Peter (Courtenay) de Courtenay KG (abt. 1342 - abt. 1404)

Born about 1342 in Exeter, Devon, England

Ancestors

Biography

Sir Peter Courtenay, K.G. (d.s.p. 2 Feb 1405; bur. Cathedral Church of St. Peter's, Exeter, Devonshire).^[1][2]

Biography

Peter is mention in the wills of his mother Margaret de Bohun (b. 03 April 1311 - d. 16 Dec 1391) and his brother, William, Archbishop of Cantebury (b. c. 1342 - d. 31 Jul 1396). There are numerous references to him in the post-mortem inquisitions of his mother, including an entry stating that he held Alphington in Devon, by one knight's fee. He's buried next to his parents, while his wife Margaret Clyvedon is buried by her first husban.

Marriage

m. (after 08 Nov 1375 / bef. 1390) Margaret (d. 05 Jan 1412), dau. of Sir John Clyvedon, (d. ante 1348) and Elizabeth; widow of Sir John de Sancto Laudo / St Loe (d. 08 Nov 1375).^[3] No issue.

Occupation

• 1367: Knighted by Prince of Wales at Vittoria before Battle of Nájera (03 April 1367)
• 1377: taken prisoner by Spanish fleet, but soon released
• 1388: K.G.; principle chamberlain; authorized to go to Calais with John Hobeldob (his esquire)
• 1390: Constable of Windsor Castle (for life).
• 1398: Captain of Calais

Property

• of Hardington-Mandeville and Stewley (in Ashill), Somerset, Honiton, Milton Damarel, and Moreton, Devon^[4]

Sources

Primary Sources

• Dawes, M.C.B., Johnson, H.C., Condon M.M, Cook, C.A. & Jones, H.E. (1988). "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 70," (Margaret, widow of Hugh de Courtney, Earl of Devon). Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, 17, pp. 1-12. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. BHO.

• Duncan, L.L. (1898). The will of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Cantebury 1396. Archaeologia Cantiana, 23, pp. 55-67. Kent Archaeological Society. Google Books.

• Nicolas, N H. (1826). "Margaret de Courtney, Countess of Devon, January 28th, 1391," in Testamenta Vetusta, I, pp. 127-28. Parliament Street, London. Google Books. (mirror: PDF available for downoad).

Secondary Sources

• Beltz, G. (1841) "Sir Peter Courtney," in Memorials of the Order of the Garter, pp. 328-32. London: W. Pickering, Google Books.^[3]

• Hope, W.H.S. (1901). "Plate XLVI," in the Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485. Westminster: A. Constable and Co. ) Google Books.^[3]

• Lewis, M. (2013, June 15). "Sir Peter Courtenay, Constable of Windsor Castle, Captain of Calais #46786, d. 2 February 1405," (citing Richardson; Burke). ORTNCA. Web.^[3]

• Richardson, D. (2011). "Peter Courteney, KG," in Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed, 1, pp. 580. Google Books.^[3]

• Weaver, F.W. & Mayo, C.H. (1896). Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, V - VI,. Google Books.^[3]

• British History online: A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1908: The liberty of Alverstoke with Gosport

Notes

1. ↑ b. 1349 Somerset; of Hardington-Mandeville and Stewley (in Ashill), Somerset, Honiton, Milton Damarel, and Moreton, Devon (Richardson, 2011, p. 580).[1]
2. ↑ Alphyngton. One knight’s fee held by Peter de Courtenay, (Dawes, et. al., 1988).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Beltz (1841) and Hope (1901), assert that he died unmarried.[2] Lewis (2013), disputes this, but doesn't cite a source. ... The entry appears related to Weaver & Mayo's (1896), claim that Peter married Margaret Clyvedon, based on escheats and Hutchinson's "History of Dorset." They go into her relationship with her first husband and their kids.[3] Richardson (2011), agrees with Weaver & Mayo (1896), but dates the marriage prior to 1390, (p. 580).[4]
4. ↑ Richardson, 2011, p. 580).[5]