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Family of Hugh + of COURTENAY and Margaret + of BOHUN

Husband: Hugh + of COURTENAY (1303-1377)
Wife: Margaret + of BOHUN (1311-1391)
Children: Philip + COURTENAY (1326-1406)
Margaret COURTENAY (1326- )
Hugh of COURTENAY (1326- )
Edward of COURTENAY (1329- )
Elizabeth + COURTENAY (1330-1395)
Thomas COURTENAY (1331- )
William COURTENAY (1331- )
Catherine COURTENAY (1335- )
Joan COURTENAY (1337- )
Matilda COURTENAY (1339- )
Peter COURTENAY (1342- )
Eleanor COURTENAY (1344- )
John COURTENAY (1346- )
Guenora COURTENAY (1348- )
Anne COURTENAY (1351- )
Isabel COURTENAY (1353- )
Humphrey COURTENAY (1355- )
Philippa COURTENAY (1357- )
Marriage 11 May 1325

Husband: Hugh + of COURTENAY

Name: Hugh + of COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Father: Hugh + of COURTENAY (1275-1340)
Mother: Agnes + of SAINT JOHN (c. 1280- )
Birth 12 Jul 1303 Okehampton, Devonshire, England
Occupation Earl of Devon
Title Earl of Devon
Death 2 May 1377 (age 73) Exeter, Devonshire, England
Burial Cathedral Exeter, Devonshire, England

Wife: Margaret + of BOHUN

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Margaret + of BOHUN

Name: Margaret + of BOHUN
Sex: Female
Father: Humphrey VIII + of BOHUN (1275-1321)
Mother: Elizabeth + of RHUDDLAN (1282-1316)
Birth 3 Apr 1311 Caldecot, Northampton, England
Death 16 Dec 1391 (age 80) Exeter, Devonshire, England
Burial Cathedral Church of St. Peter at Exeter, Devonshire, England

Child 1: Philip + COURTENAY

Name: Philip + COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Spouse: Anne + WAKE (1350-1390)
Birth 1326
Death 29 Jul 1406 (age 79-80)

Child 2: Margaret COURTENAY

Name: Margaret COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1326

Child 3: Hugh of COURTENAY

Name: Hugh of COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1326

Child 4: Edward of COURTENAY

Name: Edward of COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1329

Child 5: Elizabeth + COURTENAY

Name: Elizabeth + COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Spouse: Andrew + LUTTRELL (1325-1395)
Birth 1330
Death 7 Aug 1395 (age 64-65)

Child 6: Thomas COURTENAY

Name: Thomas COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1331

Child 7: William COURTENAY

Name: William COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1331

Child 8: Catherine COURTENAY

Name: Catherine COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1335

Child 9: Joan COURTENAY

Name: Joan COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1337

Child 10: Matilda COURTENAY

Name: Matilda COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1339

Child 11: Peter COURTENAY

Name: Peter COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1342

Child 12: Eleanor COURTENAY

Name: Eleanor COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1344

Child 13: John COURTENAY

Name: John COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1346

Child 14: Guenora COURTENAY

Name: Guenora COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1348

Child 15: Anne COURTENAY

Name: Anne COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1351

Child 16: Isabel COURTENAY

Name: Isabel COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1353

Child 17: Humphrey COURTENAY

Name: Humphrey COURTENAY
Sex: Male
Birth 1355

Child 18: Philippa COURTENAY

Name: Philippa COURTENAY
Sex: Female
Birth 1357

Note on Husband: Hugh + of COURTENAY

Sir Hugh de Courtenay (12 July 1303 – 2 May 1377) was the 2nd Earl of Devon in England, born probably in Devon. His parents were Hugh, the 1st Courtenay Earl of Devon by Agnes de St John, daughter of Sir John St John of Basing.[1] He was destined to become a great soldier in the Hundred years war in service of King Edward III. On 11 August 1327, still only 23 years old he was made knight banneret, and joined the elite group of knights who protected the King's body. He was made a founding and 12th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348 on its investiture at Windsor Castle. Courtenay fought with the heroes of Crecy on 26 August 1346 in the famous of the encounters in France. The victory formed the basis for Courtenay's inclusion as a Knight of the Garter in 1348, by personal invitation of the King himself

Hugh, a badly behaved fellow, was self-important and puffed up. In 1335 The King granted his wish to be elevated to the earldom of Devon. No sooner he was bragging to the peasant folk in Devonshire that he was the only font of justice[3]. Courtenay was summoned to Parliament on the assumption of Edward III to full authority over the usurper Roger Mortimer. The writ issued on 23 April 1337 described him as Hugoni de Courteney juniori styled as Lord Courteney. Two years later he defended the coasts of Cornwall with some distinction from the invasion fleet of France. On the death of his father, Hugh, the following year he was granted livery and extensive land ownership in Devon. He was probably present at the Battle of Neville's Cross, in which Henry Percy and Ralph Neville utterly defeated the Scots King David II on 17 October 1346. As the second Courtenay Earl he was honoured in the jousting tournament that took place at Lichfield, one of the many in celebration of Crecy, on 9 April 1347, in which the King himself also took part. As a Knight of the Garter he was given special permission to build the White Friars at Fleet Street, London, which became an impressive religious house near the Palace of Whitehall. Following the completion of this project he returned to Devon, on appointment as Joint Warden of Devon and Cornwall in 1352. In 1361 he and his wife benefited from the will of her deceased brother, Earl of Hereford, greatly increasing his land holdings.

 

According to which account is read, Courtenay made an important contribution to the outcome of the Battle of Poitiers.[4] The Black Prince had sent the baggage train under Courtenay to the rear. A wise manoeuvre in the event as the long trail of wagons and carts blocked the narrow bridge and the Frenchmen's escape route. The Prince was afraid of a flanking move behind his position over the river, and to the rear. This did not occur with any great effect; which was as well since the route Courtenay took was the long way round and he played little part in the battle as a result of the defensive positions. The French cavalry was cut down by the archers, and then two deep lines of defence of stakes and ditches. He was a veteran of sixty by this period. He retired with a full pension from the King. In 1373 he was appointed Chief Warden of the Forest of Devon. In 1374 the income was assessed by Parliament at £1500 pa. He was one of the poorest Earls of England, and compared unfavourably with other warrior lords as Arundel, Suffolk, and Warwick.[5] He had a livery of 40 knights, esquires and lawyers in Devon. But he also held entail of property; five in Somerset, two in Cornwall, two in Hampshire, one in Dorset and one in Buckinghamshire.[6]

 

After a full career he died at Exeter on 2 May 1377. The earl had patronised the career of John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter. He supported the construction of debt to build churches in the diocese, proving an astute manager of the Courtenay affinity. In thanks he was buried in Exeter Cathedral on 2 May 1377. His estate was examined for probate on 28 Jan 1391.

 

Hugh married Margaret de Bohun daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and of Essex by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, and a granddaughter of King Edward I of England on 11 August 1325, when he moved into Powderham Castle, although his father was still living. He had been promised to Margaret by contract since 27 September 1314.

 

[edit] ChildrenThey had a large family which included:

 

Sir Hugh Courtenay, KG. Born: 22 March 1327, Died: 1 September 1349. He married Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford.

Thomas Courtenay, Prebendary of Cutton. Died in the Church of Austin Friars, London.

Sir Edward Courtenay, Born: 1329, Haccombe, Devon, Died: 20 September 1372. He married heiress, Emmeline Dawney, daughter of Sir John Dawney of Madfordferry; his son inherited the earldom.

Robert Courtenay of Moreton

William Courtenay the Archbishop of Canterbury. Born: 1342, Died: 31 July 1396, Maidstone, Kent.

Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, Born: c.1342, Died: 29 July 1406. Married Ann Wake, daughter of Sir Thomas Wake by Alice Pateshull.

Sir Peter Courtenay of Hardington-Mandeville, Born: in Somerset, Died: 2 Feb 1405. Married Margaret Clyvedon, daughter of John de Clyvedon by Elizabeth.

Margaret Courtenay married John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham.

Elizabeth Courtenay, Died: 7 August 1395, married Sir Andrew Luttrell of Chilton, [Thorverton], Devon.

Catherine Courtenay, Died: 31 December 1399, married Sir Thomas de Engaine, 2nd Lord Engaine.

Joane Courtenay, married Sir John Cheverston.

Other children: John, Humphrey, Anne and Matilda.

Note on Wife: Margaret + of BOHUN

Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 – 16 December 1391) was an English noblewoman who lived most of her life in the county of Devonshire as the wife of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon. She was a granddaughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. Her eighteen children included an Archbishop of Canterbury and six knights.

 

Unlike most women of her day, she had received a classical education, and as a result was a lifelong scholar and collector of books.

 

Lady Margaret de Bohun was born on 3 April 1311 at Caldecote, Northampton, the third daughter and seventh child of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, Lord Constable of England and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, herself the youngest daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. Her paternal grandparents were Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford and Maud de Fiennes. She was named for her mother's stepmother, Margaret of France, the second queen consort of Edward I.

 

Margaret was left an orphan shortly before her tenth birthday. On 16 March 1321 at The Battle of Boroughbridge, her father was slain in an ambush by the Welsh. Her mother had died five years previously in childbirth.

 

She, along with her siblings, received a classical education under a Sicilian Greek, Master Diogenes. As a result, Margaret became a lifelong scholar, and avid book collector.

 

At the age of fourteen, on 11 August 1325 Lady Margaret married Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (12 July 1303 - 2 May 1377). She had been betrothed to him since 27 September 1314. He was the son of Hugh Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Agnes St.John. Part of her dowry were the manors of Powderham, near Exeter and Heanton Satchville. The agreement for the marriage had been formally made on 28 February 1315, when she was not quite four years old.[1] The first Earl of Devon had promised that upon the marriage, he would enfeoff his son and Margaret jointly with 400 marks worth of land, assessed at its true value, and in a suitable place.[2]

 

Margaret assumed the title of 2nd Countess of Devon on 23 December 1340.[3]

 

Her eldest brother John de Bohun (23 November 1306- 20 January 1336) succeeded as 5th Earl of Hereford in 1326, having married Alice Fitzalan of Arundel in 1325. She had a younger brother William de Bohun (1312–1360), who was created 1st Earl of Northampton in 1337 by King Edward III. He married Elizabeth de Badlesmere, by whom he had two children. Margaret's elder sister Lady Eleanor de Bohun (17 October 1304- 7 October 1363), married in 1327, her first husband, James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde. They were the ancestors of Anne Boleyn.

 

Hugh and Margaret had a total of eighteen children. More than half reached adulthood. Their notable descendants include Charles, Prince of Wales, and British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. Their family chantry was expanded at Naish Priory in the family's manor of Coker in Somerset, at the end of the 14th century when it was owned by her most notable son William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury.

 

IssueHugh III (de) Courtenay, KG. Born: 22 March 1327, Died: 1 September 1349. He married Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford.

Thomas Courtenay, Prebendary of Cutton. Died in the Church of Austin Friars, London.

Sir Edward Courtenay, Born: 1329, Haccombe, Devon, Died: 20 September 1372. He married heiress, Emmeline Dawney, daughter of Sir John Dawney of Madfordferry; his son inherited the earldom.

Robert Courtenay of Moreton

William Courtenay the Archbishop of Canterbury. Born: 1342, Died: 31 July 1396, Maidstone, Kent.

Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, Born: c.1342, Died: 29 July 1406. Married Ann Wake, daughter of Sir Thomas Wake by Alice Pateshull.

Sir Peter Courtenay of Hardington-Mandeville, Born: in Somerset, Died: 2 Feb 1405. Married Margaret Clyvedon, daughter of John de Clyvedon by Elizabeth.

Margaret Courtenay married John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham.

Elizabeth Courtenay, Died: 7 August 1395, married Sir Andrew Luttrell of Chilton, [Thorverton], Devon.

Catherine Courtenay, Died: 31 December 1399, married Sir Thomas de Engaine, 2nd Lord Engaine.

Joane Courtenay, married Sir John Cheverston.

Other children: John, Humphrey, Anne and Matilda.

DeathMargaret died on 16 December 1391 at the age of eighty. She is buried at the Cathedral Church of St Peter at Exeter.