Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
Around 1420 [his father] Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 6] and [his mother] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his grandmother] 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.
In 1435 John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon was born to Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 21] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 26] at Okehampton, Devon. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1449 [his mother] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 40] died.
After 9th September 1456 [his brother] Thomas Courtenay 6th or 14th Earl Devon [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] 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 [his father] Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 42] and [his mother] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1458 [his father] 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 [his brother] Thomas [aged 26] succeeded 6th Earl Devon, 9th Baron Okehampton, 7th Baron Courtenay.
On 30th December 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30], Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 24] and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], and included John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 25] and William Gascoigne XIII [aged 30], both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40], John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford [aged 25], John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 50], Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger [aged 20].
The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 49] was killed. His son Edward [aged 18] succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl of Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
Thomas Neville [aged 30], and Edward Bourchier were killed.
Father and son Thomas Harrington [aged 60] and John Harrington [aged 36] were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] was killed. His daughter Cecily succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
Thomas Parr [aged 53] fought in the Yorkist army.
Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 60] was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville [aged 40] was executed.
Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 17] was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.
Before 2nd February 1461 John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 26] and Laura Bourchier Countess Devon [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57] and Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex [aged 52]. He the son of Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 2nd February 1461 John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 26] was attainted.
On 3rd April 1461 [his brother] Thomas Courtenay 6th or 14th Earl Devon [aged 29] was beheaded at York [Map] following his capture at the Battle of Towton. he was attainted; Earl Devon, Baron Courtenay, Baron Okehampton forfeit.
In 1471 John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 36] was restored 7th Earl Devon. [his wife] Laura Bourchier Countess Devon [aged 31] by marriage Countess Devon.
After 14th April 1471 John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 36] was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map].
On 4th May 1471 King Edward IV of England [aged 29] was victorious at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury. His brother Richard [aged 18], Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick [aged 36], John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 46], George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny [aged 31], John Savage [aged 49], John Savage [aged 27], Thomas St Leger [aged 31], John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 45], Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough [aged 40] fought. William Brandon [aged 46], George Browne [aged 31], Ralph Hastings, Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 38], James Tyrrell [aged 16], Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley [aged 38] were knighted. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 40] commanded.
Margaret of Anjou [aged 41] was captured. Her son Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales [aged 17] was killed. He was the last of the Lancastrian line excluding the illegitmate Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 11] whose line continues to the present.
John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 36] was killed and attainted. Earl Devon forfeit. Some sources refer to these titles as being abeyant?
John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 71] was killed. Baron Wenlock extinct.
John Delves [aged 49], John Beaufort [aged 30], William Vaux of Harrowden [aged 35] and Robert Whittingham [aged 42] were killed.
Edmund Beaufort [aged 32], Humphrey Tuchet [aged 37] and Hugh Courtenay [aged 44] were captured.
Henry Roos fought and escaped to Tewkesbury Abbey [Map] where he sought sanctuary. He was subsequently pardoned.
William Carey [aged 34] was killed.
A Brief Latin Chronicle. 4th May 1471. In the year of our Lord 1471, around the feast of Saint George, [the King], having heard that Queen Margaret [aged 41] along with her son Edward [aged 17] and many other lords and nobles had landed in the western parts of England, and that many were flocking to her, hastened with his army against them, and near Tewkesbury, fiercely attacked them, slaughtering many and beheading some of the nobles captured there. The names of those chiefly slain there are these: Edward, the son of Queen Margaret, the Earl of Devon [aged 36], Lord John of Somerset, Lord John Wenlock [aged 71], Henry the recorder of Bristol, along with many others. The names of those beheaded there are these: the Duke of Somerset [aged 32], the prior of the house of Saint John in Smithfield, London, Lord Humphrey Audley, along with many others.
Anno Domini 1471°, circiter festum Sancti Georgii, [Rex], audito quod Regina Margareta cum Edwardo filio suo et aliis dominis et proceribus multis in partibus occiduis Anglorum applicuisset, et quod multi ad eam confluerent, cum suo exercitu etiam adversus eos festinavit, et juxta Tewkisberi acriter in eos insiliens multos trucidavit et quosdam nobiles ibi captos decollavit. Nomina precipurorum ibi interfectorum sunt hec:—Edwardus filius Regine Margarete, comes Devonie, dominus Johannes de Somersete, dominus Johnannes Wenloc, Henricus recorder de Bristow, cum multis aliis. Nomina decollatorum ibidem sunt hec: dux de Somersete, prior domus Sancti Johannis in Smythfeld, London., dominus Hunfredus Awdelaye, cum multis aliis.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland Volume 1. 6th May 1471. The Duke of Clarence [aged 21] to Henry Vernon [aged 26].
[1471,] May 6. Tewkesbury. — Right trusti and welbeloved we grete you wele, gating you wite that my lord hath had goode spede nowe in his late journey to the subduyng of his enemyes, traitours and rebelles, of the which Edward late called Prince [deceased], the late Erl of Devon [deceased] with other estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen, were slayn in playn bataill, Edmund late Due of Somerset [aged 32] taken and put to execucion and other diverses estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen taken. And for soo muche as my said lord and we bee fully pourposed with the grace of our Lord to comme in all goodly haste into the north partyes for thestablishement of pease, tranquilhte and restfull rule and governance of the same, we desire and for your wele advyse you, and also in my said lordes name charge you, to dispose you to comme and attende upon us with so many men defensibly arrayed as ye can make, and that at ferthest ye bee with us at Coventre the xij day of this present moneth.
Yeven under our signet at Tewkesbury the vj day of May. (Signed : ) G. Clarence.
John Lelands Itinerary Volume 6. Names of those killed at the battle of Gaston near Tewskebury.
Prince Edward was buried in the monastery of Tewkesbury.
Lord Edmund, Duke of Somerset, was captured and beheaded, and was buried there.
Lord John of Somerset, brother of Duke Edmund, was also buried there.
Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon, was buried there.
Lord Wenlock, whose body was later transferred elsewhere for burial.
Humphrey Handleley was beheaded with Thomas Courtenay and buried with him.
Edmund Howard, knight.
William Wichingham, knight.
Sir Delves the elder was killed in the field, and John Delves his son was beheaded there; they were buried together, later transferred elsewhere.
Sir John Leukenor, knight, was killed in the field and buried near the Delves.
Sir William Vaux, knight, was killed in the field and buried there.
Gervase Clifton was captured and beheaded, and buried there.
Sir William Carr and Sir Henry Roos, knights, were captured and beheaded. They were buried in the cemetery of Tewkesbury.
Sir Thomas Tresham was captured and beheaded, and buried there.
Sir William Lirmouthe, Sir John Urman, Sir Thomas Semar, and Sir William Rowys, knights, were killed in the field and buried there in the cemetery.
Sir William Newborough, knight, was captured and beheaded, and buried there.
Henry Wateley, esquire, was killed and buried there.
Henry Barow, esquire, was killed and buried there.
Fielding, esquire, was killed and buried there.
John Gower, standard-bearer of Prince Edward; John Flore, banner-bearer of the Duke of Somerset; Henry Tresham, Walter Courtenay, and Robert Acton were captured and beheaded.
The Prior of St. John's, London, was captured and beheaded; his body was brought back to London to his own people.
In 1484 [his former wife] Laura Bourchier Countess Devon [aged 44] died.
King Edward III of England 1312 1377
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340 1399
Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 1318 1372
Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 1306 1376
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350 1397
Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328 1385
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
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 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes St John Countess Devon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Courtenay Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 
5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bohun Countess Devon Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland 
daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Courtenay 3rd or 12th Earl Devon 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Camoys Countess Devon
father: Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 
5 x Great Grandson of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot 4 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boteler Baroness Talbot 3 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot 5 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valence Lady Baddenoch 
7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick 
9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde 10 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Petronella Butler Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland daughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Devon 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere 
8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward II of England son 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
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 
son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 
Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
mother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grandson 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 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 
2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 
8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks