Hugh (Courtenay) de Courtenay (1276 - 1340)

Born 14 Sep 1276 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (St John) de Courtenay — married 1292 in England

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1340 at age 64 in Tiverton, Devon, England

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Biography

Hugh de Courtenay, Knt., 9th Earl of Devon, 1st Lord Courtenay, son and heir of Hugh de Courtenay, Knt., and Eleanor le Despenser,^[1][2] was born 14 September 1276 (of age in 1297).^[3][4]

Life

Hugh succeeded his father 28 February 1291/2.^[1] Hugh was heir in 1293 to his cousin, Isabel de Forz, Countess of Aumale and Devon, from whom he inherited manors in Hampshire and Oxfordshire.^[3][4] From Isabel, Hugh succeeded to the Reviers estates that had not been alienated and possibly as Earl of Devon, although he was not recognized as such until 40 years later. He did homage for these lands and had livery 20 June 1297.^[1]

He served in the Scottish wars from 1298-1303 and was at the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. He was knighted 22 May 1306 by Edward, Prince of Wales, and was Banneret in 1308.^[1][3][4]

Hugh was summoned to Parliament from 6 February 1298/9 by writs directed Hugoni de Curtenay, whereby he is held to have become Lord Courtenay,^[3][4] the later writs having added the designation of "Senior".^[1]

He was chosen one of the Lords Ordainers in 1313, was a member of the Kings Council on 9 August 1318.^[3][4] He was Chief Warden of the Ports and Coasts for counties Cornwall and Devon in 1324;^[1] Chief Justicar of the Woods and Parks in counties Gloucester, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire in 1328; and Warden of Buddeleigh Hundred in 1330.^[3][4] He was declared Earl of Devon on 22 February 1334/5.^[1][3][4]

Marriage and Children

Hugh married Agnes de Saint John, daughter of John de Saint John, Knt., and Alice FitzPeter^[5] in 1292.^[1][3][4] They had four sons and two daughters:

• John, Abbot of Tavistock, eldest son, born c. 1296, died before 11 July 1349^[2][4]
• Hugh, Knt., 10th Earl of Devon, 2nd Lord Courtenay, born 12 July 1303, died 2 May 1377, married Margaret de Bohun and had issue^[1][2][4]
• Robert,^[2][4] possibly married Elizabeth ____ and had issue^[6]
• Thomas, Knt., 4th son, born in or before 1315, died 9 June 1362, married Muriel de Moels and had issue^[2][4]
• Eleanor, wife of John de Grey, Knt., 3rd Lord Grey of Codnor^[2][4]
• Elizabeth, wife of Bartholomew de Lisle^[2][4]

Death

Sir Hugh de Courtenay died testate 23 December 1340 at Tiverton, Devonshire^[3] and was buried 5 February 1340/1,^[4] his will being proved 27 April 1341.^[1] His widow, Agnes, died 11 June 1345^[3][4] and was buried 27 June 1345.^[1] They were both buried in the conventual church of Cowick Priory near Exeter, Devonshire.^[4]

The Inquisition Post Mortem of Hugh de Courteneye or de Courtenay, late Earl of Devon, by writ dated 3 January 1340, named his son, Hugh, aged 30 and more, as his heir.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs, ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV: Dacre - Dysart, 2nd edition. (London, 1916). Online at Archive.org, pages 323-324.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Charles Cawley. Hugh Courtenay died 1340 entry in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, pages 538-540, COURTENAY 5.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. II, page 323-326, COURTENAY 6.
5. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. IV, page 318 PAULET 7.iii., Agnes de Saint John.
6. ↑ J. L. Vivian (ed). Visitations of Cornwall, (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887). Online at Google Books, page 106.
7. ↑ J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 62', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. London, 1913, pp. 188-201. British History Online: #273.

See also:

• Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327, (Clarendon Press, 1960).
• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir Hugh de Courtenay entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins website, accessed 25 June 2020.
• Wikipedia: Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon
• Wikipedia: Cowick Devon, burial place.
• Savage, James. History of the Hundred of Carhampton, (Bristol: William Strong, 1830). Online at Google Books, pages 346-347.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 25 June 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Hugh (Courtenay) de Courtenay is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Robert de Vere and Saher de Quincy in trails that were reviewed and approved ("badged") by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Percival Lowell (MCA III:60-64 LOWELL): trail was badged in September 2015, re-reviewed January 2022. See the trails HERE.
• George Yate (MCA IV:395-397 YATE), badged July 2022. See trail HERE.

Hugh (Courtenay) de Courtenay appears on unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Humphrey Davie (MCA II:28-34 DAVIE): trail not yet developed and is set out HERE.
• Ludlow Gateways (Gabriel, Sarah, and Roger) (MCA III:70-77 LUDLOW): trail has not yet been developed. See the trail HERE.
• Edward Raynsford (MCA II:501-504 KIRTON): trail not yet developed. See the trail HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".