Image: Portrait of Sir John Fortescue by William Faithorne, from Fortescutus Illustratus (1663) by Edward Waterhouse

Description: Portrait of Sir John Fortescue (c. 1394 – c. 1480), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliæ (Concerning the Praises of the Laws of England, first published posthumously in 1543), an influential treatise on English law.
Title: Sir John Fortescu Knight, Lord Cheife Justice & Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry the Sixth.
Credit: [1], from Edward Waterhouse (1663) Fortescutus Illustratus, or a Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, first Lord Chief Justice, after Lord Chancellour to King Henry the Sixth. Which Treatise, Dedicated to Prince Edward that King's Son and Heir (whom he Attended in his Retirement into France, and to whom he Loyally and Affectionately Imparted himself in the Virtue and Variety of his Excellent Discourse) Hee Purposely Wrote to Consolidate his Princely Minde in the Love and Approbation of the Good Lawes of England, and of the Laudable Customs of this Native Country. The Heroique Design of whose Excellent Judgement and Loyal Addiction to his Prince, is Humbly Endeavoured to be Revived, Admired, and Advanced, London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas [etc.], p. facing p. 1 OCLC: 830342279.
Author: William Faithorne
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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