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Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256
Before 14th September 1276 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton (age 25) and [his mother] Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Okehampton. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 14th September 1276 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon was born to Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton (age 25) and Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton (age 18).
On 28th February 1292 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton (age 40) died at Cullicombe, Devon. His son Hugh (age 15) succeeded 4th Baron Okehampton.
Around 28th February 1292 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 15) and Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Okehampton.
In 1293 [his son] John Courtenay of Tavistock was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 16) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 18).
On 22nd July 1298 King Edward I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the 22nd July 1298 Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham (age 31) and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).
Walter Beauchamp (age 55).
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).
[his uncle] Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).
Nicholas Segrave (age 42).
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).
John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 67).
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 21).
Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel (age 31).
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).
John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).
Philip Darcy (age 40).
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).
William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.
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In 1299 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 22) was created 1st Baron Courtenay. [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 24) by marriage Baroness Courtenay.
In July 1300 Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 23), Simon Fraser, John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 31) and Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 50) fought at Caerlaverock during the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle.
On 12th July 1303 [his son] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 26) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 28).
In 1309 [his son] Robert Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 32) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 34).
In 1309 [his son] Eleanor Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 32) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 34).
On 3rd November 1311 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 27) exiled by "The New Ordinances", a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. The twenty-one signatories, consisting of eight earls, seven bishops and six barons, of the Ordinances are referred to as the Lords Ordainers:
Earls:
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond (age 45)
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 39)
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 20)
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 36)
Bishops:
Archbishop Robert Winchelsey (age 66)
Barons:
Hugh de Vere 1st Baron Vere (age 54)
Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton (age 35).
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 34)
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 37)
Article 20 describes at length the offences committed by Gaveston; he was once more condemned to exile and was to abjure the realm by 1 November.
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In 1313 [his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 36) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 38).
In 1315 [his son] Thomas Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 38) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 40).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th August 1325 [his son] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 48) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 50). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In or before 1330 [his son-in-law] Bartholomew de Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle (age 21) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle. She the daughter of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 53) and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 54).
In 1330 [his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle (age 17) died.
On 19th July 1333 King Edward III of England (age 20) defeated the Scots army at the Battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall (age 16) commanded.
English archers, just as at the Battle of Dupplin Moor one year previously, had a significant impact on the massed ranks of Scottish schiltrons. Edward's army included: Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk (age 33), who commanded the right wing, Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 56), Robert Pierrepont, [his son] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 30), Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 54) and John Sully (age 50). One of the few English casualties was John Neville (age 34) who was killed.
The Scottish army included King David II of Scotland (age 9). Alexander Bruce, Alan Stewart (age 61), James Stewart (age 57), John Stewart, William Douglas 1st Earl Atholl, Archibald Douglas (age 35) who were all killed.
Hugh 4th Earl Ross (age 36) was killed. His son William succeeded 5th Earl Ross.
Malcolm Lennox 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son Domhnall succeeded Earl Lennox.
Kenneth de Moravia Sutherland 4th Earl Sutherland was killed. His son William succeeded 5th Earl Sutherland. Johanna Menteith Countess Sutherland by marriage Countess Sutherland.
In 1334 [his son] Robert Courtenay (age 25) died.
In 1335 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 58) was created 1st Earl Devon. Some regard this as a restoration of the previous Earldom of Devon. [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 60) by marriage Countess Devon.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. Likewise, they showed themselves many times against the Isle of Thanet and Dover and against Folkestone, but in those places they committed little harm, except against poor fishermen. Then, in the ports of Cornwall and Devon, they committed many crimes against fishermen, and set fire to whatever ships they found isolated. At last, in the week of Pentecost [20th May 1339], they suddenly entered the port of Plymouth, setting fire to certain large ships and a large part of the town. Lord Hugh de Courtenay,1 Earl of Devon, a knight of eighty years, confronted them with other knights of that county. After some commoners, unarmed, had fallen under the quarrels of the pirates' crossbows, the knights finally engaged the pirates at close quarters, slew many on land, and drove the rest back to their ships. Many, unable to reach their vessels, were drowned by the sea, up to five hundred, according to those who were present at the time.
Item, contra insulam Tanatis et Doveriam et contra Folkston multocies se ostenderunt, set in illis locis multa mala non fecere, nisi adversus pauperes piscatores. Deinde in portubus Cornubie et Devonie multa mala contra piscatores commisere, et naves quas invenerunt solitarias incendebant; et tandem in ebdomada Pentecosten portum de Plummouthe subito ingréssi, naves quasdam magnas et magnam ville partem ignibus vastabant. Quibus dedit obviam dominus Hugo de Courtenay, comes Devonie, miles octogenarius, cum aliis militibus illius comitatus. Isti, post perdicionem quorumdam popularium qui dearmati quarellis balistariorum occubuerunt, demum piratas cominus aggredientes, multos super aridam mactaverunt, reliquis ad navigia ventilatis, et multos navigio non valentes appropiare mare submersit, ad numerum quingentorum, secundum estimacionem tunc presencium ibidem.
Note 1. Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 62). His age is here a little exaggerated. He was born in 1275/6, became 5th baron Courtenay in 1291, was summoned to parliament 5th February 1299, was created earl of Devon 22nd February 1335, and died before January 1341. As chief commissioner of array for counties. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, he would take command of the forces which repelled the French attack. See Doyle, Baronage, 1.574.
Other details of the engagement are given in Harley MS. 1729, which was used by Hearne for his Anon. History of Edwardi III. See Murimuth 90.
On 23rd December 1340 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon (age 64) died. His son [his son] Hugh (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Devon, 5th Baron Okehampton, 2nd Baron Courtenay. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 29) by marriage Countess Devon.
On 11th June 1345 [his former wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 70) died at Exeter, Devon [Map].
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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Courtenay Arms, a label three points azure. Source.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Courtenay
Great x 3 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Nevers
Great x 2 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 1st Baron Okehampton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy
GrandFather: John Courtenay 2nd Baron Okehampton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Redvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Redvers 1st Earl Devon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Peverell
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Redvers 5th Earl Devon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Vernon Redvers Baroness Okehampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont Count Meulan
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Elizabeth Montfort Countess Worcester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mable de Beaumont Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald de Dunstanville Fitzroy 1st Earl Cornwall Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzrichard
Father: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey II de Vere
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelize de Clare
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter de Bolbec
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
GrandMother: Isabel Vere Baroness Okehampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Despencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt
GrandFather: Hugh Despencer
Mother: Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Englefield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Basset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Dunstanville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Fitzrobert Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar
Great x 4 Grandmother: Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzwilliam Hastings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Hastings
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar
