Margaret (Courtenay) Cary (abt. 1383 - abt. 1413)

Born about 1383 in Powderham, Devon, England

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Biography

Margaret is the daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, Devon, the fifth son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon and his wife Margaret de Bohun.^[1] Her mother is presumably Sir Philip Courtenay's wife, Anne Wake.

Her birth date is unknown, but it must have been before 28 January 1391, when she is named in the will of her paternal grandmother, 'Margaret de Courtney, Countess of Devon', who granted her 100 marks to increase her portion.^[2]

Marriage

Margaret Courtenay married probably before 1402, and definitely before her father's death in 1406, Robert Cary, of Cockington, Devon, son of Sir John Cary, and Margaret Holway, as his first wife.^[3]

They had two children;^[3]

1. Philip Cary;

#Joanna (Johanna) Cary, married William Ashford, of Ashford.^[4]

Some sources name the mother of these two children as Robert Cary's second wife, Joan or Jane Hankford^[4] but Philip at least would appear to be the son of Margaret Courtenay.^[5]

Death

The date she died is also unknown, but it was probably about 1413 and definitely before October 1413

Research Notes

Name

In some secondary sources she is named Elizabeth, see for instance the Cary genealogy in The visitations of the county of Devon.^[4] but this appears to be a mistake on Vivian's part, and there seems to be no reason to accept that she was known by both names.

Sources

1. ↑ Woodger, L.S., 'Courtenay, Sir Philip (d. 1406), of Powderham, Devon.' in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, edited by J.S. Roskell, L.Clark & C. Rawcliffe, 1993. Digital edition, The History of Parliament: British political, social & local history, http://www.histparl.ac.uk/ : accessed 25 August 2019.
2. ↑ Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Testamenta Vetusta: being illustrations from wills of manners & customs etc, vol. 1, London: Nichols & Son, 1826. pp. 127-128. Digital image, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/testamentavetust01nico/page/127 : accessed 25 August 2019.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Roskell, J.S. & Woodger, L.S., 'Cary, Robert (d.c. 1431), of Cockington, Devon.', in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, edited by J.S. Roskell, L.Clark & C. Rawcliffe, 1993. Digital edition, The History of Parliament: British political, social & local history, http://www.histparl.ac.uk/ : accessed 25 August 2019.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The vistations of the county of Devon: Comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620., with additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, Exeter: printed for author by Henry S. Eland, 1895. p. 150. Digital image, HathiTrust, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008734962 : accessed 25 August 2019.
5. ↑ Verity, Brad, https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/qkKcxWW-ylQ/g9yv8jc8QhwJ

See also:

• Manuscript, [ Hugh D. Miller, comp. ], Genealogy: Ethel P. Miller/Hugh D. Miller, 1985, copy in possession of author
• Text: Manuscript [Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.]Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller Text: 1988 Text: copy in possession of author