William II Courtenay (1451-1512)
Sir William II Courtenay (1451-1512) of Powderham in Devon, was a Lancastrian loyal to Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII (1485-1509).
Origins
Courtenay was the eldest son and heir of Sir William I Courtenay (1428-1485) of Powderham, Sheriff of Devon in 1483,[1] by his wife Margaret Bonville, daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (d.1461).
Marriage & progeny
In about 1476 he married Cecily Cheney, daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pinhoe,[2] by whom he had progeny including:
Sons
- Sir William III Courtenay (1477–1535) "The Great",[3] eldest son and heir, MP for Devon in 1529, Sheriff of Devon 1522, 1525-6, 1533-4; Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, whom he accompanied to the Field of the Cloth of Gold.[4]
- Sir James I Courtenay (1479-1529) of Upcott in the parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon.
- Piers Courtenay (1481-2 Oct 1508)
- Edward Courtenay
Daughters
- Elizabeth Courtenay (b.1483)
- Anne Courtenay (b.1485)
- Joan Courtenay
- Cecily Courtenay
- Eleanor Courtenay (b.1493)
- Margaret Courtenay
- another daughter.
Death
He died peaceably in November 1512.
Sources
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895
References
- ↑ Vivian, p.246
- ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1848. pp. 301–.
- ↑ Visitation of Devon, 1895 ed., p.246
- ↑ Kirk, L.M. & Hawkyard A.D.K., Biography, published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1509-1558, Bindoff S.T. (Ed.), 1982
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