Hugh Courtenay

• Preferred Name: Hugh Courtenay^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Civil: BET 1442 AND 1450 in Cornwall at LATI: N0.2512 LONG: E5.0668
  
• Birth: 1427 in Of, Basenthorpe, Cornwall, England at LATI: N0.2512 LONG: E5.0668
  
• Burial: in St. Peter Churchyard Ashwater, Torridge District, Devon, England at LATI: N0.7333 LONG: E4.2833 with note: find a grave
  
• Death: 4 MAY 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England with note: find a grave
  
• Occupation: Knight, killed after the Battle of Tewkesbury -- beheaded with note: Occupation
  
• Occupation: MP for CornwallBET 1446 AND 1447
  
• FSID: L5TT-W1X
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia
  
  Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1427 – 6 May 1471) of Boconnoc, Cornwall, was MP for Cornwall in 1446-47 and 1449-50. He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
  He was the second son of Sir Hugh Courtenay (c.1358-1425), of Haccombe and Bampton, Devon, MP and Sheriff of Devon (a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon (1303–1377) and the younger brother of Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon (1357–1419), "The Blind Earl"), 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.
  
  Marriage and children
  He married Margaret Carminow, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Carminow, by Joan Hill, the daughter of Robert Hill. They had the following issue:
  
  Sons
  1. Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1509), created Earl of Devon in 1485 by King Henry VII, the title long held by his ancestors and cousins but forfeited during the Wars of the Roses. His great-grandson was Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1556), who died unmarried and without children, the last of the mediaeval Courtenay Earls of Devon seated at Tiverton Castle, whose co-heirs were the descendants of Sir Hugh Courtenay's four daughters below.
  2. Sir Walter Courtenay, died childless
  3. John Courtenay (d.1509), died childless
  Daughters
  1. Elizabeth Courtenay, wife of John Trethurffe of Trethurffe in the parish of Ladock, near Truro, Cornwall.
  2. Maud Courtenay, wife of John Arundell of Talvern
  3. Isabel Courtenay, wife of William Mohun of Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, a descendant of John Mohun (d.1322) of Dunster Castle in Somerset, feudal baron of Dunster by his wife Anne Tiptoft. In 1628 her descendant John Mohun (1595-1641) was created by King Charles I Baron Mohun of Okehampton, his ancestor having inherited as his share Okehampton Castle and remnants of the feudal barony of Okehampton, one of the earliest possessions of the Courtenays. The Mohuns' held the manor of Boconnoc not (as might be expected) as a share of the Courtenay inheritance, but by lease from the Russell Earl of Bedford.
  4. Florence Courtenay, wife of John Trelawny
  
  Eventual co-heirs
  Thus the Courtenay estates were divided into four parts. 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:
  1. Reginald Mohun (1507/8-67) of Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, who inherited Okehampton Castle;
  2. Margaret Buller;
  3. John Vivian;
  4. John Trelawny;
  
  === !Funk & Wagnalls, Ency.under Tewkesbury ===
  !Funk & Wagnalls, Ency.under Tewkesbury v23 !Doyle Official Baronetage I p579,580 !#205-v4-p431; !Jacob's Plerage II p320 !#248-v4-p294 !#653-p245,747; !#1019-p527,638,76,497,note 2,p74,107 !(40-1467)
  
  === Hugh Courtenay killed at the battle of T ===
  Hugh Courtenay killed at the battle of Twekesbury in Gloucestershire England. Effigy on tomb at Ashwater, England.
  
  === SIR HUGH COURTENAY of Boconnoc, co. Corn ===
  SIR HUGH COURTENAY of Boconnoc, co. Cornwall. Heir to his mother. Aged 40 at her death, and named in her will. Knight of the Shire for Cornwall 25 and 28 Henry VI. Killed at Battle of Tewkesbury 1471. He married Margaret, elder daughter and coheir of Thomas Carminowe of Carminowe, co. Cornwall, Esquire, by Jane his wife. Aged 20 at date of Inquisition taken at death of her father 21 Henry VI., No. 46 (1442-3), and therein stated to be the wife of Hugh Courtenay, son of Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe. There is an obvious error as regards this lady at p. 107 and in an intended correction at p. 638 of Vivian's "Visitations of Cornwall," and it is repeated at pp. 245 and 747 of his "Visitations of Devon." It is there stated that she was the widow (1) of Sir John de Sancto Lando, and (2) of William Bottreaux, and that her will was proved P.C.C. 26 January 1412-13 (Marche, 24). This is of course impossible, as Sir Hugh Courtenay, who is there made her third husband, was only born in 1427! Margaret Courtenay's pedigree is correctly stated at p. 74 of the "Visitations of Cornwall." Their fourth daughter and ultimate heiress was ELIZABETH.
  
  === !Killed at the Battle of Twekesbury ===
  !Killed at the Battle of Twekesbury
  
  === !1. Information source: p 245 Vivian Vis ===
  !1. Information source: p 245 Vivian Visit Devons. p 527, 638, 76, 497, note 2 p 74, 107. Vivian Visit of Cornwall v 23 Funk and Wangalls, Ency. under Tewkesbury, p 579, 580, Doyle " Official Baronetage I. p 431 Edmondson Barongoniu IV. p 320 II Jacobs Plerage. 2. Child # 1 md William MOHUN. 3. Child # 2 md JOhn ARUNDELL. 4. Child # 3 md John TRELAWNEY Jr. 5. Child # 4 Elizabeth md Thomas or John TRETHURFFE. 6. Child # 5 Edward md Elizabeth COURTENAY. 7. Child # 7 John md Johane.
  
  === SOURCE: Visitations of Cornwall 1620 by ===
  SOURCE: Visitations of Cornwall 1620 by Vivian, pp 6, 107. Sir Hugh Courtenay was Knight of Shire of Cornwall 25 & 28 Hen VI,killed at Tewkesbury.
  
  === ! (1) Pedigree in Visitations of Corn ===
  ! (1) Pedigree in Visitations of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.527, Named
  on p.74
  (2) Heir to his mother, aged 40 at her death, Knight of the Shire for
  Cornwall, 25 and 28 Hen. VI
  (3) Killed at Tewkesbury, Writ of Dieum clausit Extremum 11 Edw. IV

• m. ABT 1448 in Of, Boconnoc, Cornwall, England

1. Elizabeth Courtenay, b. 1447 in Cornwall, England     d. 20 JUN 1510 in Cornwall, England

1. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas Carmynowe, esquire
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/26-097/ [Accessed: 24/1/2020]
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   Note: THOMAS CARMYNOWE, ESQUIRE n029 97 Writ. 31 December 1442. [Louthe]. Addressed to the escheator of Somerset and Dorset . DORSET. Inquisition. Dorchester. 15 June 1443. [Bayous]. Jurors: John Tynham ; William Vyncent ; John Parrok ; Edward Stykelane ; Thomas Clerk ; Andrew Cerle ; John Hancok ; Robert Coley ; William Coley ; William Clerk ; Henry Baker ; Geoffrey Peny ; and John Frampton . He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief or of any other. By charter dated 26 May 1442 he granted the following among other things to Nicholas Radeford , Richard Arstecote, clerk , and John Palmer , who survive, and their heirs and assigns, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee, and are seised at present. In the charter, sealed with his armorial seal and shown to the jurors, he was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire . Colway, the manor, annual value £12, held of Richard, duke of York , by knight service. He died on 19 December last. His daughters and next heirs are Margaret, the wife of Hugh Courtenay esquire , aged 20 and more, and Joan, the wife of Thomas Carrew , son of Nicholas Carrew knight , aged 15 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 9 July. C 139/110/46 mm. 1–2 98 Writ. 31 December 1442. [Louthe]. DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 28 April 1443. [Trevelyan]. Jurors: John Bannfeld ; Henry Fraunceys ; Richard Holond ; John Haicche ; Thomas Bosse ; Roger Wyke ; Walter Whiteleghe ; John Holecombe ; William Floyere ; Edward Seynt John ; William Botour ; John Bernehous ; and John Caylewaye . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. By his charter he granted the manor and advowson of Ashwater, the manor of Luffincott, and all his messuages, lands, tenements, reversions, rents, and services in the parish(es) (paroch’) of Ashwater, ?‘South’ Tiphill, Bradford, and Moonhouse, to Nicholas Radeford , Richard Arstecote, clerk , and John Palmer , and their heirs and assigns, with warranty, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. The charter, in which he was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated 26 May 1442 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. [Charter recited in full]. The witnesses were William Shire, prior of Launceston , Robert Hill and Robert Cornu , esquires, John Chagiste , William Myleton , and others. By another charter, indented, he granted his manor of Beaworthy to Robert Hill, Baldwin Folford , Nicholas Carmynowe , and John Palmer and their assigns. The grant was for the term of Thomas’s life without impeachment of waste, with remainder to Hugh Courtenay – son and heir of Hugh Courtenay , lately of Haccombe, knight – and Margaret, his wife, the daughter of Thomas, and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of Thomas and his heirs by rent of a grain of wheat at Michaelmas. Thomas held the manor at his death as in reversion of Richard, duke of York , of his manor of Raddon, service unknown. After his death Hugh the son and Margaret entered the manor by virtue of the remainder, and are seised. The charter, in which Thomas was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated at Beaworthy 9 October 1442 n030 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. The charter [recited in full] granted as above, with warranties during and after Thomas’s life, the manor of Beaworthy, and all Thomas’s messuages, lands, tenements, reversions, rents, and services in Rosecare and Dizzard in Cornwall, and a tenement called ‘Treuathelek’ and two closes of land called ‘Serwelparke’ and ‘Tresquereparke’ in the manor of Tinten, also in Cornwall. The grant was subject to the condition that if Hugh or Margaret or the heirs of their bodies alienate or discontinue the premises such that Thomas’s reversion or any parcel of it be discontinued, then Thomas and his heirs could re-enter. One part of the indenture was to remain with Hugh and Margaret; the other with Robert Hill and the others; both parts were sealed by Thomas . The witnesses were Philip Courtenay and John Dynham , knights, Richard Hollond , Richard Yerde , William Floyer , and others. Date of death and heirs as 97. [Head:] Delivered to court on 20 May 1443 . C 139/110/46 mm. 3–4 E 149/174/7 m. 1 99 [Writ: see 98.] CORNWALL. Inquisition. Launceston. 4 May 1443. [Trevylyan]. [Inquisition: top left of ms torn] Jurors: John Arundell, chevalier ; Richard Trelauny ; John Pentyer ; Edward Coryton ; John Trelauny ; William Meleton ; John Mayowe ; William Mayowe ; Robert Doune ; John Tremure ; John Totebush ; and Thomas Rouell . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. By indented charter he granted the following to Robert Hill, Baldwin Foleford , Nicholas Carmynowe , and John Palmere , and their assigns: [1.] 32 messuages, 13 tofts, a dovecot, 11 Cornish a. land, 24 a. wood, and 150 a. heath and gorse in Rosecare and Dizzard , described as all his manors, messuages, lands, tenements, reversions, rents and services in the county ; and [2.] a tenement called ‘Treuathelek’ and two closes of land called ‘Gerswelparke’ and ‘Tresquereparke’ in the manor of Tinten. The grant was for the term of Thomas’s life without impeachment of waste, with remainder to Hugh Courtenay – son and heir of Hugh Courtenay , lately of Haccombe, knight – and Margaret, his wife, the daughter of Thomas, and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of Thomas and his heirs by the rent of a grain of wheat at Michaelmas. The charter, in which Thomas was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated at Beaworthy 9 October 1442 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. [Charter recited in full with witnesses as in 98.] Thomas held the above at his death, viz. 16 messuages and 6 Cornish a. land in Rosecare, held as in reversion of John Cornewayll, knight , of his manor of Tintagel, as ½ knight’s fee ; and [16] n031 messuages, 5 Cornish a. land, a dovecot, 24 a. wood, and 150 a. heath and gorse in Dizzard, held of the same John of the honour of Trematon, as ½ knight’s fee . After his death, Hugh and Margaret entered by virtue of the remainder and are seised. By another indented charter he granted to the above Hugh Courtenay , the son, and Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies, the manor of Tinten – excepting a tenement called ‘Trevathelek’ and two closes of land called ‘Gerewelparke’ and ‘Tresquereparke’ therein, which were reserved to Thomas and his heirs – so that they were seised in demesne as of fee tail. The manor was to be held of Thomas and his heirs by the rent of a grain of wheat at Michaelmas. At his death Thomas held the manor as in reversion of the bishop of Exeter in socage . The charter, in which he was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated at Tinten, 10 October 1442 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. [Charter, dated 9 October 1442, recited in full.] The charter, with clause of warranty, included the condition that if Hugh or Margaret or the heirs or their bodies alienated or discontinued the premises such that Thomas’s reversion or any parcel of it were discontinued, then Thomas and his heirs could re-enter. Thomas and Hugh affixed their seals. The witnesses were Nicholas Carrewe, knight , John Marnay , John Botreaux , Stephen Kendale , and Thomas Lucomb , esquires, and others. By another charter he granted to Robert Cary , and John Wysa of Sydenham Damerell, esquires, Nicholas Radeford , Edward Broneby , Stephen Bony , and John Palmere , and their heirs and assigns the manors of Boconnoc and Glynn , and all his messuages, lands, tenements, rents and services in Tawna, Cardinham, Kingswood, Bodargie, Cripstone, ‘Oldeway’, Newton, and Largin , so that they were seised in demensne as of fee. The charter, in which he was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated at Boconnoc, 6 December 1426 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. [The charter, recited in full, grants the above, with the manors of Colway and Lyme Regis in Dorset.] The witnesses were: William Bonevyle and Ralph Botriaux , knights, John Tynham , John Trencrek , Stephen Kendale , and others. By another charter he granted to Nicholas Radeford , Stephen Bony , and John Palmere and their heirs and assigns the manor of Treveniel , with the homages, rents, and services of all his tenants, free, conventionary and neif, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. The charter, in which he was described as Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , was dated at Treveniel, 17 October 1427 and sealed with his armorial seal, and was shown to the jurors. [The charter, recited in full, grants the above with warranty.] The witnesses were: John Trelouni, knight , Thomas Lucomb , John Talcaryn , Robert Trebartha , William Devyok , and others. By another charter he granted to Nicholas Radeford , John Scoyche, clerk , Richard Arscote, clerk , and John Palmere of Launceston, and their heirs and assigns, all his messuages, lands, and tenements in ‘East’ Draynes, Langdon, Lamelgate, Tregarrick, Bulland, Trelask, ‘Higher’ Trelask, Brown Gelly, Lankeast, Trewetha, Tredinnick, Lambadla, Netherton, ‘West’ Draynes, ‘Higher’ Trenant, ‘Lower’ Trenant, Wortha, ?‘Great’ Wortha (Michelworthe), and Carpuan, with the whole wood of Draynes called ‘le Westwode’ of Draynes, with the homages and services of all his free tenants in the above vills, and with the rents and services of John Bray of Tremeer (Tremure), for all the messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and services which he then held from Thomas to himself and the heirs of his body in Trelill, Trewiggett, Hendra, Pollingarrow, Lanseague, Tipton (Vppeton Deythyan), Tresungers, Tremeer (Tremure iuxta Lanyvet), Treliggon, Reperry, and Mena, with the reversions thereof. As a result they were seised in demesne as of fee. The charter, in which he was described as Thomas Carmynowe , was dated at Boconnoc, 18 June 1430, and sealed with his
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2. Title: Wikipedia - Sir Hugh Courtenay 1427-1471
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3. Title: Hugh Courtenay, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-X1T3 : 15 June 2022), Hugh Courtenay, ; Burial, Ashwater, Torridge District, Devon, England, St. Peter Churchyard; citing record ID 103256990, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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