Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256
Before 14th September 1276 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton [aged 25] and [his mother] Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton [aged 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 [aged 25] and Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton [aged 18].
On 28th February 1292 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton [aged 40] died at Cullicombe, Devon. His son Hugh [aged 15] succeeded 4th Baron Okehampton.
Around 28th February 1292 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 15] and Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 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 [aged 16] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 18].
On 22nd July 1298 King Edward I of England [aged 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 [aged 31] and John Stewart of Bonkyll [aged 52] were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 26].
Walter Beauchamp [aged 55].
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 53].
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 49].
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 24].
[his uncle] Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 37].
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 26].
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 52].
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley [aged 27].
[his brother-in-law] Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 43].
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 58].
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 30].
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 29].
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 48].
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 43].
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 42].
Nicholas Segrave [aged 42].
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford [aged 41].
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 30].
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 20].
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 17].
John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 67].
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 25].
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 21].
Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 31].
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 19].
John II Duke Brittany [aged 59].
Philip Darcy [aged 40].
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 51], or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 23].
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 30], and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 47].
William Scrope [aged 53] was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 29] fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel [aged 44] fought.
In 1299 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 22] was created 1st Baron Courtenay. [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 24] by marriage Baroness Courtenay.
On 29th May 1299 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 67] died at his home in Boyton, Wiltshire [Map]. His son [his future brother-in-law] John [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield. [his sister] Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield.
In July 1300 Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 26], Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 23], Simon Fraser, John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 31] and Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 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 [aged 26] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 28]. He married 11th August 1325 his fifth cousin once removed Margaret Bohun Countess Devon, daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland, and had issue.
In or before 1304 [his brother-in-law] John St John 1st Baron St John of Basing [aged 30] and [his sister] Isabel Courtenay Baroness St John of Basing [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Basing.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1309 [his son] Eleanor Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 32] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 34].
In 1309 [his son] Robert Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 32] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 34].
On 3rd November 1311 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 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 [aged 45]
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 39]
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 20]
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 36]
Bishops:
Archbishop Robert Winchelsey [aged 66]
Barons:
Hugh de Vere 1st Baron Vere [aged 54]
Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton [aged 35].
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 34]
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 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.
In 1313 [his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 36] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 38]. She married in or before 1330 Bartholomew de Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle, son of John de Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle.
In 1315 [his son] Thomas Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 38] and [his wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 40]. He married Muriel Moels, daughter of John Moels 4th Baron Moels and Joan Lovel Baroness Maynard, and had issue.
Before 29th January 1316 [his brother-in-law] Nicholas Moels 2nd Baron Moels [aged 26] and [his sister] Margaret Courtenay Baroness Maynard were married. She by marriage Baroness Moels.
Around April 1322 [his brother-in-law] John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] and [his sister] Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 41] were married.
On 11th August 1325 Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 22] and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 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 [aged 48] and Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 50]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27th April 1327 [his sister] Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 46] died.
In or before 1330 [his son-in-law] Bartholomew de Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle [aged 21] and Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle. She the daughter of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 53] and Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 54].
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In 1330 [his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle [aged 17] died.
On 19th July 1333 King Edward III of England [aged 20] defeated the Scots army at the Battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 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 [aged 33], who commanded the right wing, Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 56], Robert Pierrepont, Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 30], Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 54] and John Sully [aged 50]. One of the few English casualties was John Neville [aged 34] who was killed.
The Scottish army included King David II of Scotland [aged 9]. Alexander Bruce, Alan Stewart [aged 61], James Stewart [aged 57], John Stewart, William Douglas 1st Earl Atholl, Archibald Douglas [aged 35] who were all killed.
Hugh 4th Earl Ross [aged 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 [aged 25] died.
In 1335 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 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 [aged 60] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 10th May 1335 [his sister] Isabel Courtenay Baroness St John of Basing [aged 52] died at Basing, Hampshire.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. 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 [aged 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 Adam Murimuth Continuation.
On 23rd December 1340 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 64] died. His son Hugh [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Devon, 5th Baron Okehampton, 2nd Baron Courtenay. Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 29] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 11th June 1345 [his former wife] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 70] died at Exeter, Devon [Map].
NO IMAGEHugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon Arms 
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 France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
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 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Nevers 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 1st Baron Okehampton 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy
Grandfather: John Courtenay 2nd Baron Okehampton 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Redvers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin de 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 Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Beaumont 1st Earl of Worcester Count Meulan 
3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont Count Meulan 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Elizabeth Montfort Countess Worcester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mable de Beaumont Great Granddaughter 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 Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzrichard
father: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 4 x Great Grandson 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 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter 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 Grandson 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 Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzwilliam Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Hastings 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
