Francis Courtenay (1576 - 1638)

Born 1576 in Powderham, Devon, England

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Died 3 Jun 1638 at about age 62 in Powderham, Devon, England

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Francis Courtenay was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

He was buried on 5 June 1638 at Powderham, Devon, England. ^[1]

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Devon in 1625. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Grampound in 1626. He succeeded to the title of 4th of Devon [E., 1553] de jure on 24 June 1630. He married, firstly, Mary Pole, daughter of Sir William Pole and Mary Periam, on 7 November 1606.

Following her death, he married secondly Elizabeth Seymour.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1576

Place: Powderham, Devon, England

Death

Death:

Date: 3 JUN 1638

Place: Powderham, Devon, England

Sources

1. ↑ Parish Register of Powderham, Devon. FindMyPast

• Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1124.

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, Los Angles Public Libary, 4:333.

• Stephen, Sir Leslie & Sir Sidney Lee (Editors), The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 (Name: Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford, England; Date: 1993;;), 5:1346.

• Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (Name: Name: T. Bensley; Location: London, England; Date: 1812), Family History Library, 6:264-5.

• St. George, Henry, The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620 (Name: Publications of the Harleian Society; Location: London; Date: 1872), Los Angles Public Library, p. 76

• Vivian , John Lambrick, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Name: H.S Eland; Location: Exeter; Date: 1895), p. 342.

• History of Parliament Online COURTENAY, Francis (c.1576-1638), of Powderham, Devon

• Wikipedia Francis Courtenay, de jure 4th Earl of Devon, (ca. 1576 – 3 June 1638)

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p917.htm#i9162

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