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John de Courtenay Baron of Oakhampton



Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert de Courtenay, Baron of Oakhampton, b. environ 1166 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France   d. 2 AUG 1242 in Dorsetshire, England
Mother: Mary de Vernon, b. 1185 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England   d. AFT 1244

Family 1: Isabel de Vere,    b. 1222 in Totenes, Deveonshire, England    d. BEF 7 JAN 1291
  1. Hugh de Courtenay Baron of Okehampton, b. 25 MAR 1248 in Okehampton, Devon, England     d. 28 FEB 1292 in Colcombe Castle, Devon, England
Family 2: Maud de Caneville,       d. BEF 6 OCT 1240 in of Okehampton, Devon, England
Sources:
  1. Title: "The Utah genealogical and historical magazine"
    Author: "The Utah genealogical and historical magazine", Rice, Gareth (Main) Genealogical Society of Utah. (Added), 13 Feb 2001
    Note: Unknown-Begin: ; Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom TEXT FREQUENCY: Quarterly DESCRIPTION: 31 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. NOTES: Title from cover. SUBJECTS: Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--History--Periodicals. PUB STATUS: Dead birth-name: John de Courtenay TEXT FREQUENCY: Quarterly DESCRIPTION: 31 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. NOTES: Title from cover. SUBJECTS: Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--History--Periodicals. PUB STATUS: Dead Unknown-Begin: TEXT FREQUENCY: Quarterly DESCRIPTION: 31 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. NOTES: Title from cover. SUBJECTS: Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--Genealogy--Periodicals.Utah--History--Periodicals. PUB STATUS: Dead
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060989
  2. Title: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
    Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: III:465c
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
  3. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
    Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 833
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742367
  4. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 50-29
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741115
  5. Title: Pole's History of Devonshire
    Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
    Note: Source: Pole's History of Devonshire, Devon 4, p. 3; The Complete Pewerage, G. E. C. , Eng. V, v. 5, p. 465, v. 4, p. 517, 523; Visitations of Devon, Devon 2 p. 244; Burke's Extinct Peergae, Eng. P1, 1866, p. 550 Submitter: Mrs. Gertrude R. Gillmor
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547632
  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John de Courtenay - burial: ;
    Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library
    Note: burial: ; Unknown-Begin: ; Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom death: birth: about 1218; Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom Unknown-Begin:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060928
  7. Title: Lord John de Courtenay Gravesite
    Author: Find a Grave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55885402/john-de-courtenay;
    Page: Burial and Memorial Gravesite
  8. Title: John de Courtenay, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-JV74 : 10 September 2021), John de Courtenay, ; Burial, Thorncombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, Forde Abbey; citing record ID 55885402, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-JV74;
    Page: The information is very similar
  9. Title: Feudal Barony of Okehampton
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_barony_of_Okehampton;
    Note: Details the establishment and descent of the Barony from the Norman conquest to 1539
  10. Title: Visitations of Devon (Partial)
    Author: Unknown, Visitations of Devon (Partial), Page 244.
  11. Title: Descent Of Earls Of Devon (Chart)
    Author: Unknown, Descent Of Earls Of Devon (Chart).
  12. Title: Visitations of Shropshire, 1623
    Author: Visitations of Shropshire, 1623, Page 244.
  13. Title: Visitations of Cornwall (Partial)
    Author: Unknown, Visitations of Cornwall (Partial), Page 106.
  14. Title: Noble House Of De Vere, Earls of Oxford
    Author: Unknown, Noble House Of De Vere, Earls of Oxford.
  15. Title: Roots Web World Connect Project
    Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: royalancestors.
  16. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John de Courtenay - Unknown-Begin: ; Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Author: "Héraldique européenne", Arnaud Bunel , Coats of Arms for European Royalty and Nobility (http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org, Arnaud Bunel, 1998) , Internet
    Note: Unknown-Begin: ; Okehampton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom "Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms. The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewas that those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put their crest or achieveme Unknown-Begin: "Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms. The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewas that those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put their crest or achieveme
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  17. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S3718] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 323; Europaische Stammtafeln, by Isenburg, Vol. 3, chart 629; tDescents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 382; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 802; Wallop Family, p. 233. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 535-536. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 262. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 320. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 252. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 317-318.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p433.htm#i13004;
    Note: Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton1,2,3,4,5 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #13004, d. 3 May 1274 Father Sir Robert de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton2,6 d. c 26 Jul 1242 Mother Mary de Vernon2,6 d. a 15 Jul 1250 Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton was born at of Oakhampton, Devonshire, England. He married Maud de Caneville before 2 January 1234.2,4 Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton married Isabel de Vere, daughter of Sir Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl Oxford, Baron of Hedingham & Whitchurch, Master Chamberlain of England and Hawise de Quincy, after 6 October 1240; They had 1 son (Sir Hugh).2,3,4,5 Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton died on 3 May 1274; Buried at Ford Abbey, Devonshire. He had married (1) Emma.2,4 Family 1 Maud de Caneville b. c 1210, d. c 6 Oct 1240 Family 2 Isabel de Vere d. b 11 Aug 1290 Child Sir Hugh de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton+2,4 b. 25 Mar 1251, d. 28 Feb 1292
  18. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#HughCourtenaydied1292;
    Note: JOHN de Courtenay of Okehampton (-3 May 1274, bur Forde Abbey, Devon). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey names “dominum Johannem de Courtenay” as son of “Robertus de Courtenay” and his wife “domina Maria, juniore filia domini Willielmi de Redveriis comitis Devoniæ”[564]. The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records the death “V Non Maii 1273” of “Johannes de Courtenay” and his burial at Ford[565]. Inquisitions after a writ dated 11 May "2 Edw I" following the death of "John de Corteney alias de Curtenay" name “Isabel sometime his wife...Hugh his son aged 24 is his next heir”, and record that “William de Vernoun earl of the Isle gave the manor [of Cruk] to Robert de Curtenay father of the said John in free marriage with Mary his daughter” and that “Hawis de Curtenay gave to [Forde abbey]...land of Hargrave...and Robert de Curtenay her son and heir confirmed the gift”[566]. m as her first husband, ISABEL de Vere, daughter of HUGH de Vere Earl of Oxford & his wife Hawise de Quincy (after 1223-11 Aug 1299 or after, bur Exeter Dominican Church). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records that “dominum Johannem de Courtenay” married “Isabellam filiam domini Johannis de Veere comitis Oxoniæ”, that she married “Olivero de Dineham” after the death of her first husband, died “III Id Aug” and was buried “apud Fratres Prædicatores Exoniæ”[567]. She married secondly Olivier de Dineham. The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not been identified. John & his wife had [two] children: a) HUGH de Courtenay of Okehampton (-Colcombe 28 Feb 1292, bur Cowick near Exeter). b) [WILLIAM de Tracy . “Willielmo de Tracy, fratre Hugonis de Courtenay, Henrico filio Willielmi de Tracy” subscribed an undated charter under which “Joselinus de Pomerei” donated property to Forde Abbey for the souls of “…domini mei regis Henrici…domini fratris mei Hen. de Pomerei”[582].

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