Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
1424 Marriage of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
1424 Coronation of James I of Scotland
1426 Henry VI Knighting ceremony
1431 French Coronation of Henry VI
Before 1414 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 24] and [his mother] Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 20] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Edward Courtenay 3rd or 12th Earl Devon [aged 56] and [his grandmother] Maud Camoys Countess Devon. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1414 Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon was born to Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 25] and Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 21]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 5th December 1419 [his grandfather] Edward Courtenay 3rd or 12th Earl Devon [aged 62] died. His son [his father] Hugh [aged 30] succeeded 4th Earl Devon, 7th Baron Okehampton, 5th Baron Courtenay. [his mother] Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 26] by marriage Countess Devon.
Around 1420 Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 6] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 35]. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 31] and Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 27]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th June 1422 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 33] died. His son Thomas [aged 8] succeeded 5th Earl Devon, 8th Baron Okehampton, 6th Baron Courtenay. [his wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 13] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 12th February 1424 King James I of Scotland [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 39]. He the son of King Robert III of Scotland and Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st May 1424 King James I of Scotland [aged 29] was crowned I King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map]. [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
Alexander Lindsay 2nd Earl Crawford and William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton were knighted.
On 19th May 1426, Whitsunday, King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 4] was knighted by his uncles John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 36] and Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 35] at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map]. Henry then went on to knight Ralph Longford [aged 25], Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 12] and Robert Wingfield [aged 23].
On 3rd October 1431 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Beaufort Count Perche [aged 26] was killed at Louviers, Eure, Haute Normandie during the Siege of Louviers.
On 16th December 1431 Henry VI [aged 10] was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 56]. A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 42]. His wife Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 27] attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 53] was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington [aged 31], Richard Archer [aged 44], [his father] Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas [aged 17] attended.
In or before 1432 [his brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 49] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1432 [his son] Thomas Courtenay 6th or 14th Earl Devon was born to Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 18] and [his wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 23]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married after 9th September 1456 his fifth cousin Mary Capet Countess Devon, daughter of Charles Valois Anjou Count Maine.
In 1435 [his son] John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon was born to Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 21] and [his wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 26] at Okehampton, Devon. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 2nd February 1461 his second cousin once removed Laura Bourchier Countess Devon, daughter of Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex and Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex.
On 21st February 1437 King James I of Scotland [aged 42] was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James [aged 6] succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 33], managed to escape.
In 1439 [his brother-in-law] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
Before 21st September 1439 James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart [aged 44] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54].
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.'
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On 16th January 1441 [his mother] Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 48] died.
In 1442 [his brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 36] was created 1st Marquess Dorset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
On 28th August 1443 [his brother-in-law] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] was created 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 21]. Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 30th May 1444 [his brother-in-law] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 41] committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His brother Edmund [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 35] by marriage Countess Somerset.
His only child Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond aged one was his heir. King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 47] who married her to his son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 1].
On 15th July 1445 [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 41] died at Dunbar Castle, Dunbar. She was buried at Perth Charterhouse.
On 31st March 1448 [his brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 42] was created 1st Duke Somerset. He is sometimes referred to as the 2nd Duke Somerset since his brother John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset was the 1st Duke Somerset of the first creation. Edmund didn't inherit the Dukedom from his brother; it was a new creation. His did inherit the Earldom.
In 1449 [his wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 40] died.
Around 1453 Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 39] was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
On 15th December 1455 the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon since 1355, and Bonville family resolved their differences at the Battle of Clyst Heath near Exeter [Map]. Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 41] defeated William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 63]. Battle something of an over-statement; the number of dead reported by one chronicler as being twelve. Following the battle the victorious Courtenay's attacked Bonville's Shute Manor.
After 9th September 1456 Thomas Courtenay 6th or 14th Earl Devon [aged 24] and Mary Capet Countess Devon [aged 10] were married at Coventry, Warwickshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Devon. She the illegitmate daughter of Charles Valois Anjou Count Maine [aged 42]. He the son of Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 42] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1458 Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 44] died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. He was buried at Courtenay Chantry Chapel Exeter Cathedral. His son Thomas [aged 26] succeeded 6th Earl Devon, 9th Baron Okehampton, 7th Baron Courtenay.
[his daughter] Joan Courtenay was born to Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1. 1471 her third cousin twice removed Roger Clifford, son of Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford and Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford, and had issue 2. before 8th October 1489 William Knyvet.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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[his son] Henry Courtenay was born to Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 8 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes St John Countess Devon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Fitzpiers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Courtenay Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 
4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bohun Countess Devon Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England 
son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Grandfather: Edward Courtenay 3rd or 12th Earl Devon 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Father: Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Maud Camoys Countess Devon
Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 
4 x Great Grandson of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 5 x Great Grandson of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Beauchamp Baroness Talbot 
7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot 4 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Boteler Baroness Talbot 3 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Mathrafal 2 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot 5 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Black" Comyn 2nd Lord Baddenoch
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary or Eleanor Balliol Lady Baddenoch 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke 
6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valence Lady Baddenoch 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke
Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler 
9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzjohn 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde 10 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Petronella Butler Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Mother: Anne Talbot Countess Devon 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Strange 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Blancminster
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clifford 
Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Mathrafal 2 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Herdeburgh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 
5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 
7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Vere 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford