Hugh Courtenay (d.1471)

For other uses, see Hugh Courtenay (disambiguation).
Arms of Courtenay Earls of Devon: Or, three torteaux a label azure

Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1427 6 May 1471) of Boconnoc, Cornwall, was MP for Cornwall in 1446 and 1449.[1] He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.[1]

Origins

He was the second son of Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1358-1425), of Haccombe and Bampton, Devon, MP and Sheriff of Devon, by his 4th wife Maud Beaumont (d. 3 July 1467), daughter of Sir William Beaumont of Shirwell by Isabel Willington, daughter of Sir Henry Willington of Umberleigh. His father was the grandson of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (d.1377).[1]

Marriage & progeny

He married Margaret Carminow, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Carminow, by Joan Hill, the daughter of Robert Hill. They had the following issue:[1]

Sons

Daughters

Eventual co-heirs

Thus the Courtenay estates were divided into four parts.[3] On the death of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, in 1556, the actual heirs to his estates were the following descendants of the four sisters above:[8]

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Vivian, p.245
  2. Image of surviving part of mansion house
  3. 1 2 Lysons, Daniel & Samuel, Magna Britannia, Vol 6, Devonshire, 1822, pp.496-520
  4. Vivian, 1895, p.565
  5. Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, pp.245, 565, 566, where she is called "Elizabeth", frequently interchangeable with "Isabel"
  6. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.11
  7. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/mohun-reginald-i-15078-67
  8. History of Parliament biography of Reginald Mohun (1507/8-67) of Hall
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