Joan
Courtenay
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Philip Courtenay
and Elizabeth (Hungerford) Courtenay
Sister of
Anne (Courtenay) Granville, William Courtenay, Elizabeth (Courtenay) Malet, Philip Courtenay, Peter Courtenay, Catherine (Courtenay) Huddesfield, Walter Courtenay, Philippa (Courtenay) de Fulford, Edmund Courtenay, Humphrey Courtenay and John Courtenay
Wife of
William Beaumont
— married
[date unknown] in Powderham, Devon, England
Wife of
Henry Bodrugan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Apr 2011
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Biography
Joan or Jane was the eldest daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay[1] and Elizabeth Hungerford.
She married 1st William Beaumont of Highampton.[1] They were living apart when she had an affair with Henry Bodrugan and had a son John by him. She married Henry Bodrugan soon after her 1st husband's decease. Their son John later claimed to be the legitiamte son of William Beaumont.[2] In lawsuits bewtween John and Thomas Beamont he was found to be a bastard.[3] This decision did not prevent him from obtaining part of the Beaumont property, The manor of Giddesham, in Devon, and other lands, were assigned to him.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colby, Frederic Thomas ed. Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier Visitation of 1531. (Exeter, 1881). p. 17 Beaumont pedigree
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, A Treatise on the Law of Adulterine Bastardy, Issue 638 (London: William Pickering, 1836) Google Books pp. 57-58
- ↑ North Devon Record Office: Articles of Agreement, Reference: 3704M/EF1, Description: Thomas Beamont esquire, John Denys, John Reigny and John Incledene with John Beamont esquire. For termination of lawsuits between Thomas Beamont and John Beamont including that whereby John Beamont "was Founde Bastard" Abstract at The National Archives, Kew
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Tracy Lawrence
Joan Courtenay (died 1554) married by 1505, Sir William Carew of Mohun Ottery (born by 1485, died 11 August 1537), and had issue
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Charlene Newport
That Joan Courtenay is Courtenay-138
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