knighted by King Charles I., and in 

 1 664< was created a Baronet. The title became extinct on the 

 death of his son Sir Sandys Fortescue, in 1683. Edmund 

 Wells, Esq., whose maternal grandfather, Thomas Bury, Esq., 

 married one of the cousins and co-heiresses of Sir Sandys 

 Fortescue, took the name of Fortescue in 1768, and was 

 grandfather of W. B. Fortescue, Esq., late possessor of 

 Fallapit, who, however, sold it to William Cubitt, Esq. 



The house is a large and handsome mansion, built in the 

 Elizabethan style, more than half a century ago, very near 

 the former one — an ivy-mantled portion of which still 

 remains. It is pleasantly situated in the midst of extensive 

 and tasteful pleasure grounds. 



The church of East Allington is dedicated to St. Andrew. 

 It contains three aisles, and is supported by eight gothic 

 pillars. The pulpit and the screen have the appearance of 

 great antiquity; the former is handsomely adorned with 

 carved work, and bears the arms and blazonings of the 

 Fortescues, and many families who have intermarried with 

 them. Among the mural inscriptions in the chancel, 

 Polwhele quotes the following as being over the grave of 

 Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Fortescue, one of the sheriffs of 

 the county : — 



" Here lieth a wight 



Of worthy descent, 

 Whose loss for her worth 



The people lament; 

 The Rich for her love 

 And kind afFabilitie, 

 The Poor for her Alms, 

 Deeds, and Hospitalitie. 

 Obit 28 Jan., 1611." 



