Hugh Courtenay (d.1471)

Arms of Courtenay Earls of Devon: Or, three torteaux a label azure

Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1427 6 May 1471) of Boconnoc, Cornwall, was MP for Cornwall in 1446 and 1449.[1] He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.[1]

Origins

He was the second son of Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1358-1425), of Haccombe and Bampton, Devon, MP and Sheriff of Devon (a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon (1303–1377) and the younger brother of Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon (1357–1419), "The Blind Earl"),[1] by his 4th wife Maud Beaumont (d. 3 July 1467), daughter of Sir William Beaumont of Shirwell by Isabel Willington, daughter of Sir Henry Willington of Umberleigh.

Marriage & progeny

He married Margaret Carminow, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Carminow, by Joan Hill, the daughter of Robert Hill. They had the following issue:[1]

Sons

Daughters

Eventual co-heirs

Thus the Courtenay estates were divided into four parts.[3] On the death of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, in 1556, the actual heirs to his estates were the following descendants of the four sisters above:[8]

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Vivian, p.245
  2. Image of surviving part of mansion house
  3. 1 2 Lysons, Daniel & Samuel, Magna Britannia, Vol 6, Devonshire, 1822, pp.496-520
  4. Vivian, 1895, p.565
  5. Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, pp.245, 565, 566, where she is called "Elizabeth", frequently interchangeable with "Isabel"
  6. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.11
  7. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/mohun-reginald-i-15078-67
  8. History of Parliament biography of Reginald Mohun (1507/8-67) of Hall
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