Catherine
Huddesfield
formerly Courtenay aka Pomeroy, Rogers
Born in Powderham, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Philip Courtenay
and Elizabeth (Hungerford) Courtenay
Sister of
Joan Courtenay, Anne (Courtenay) Granville, William Courtenay, Elizabeth (Courtenay) Malet, Philip Courtenay, Peter Courtenay, Walter Courtenay, Philippa (Courtenay) de Fulford, Edmund Courtenay, Humphrey Courtenay and John Courtenay
Wife of
Saint Clare Pomeroy
— married
about 27 Sep 1463 (to 4 May 1471) [location unknown]
Wife of
William Huddesfield
— married
1477 in Powderham, Devon, England
Wife of
Thomas Rogers Esq.
— married
before 10 Jul 1478 in England
Descendants 
Mother of
George Rogers and Elizabeth (Huddesfield) Poyntz
Died
at about age 77
in Shillingford, Devon, England
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Katherine Courtnay m. (1) Sir Seintclere Pomeroy of Sinclere Pomeroy, Devon (2) Thomas Rogers of Bradford, Wiltshire and (3) Sir William Huddesfield. She had 1s. George by her 2nd marriage and 1s. and 2 da, incl. Elizabeth by her 3rd marriage.
Death ,Will, Burial
Katherine Huddesfeld of Devon, died on the 12th January 1515. [1][2]
Her will was written on the 21s November 1510. She styled herself as Dame Kateryn, Lady Huddesfeld, widow. She asked for masses to be said for her at Greyfriars Exeter and to be buried there. Her mass book was to be given to the churchwardens at Bradford, Wiltshire and they were asked to pray for her soul and the soule of her 'sometyme husband' Thomas Rogers.Katherine also wanted a stone to be laid on his tomb. Katherine left 'stuff' that remained at her 'place' in Birport (Bridport), Dorset to her daughter Elizabeth Poyntz. There was some previous agreement about this matter but Katherine wrote that if Elizabeth or her husband Antony vexed, troubled or sued the executors then the bequest was to go to Katherine's son George.
Katherine bequeathed to William Rogers, son of Thomas a 'standyng cuppe of sylver and gilt with a cover with dragon wynges' his brother John received a 'flatte cup of silver with with a cover of myn owne armes'
She gave to her grandaughter Kateryn (daughter of George Rogers, my son) 20 marks. Her two other grandchildren Edward and Elizabeth Rogers were together with their father George received the remainder of Katharines estate and were made executors. The will gained probate in February 1514/15. [3]
Although she asked for burial at Greyfriars in Exeter, W H Rogers suggests that the evidence points to her burial at Shillingford alongside her husband. The brass pictured on this page names her and is placed above a tomb with a missing inscription, however it bears a shield with the arms of Huddesfield impaling Courtney. An earlier record written by Westcote in 1630 records the inscription confirming that the tomb was that of Sir William Huddisfeild. Though there was no mention in the inscription of Katherine, stained glass above mentioned Willhemi Huddesfeild militis et Katharinae uxorid eius. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Harwood, H. W. Forsyth ed The Genealogist New Series, volume 29, (1913) p 134
[ https://archive.org/stream/genealogist2919selb#page/n409/mode/2up Archive Books]
- Huddesfeld Katherine Widow ob 12 Jan 7 Henry 8- Inq at Totten Magna 6 Oct, 7 Henry 8 -Devon George Rogers s & h aet 30 yrs
- ↑ Probable original IPMs :National Archives, Kew, Surrey England, :References: C 142/30/14and57, E 150/155/7and8 Description: Huddesfeld, Katharine: Devon Date: 7 Hen. VIII.
- ↑ :National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England. PROB 11/18/20, Will of Dame Kateryn Lady Huddesfeld, Widow .Probate Date February 1514 transcript Helen Ford, freespace page
- ↑ W.H. H. Rogers, Rogers-Courtenay-Huddesfield- of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; Cannington Somerset; and Shillingford, Devon. Wiltshire Notes and Queries Volume 3 (1902) p 342-345 archive books
- Plantagenet Ancestry 2nd ed. p.46, POYNTZ 13
- W.H. H. Rogers, Rogers-Courtenay-Huddesfield- of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; Cannington Somerset; and Shillingford, Devon. Wiltshire Notes and Queries Volume 3 (1902) p 337-345 archive books
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A couple of issues:
1. Huddesfield was her third husband, so the date of 1477 for their marriage seems unlikely. The Biography for Thomas Rogers says "According to a Somerset Inquisition Post Mortem dated 31 Oct 18 Ed lV and held at Holewale by Richard Morton, escheator; Thomas died on 3 Oct 1478." 2. The bio for her daughter to Huddesfield gives the girl 1479 as a DOB, but later on says 1483, which seems more likely.
I have a photograph of her IPM if you want a copy
Her first marriage was to Sir St Clere Pomeroy about 27 September 1463-
He died in May 1471 at the Battle of Tewkesbury - without issue Sir Henry Pomeroy her husband's father settled Stockleigh Pomeroy on the couple at that time.
Wasn't her daughter Elizabeth Rogers (1474-1527) not Huddesfield, who married William Essex (1477-1548)?
De Courtenay-220 and Courtenay-20 appear to represent the same person because: De Courtenay-220 had no connections except an impossible mother, so I changed the info to merge it away, into Courtenay-20.
Courtenay-20 and Courtenay-140 appear to represent the same person because: Everything seems to match, except her parents.
Unmerged matches › Margaret (Courtenay) Champernoun (abt.1461-1527)
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8th gen. in direct line from Edward I, King of England Gibson says "House of Courtney is one of the most illustrious races among the English nobility" ---------------------------------------------- Catherine de Courtenay was the daughter of Sir Philip de Courtney, Knight of Powderham Castle in Devon. She and Thomas had two sons, George, the elder and John. Catherine or Katherine (as it was more frequently spelled) was the second daughter and youngest child of Sir Philip, who was born in 1404 and died in 1463. Her mother was Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Lord Walter Hungerford and Catherine Peverell. It is through the de Courtenay line we are related to the Plantagenets.
The House of Courtenay was considered one of the most illustrious families among the English nobility. When George Rogers, son of Katherine de Courtenay and Thomas Rogers, was 30 years old, his mother died. William, the eldest son of Thomas Rogers by his first wife, was heir to the Rogers estate. His second son, George, Katherine's eldest child was her personal heir and received the property which came to his mother from the Courtenay estates. His third child, John, was educated and got material assistance from the Courtenays, but genealogically he was the recipient of the greatest heirloom his mother could have bestowed upon him, viz.: her personal arms, the Courtenay escutcheon, engraved on her own silver drinking cup - such a bequeathal in that era would be given only to one of her own blood, and thereby clinches the blood-line Courtenay descent of her youngest son as surely as that of her eldest, the entailed heir. Katherine de Courtenay was immensely rich with a most elaborate pedigree, running through the Royalty of three nations.
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