# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-fortescue
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:45.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-fortescue"
name: "John Fortescue"
slug: "john-fortescue"
description: "Sir John Fortescue, of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliae, first published posthumously circa 1543, an influential treatise on English law. In the course of Henry VI's reign, Fortescue was appointed one of the governors of Lincoln's Inn three times and served as a Member of Parliament from 1421 to 1437. He became one of the King's Serjeants during the Easter term of 1441, and subsequently served as Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 25 January 1442 to Easter term 1460."
tagline: "English jurist (c. 1394–1479)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Sir_John_Fortescue_by_William_Faithorne%2C_from_Fortescutus_Illustratus_(1663)_by_Edward_Waterhouse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1394"
deathDate: "1479"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.824324324324324
  historical:           13.35734533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump