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William Courtenay (1451 - bef. 1512)

Sir William Courtenay
Born in Powderham, Devon, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1476 in Pinhoe, Devon, Englandmap
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Died before before age 61 in Powderham, Devon, Englandmap
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Biography

Sir William Courtenay was the son and heir of Sir William Courtenay and Margaret Bonville.[1]

He married Cicely, daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pinhoe.[1][2][3] They had issue:

  • William, married Margaret Edgcombe and Mary Gainsford[1][2]
  • James, married Ann Basset[1]
  • Piers, married Jane Rayley[1]
  • Elizabeth[1][2]
  • Joan,[2] married William Carew, Knt., of Mohun Ottery[4]
  • Cicely,[1][2] married Nicholas Frauncis[1]
  • Eleanor[1][2]
  • Margaret,[1][2] married Thomas Danvers[1]
  • Anne,[1][2] married Thomas Gibbs[1]

His will was dated 8 September 1511 and proved 10 July 1512.[1] His wife was executrix of his will.[1][5]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Vivian, John Lambrick, The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Exeter: Henry S. Eland, 1895) HathiTrust p. 246 (Joan Courtenay wife William Beaumont and Joan Courtenay wife Sir William Carew are assigned to incorrect parents in this pedigree).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 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. 73 Courteney pedigree
  3. Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage of the British Empire, Tenth Ed. (Henry Colburn, London, 1848) p. 301.
  4. 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. 36 Pedigree of Carew of Mohun Ottery
  5. Chancery pleadings, Reference: C 1/412/8, Gilberd v Courtney. Defendants: Cecille, executrix and late the wife of William Courtney, knight, and William, son and heir of Edmond Carew, knight. Date:1515-1518 Abstract at The National Archives, Kew




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There is a problem with this profile: William is his own father! Needs work.
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