William Courtenay (1451–1512)
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Arms of Courtenay of Powderham
Sir William Courtenay (1451–1512) of Powderham in Devon, was a Lancastrian loyal to Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII.
Courtenay was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Courtenay (1428–1485) of Powderham and , daughter of William Bonville, Baron Chewton Mendip.[1]
In about 1476 he married Cecily Cheney, daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pinhoe,[2] by whom he had children including four sons:
- Sir William Courtenay (1477–1535),[3] eldest son and heir.
- Sir James Courtenay (1479–1529) of Upcott, Devon.
- (1481 – 2 Oct 1508)
- Edward Courtenay[citation needed]
He also had seven daughters: Elizabeth (born 1483), Anne (born 1485), Joan, Cecily, Eleanor (born 1493), Margaret, and one other.
Courtenay died in November 1512.
Sources[]
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895
References[]
- ^ Vivian, p.246
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1848. p. 301.
- ^ Visitation of Devon, 1895 ed., p.246
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Categories:
- Knights Bachelor
- 15th-century births
- 1512 deaths
- 15th-century English people
- 16th-century English people
- People of the Wars of the Roses
- English knights
- Courtenay family