The Courtenay family of Tremere were a cadet line of the influential Devon family seated at Powderham and part of the House of Courtenay. The family is descended from Sir Philip I Courtenay, the son of Hugh de Courtenay, the 10th Earl of Devon.
The Tremere line began with Richard Courtenay of Lostwithiel, who settled at Tremeer in Lanivet, Cornwall.[1]
Richard Courtenay of Lostwithiel was born about 1460.[2]
Father: Edmund Courtenay of Deviock
Mother: Jane Deviock
Married 1: Maud Michell ABT 1497
Married 2: Jane Boscawen
2. William Courtenay
3. Son Courtenay
4. John Courtenay of Tremere.
5. Alice Courtenay
6. Dorothy Courtenay
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