Sir
William
Courtenay
Born about in Powderham, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Courtenay
and Cecily (Cheney) Courtenay
Brother of
James Courtenay, Joan (Courtenay) Carew, Piers Courtenay, Elizabeth Courtenay, Ann (Courtenay) Gibbs, Edward Courtenay, Cicely Courtenay, Eleanor Courtenay, Margaret (Courtenay) Danvers and Unknown Courtenay
Husband of
Margaret (Edgecombe) Courtenay
— married
1502 in Powderham, Devon, England
Husband of
Mary (Gaynsford) Kingston
— married
about 1521 (to 24 Nov 1535) in Powderham, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
George Courtenay, Henry Courtenay, Anthony Courtenay, Nicholas Courtenay, Gertrude (Courtenay) Chichester, Philip Courtenay, John Courtenay, Katherine Courtenay, Elizabeth Courtenay, James Courtenay and Thomas Courtenay
Died
at about age 58
in Powderham, Devon, England
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Biography
He was the son of Cecily Cheyne and Sir William Courtenay.[1] He was born about 1477 in Powderham, Devon, England. He was married twice, firstly to Margaret Edgecumbe daughter of Sir Richard Edgecumbe and Joan Tremayne.[1]about 1502 in Powderham, Devon, England. He married, secondly, Mary Gainsford, daughter of Sir John Gainsford and Anne Haute.[1] about 1521 in Powderham, Devon, England. He died on the 24th of November 1535
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 1123.
- Surrey Archaeological Collections (London: Surrey Archaeological Society, 1858 -), 3:60
- Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 3:197, 4:335
- Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (London: T. Bensley, 1812.), 5:318, 8:179, 6:263-4.
- Colby, Frederic Thomas, The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1564 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997.), pp. 51, 73
- Bindoff, Stanley Thomas, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509-1558 (London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.), 2:468
- Bannerman, William Bruce, The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530, ..1572, .. and 1623 (London: Publications of the Harleian Society, 1899.), p. 12
- Vivian, John Lambrick, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Exeter: H.S. Eland, 1895.), p. 173
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Courtenay_(died_1557) (this is about Courtenay-312 the grandson of this profile)
- Evelyn, Helen. The History of the Evelyn Family (Eveleigh Nash, London, 1915) Page 570: "Pedigree of the Chichester Family"
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