Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
Around 28th February 1292 [his father] Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 15] and [his mother] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Okehampton.
On 12th July 1303 Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon was born to Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 26] and Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 28].
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.
In 1327 James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 22] 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 Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick. They were fourth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 20th January 1327 Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 23] was appointed Knight Banneret.
On 22nd March 1327 [his son] Hugh Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 23] and [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 15]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 3rd September 1341 his third cousin once removed Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford, and had issue.
In 1328 James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Ormonde. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 23] by marriage Countess Ormonde.
In or before 1330 [his brother-in-law] Bartholomew de Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle [aged 21] and [his sister] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Lisle. She the daughter of [his father] Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 53] and [his mother] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 54].
In 1330 [his sister] Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Lisle [aged 17] died.
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In 1331 [his son] Edward Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 27] and [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 19]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
Around 1332 [his son-in-law] John Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham [aged 11] and Margaret Courtenay Baroness Cobham were married. She the daughter of Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 28] and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 20]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
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, [his father] 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 1335 [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 25] and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton [aged 22] were married. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1335 [his father] 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 mother] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 60] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 20th January 1336 [his brother-in-law] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex [aged 29] died. His brother Humphrey [aged 27] succeeded 6th Earl Hereford, 5th Earl Essex.
On 24th June 1340 King Edward III of England [aged 27] attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 24], [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 30], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 27], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 10], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 22], Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 38], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 30], Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 30], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 32] and Richard Pembridge [aged 20].
Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer [aged 38] died from wounds. His daughter Margaret succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.
On 23rd December 1340 [his father] 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. [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 29] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 3rd September 1341 Hugh Courtenay [aged 14] and Elizabeth de Vere were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 29] and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 33]. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 38] and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 30]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1342 [his son] Archbishop William Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 38] and [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 30]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1343 Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth [aged 67] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 38] were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
On 11th June 1345 [his mother] Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 70] died at Exeter, Devon [Map].
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In 1346 [his son] Peter Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 42] and [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 34]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. He married Margaret Clivedon.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England [aged 33] defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 33], [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 36] and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 30].
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield [aged 36], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 38], Bernard Brocas [aged 16], Thomas Felton [aged 16], James Audley [aged 28], Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 59], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 18], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 51], John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66], Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 37], Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 19], William Scrope [aged 21], Stephen Scrope [aged 21], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 16], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 42], Nicholas Longford [aged 61], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 27], Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings [aged 28], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 48], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 34], Thomas West [aged 34], John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby [aged 43], John Wingfield [aged 26], Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 25], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux [aged 37], John Devereux [aged 44], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 26], Richard Pembridge [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 63].
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [aged 52] was wounded. William de Coucy [aged 60] and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy [aged 33] and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon [aged 49] was killed. His son Charles [aged 9] succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 42] was killed. His son Louis [aged 15] succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia [aged 50] was killed. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [aged 29] by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 26] was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt [aged 39] was killed.
On 9th April 1347 Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16] attended a Tournament at Lichfield. John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (or possibly his son also Hugh Courtenay [aged 20] ) and Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 38] took part in the Tournament.
After 20th June 1347 Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth [aged 71] was created 1st Baron Dagworth. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Dagworth.
In 1348 [his son] Hugh Courtenay [aged 20] died.
Before 1350 [his son-in-law] John de Vere and Elizabeth Courtenay were married. She the daughter of Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 46] and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 38]. He the son of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 37] and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 41]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1355 [his son] Philip Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 51] and [his wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 43]. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. He married before 1404 Anne Wake and had issue.
On 19th September 1356 the army of Edward "Black Prince" [aged 26] defeated the French and Scottish army led by King John "The Good" II of France [aged 37] at the Battle of Poitiers
King John "The Good" II of France was captured by three captains including Ivon aka John Fane.
The the English army included: Bernard Brocas [aged 26], Thomas Felton [aged 26], James Audley [aged 38], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 43], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 28], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 61], Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh [aged 21], Ralph Ferrers [aged 27], William Scrope [aged 31], William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 28], Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 37], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 58], William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk [aged 18], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 44], John Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby [aged 33], Thomas Arderne [aged 19], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 36], Richard Pembridge [aged 36], Jean Grailly [aged 25], Robert de Fouleshurst [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 73]
John Savile of Shelley and Golcar [aged 31] probably fought having received letters of protection to travel overseas.
Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 53] protected the baggage train.
The French and Scottish army included: King John "The Good" II of France, Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 14], Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche [aged 12], Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas [aged 26], John "Sans Terre" Artois 1st Count of Eu [aged 35]; all captured.
Guichard d'Angle 1st Earl Huntingdon and William Douglas 1st Earl Douglas [aged 33] fought.
Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon [aged 45] was killed. His son Louis [aged 19] succeeded II Duke Bourbon.
Gauthier VI Comte de Brienne [aged 54] was killed.
In September 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 49], his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey, were married:
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 13] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 53] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 40]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 18] and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 13th April 1360 a freak weather event known as Black Monday Hailstorm occurred as the army of King Edward III of England [aged 47] were camped outside Chartres [Map]. Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 47], [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 50], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 50], Edward "Black Prince" [aged 29] and Walter Mauny were present. Around one thousand English were killed, with up to six thousand horses. King Edward III of England believed the event to be an Act of God and proceeded to negotiate with the French resulting in the Treaty of Brétigny.
On 28th April 1360 Guy Beauchamp died from injuries received during the Black Monday Hailstorm.
On 16th September 1360 [his brother-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 50] died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral [Map] or at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son Humphrey [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 13] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 15th October 1361 [his brother-in-law] Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex [aged 52] died. His nephew Humphrey [aged 20] succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 14] by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.
In 1363 [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 58] died.
In or before 1364 [his son-in-law] Andrew Luttrell of Chilton and Elizabeth Courtenay were married. She the daughter of Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 60] and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 52].
On 2nd May 1377 Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 73] died at Exeter, Devon [Map]. His grandson Edward [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Earl Devon, 6th Baron Okehampton.
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After 2nd May 1377. Exeter Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [deceased] and [his former wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 66]. Note the de Bohun Swans Effigies on which her feet rest.
Margaret Bohun Countess Devon: On 3rd April 1311 she was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 11th August 1325 Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and she 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 and Agnes St John Countess Devon. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 23rd December 1340 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon died. His son Hugh succeeded 2nd Earl Devon, 5th Baron Okehampton, 2nd Baron Courtenay. She by marriage Countess Devon. On 16th December 1391 Margaret Bohun Countess Devon died.
On 16th December 1391 [his former wife] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 80] died.
[his daughter] Katherine Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married (1) before 1350 her third cousin once removed John de Vere, son of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (2) in or before 1364 Andrew Luttrell of Chilton and had issue.
[his son] Thomas Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In the nineteenth year of the king's reign, Henry, Earl of Derby,1 later created Duke of Lancaster, and the Earls of Devon and Pembroke, as well as Lord Ralph Stafford; not yet Earl of Stafford but still a baron, and Lord Walter de Mauny, were sent to Gascony. There, having conquered walled towns and castles, they won many glorious battles with great bravery. The town of Aiguillon,2 which they captured by assault, was placed under the guardianship of Ralph of Stafford. Afterward, they moved against other towns, such as Bergerac, which due to its strength was called "the chamber of the French," and also Saint-Jean, La Réole, and many other large, strong, and well-fortified places, which they captured through great effort and perilous assaults. In these campaigns, the Duke of Lancaster fought in underground tunnels, which were being dug to undermine the towers and walls, and suffered fierce attacks from the valiant defenders, fighting hand-to-hand against the besieged. And, something unheard of before, he knighted both Gascon and English soldiers in those very tunnels. Indeed, by conquering towns, cities, castles, and fortresses numbering two hundred and fifty, he marched across a large part of Gascony and advanced as far as Toulouse. There, he invited the ladies of Toulouse and noble maidens, through letters, to dine with him, his fellow nobles, and Lord Bernard de Libreto,3 a loyal Gascon. But, with God's protection, he did no harm to the city or its inhabitants, except for instilling in them unbearable terror, as those who had been besieged later told me. The terror was such that even mendicant friars took up arms, and the Prior of the Carmelite order of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Toulouse, bearing a silver banner with a golden image of the Virgin, led the citizens of his quarter from the walls. He raised his banner in defence,4 and by this display, he stirred pious devotion in the duke and many in the army, though some mocked him as well.
Anno Domini MCCCXLV, regis XIX, Henricus comes Derbie, postea dux Lancastrie creatus, et comes Devonie et comes Pembrochie et dominus Radulfus, nondum comes Staffordie set baro, et dominus Walterus de Magne Vasconiam destinantur; ubi, conquisitis villis muratis et castris, multa gloriosa certamina fortiter vicerunt. Villam Daguiloun per insultum adquisitam deputabant custodie Radulphi Staffordie. Postea diverterunt se ad alias villas, ut Brigerak, vocatam pre sua fortitudine 'cameram Francorum,' et ad villam sancti Iohannis et de la Ruele et alias multas grandes et fortes et bene munitas, quas magnis laboribus et insultibus periculosis adquisierunt. Ibi dux Lancastrie, militans in fossatis subterraneis que pro diruendis turribus et muris effodiebantur, graves a virilibus defensoribus insultus paciebatur, et manualiter contra obsessos dimicavit, et, quod antea fuit inauditum, in eiisdem fossatis milites tam Vascones quam Anglicos effecit. Quippe villas, civitates, castra et fortalicia ducentas l. conquirendo, magnam partem Vasconie et usque Tolosam transequitavit, ubi dominas Tolosanas et virgines nobiles per suas literas ad convivandum secum et suis comitibus et domino Bernardo de Libreto, Aquitannico fideli, invitavit. Set, civitatem Deo conservante, nihil eius incolis malefecit, nisi quod terrorem intollerabilem, ut obsessi mihi retulerunt, eiis intulit; ita quod, religiosis mendicis ad arma compulsis, prior Carmelitarum beate Marie Tolose, sub vexillo argenteo ymaginem auream beate Virginis habente, de quarterio sui incolatus civibus prefectus, ostendens suum vexillum ad muros, per armorum errancias descriptum ducem ad devocionem piam et quam plures de exercitu, atque nonnullos ad derisionem, provocavit.
Note 1. Henry of Grosmont succeeded as earl of Lancaster, 22nd September 1345, and was created duke on the 6th March 1352. Hugh Courtenay succeeded as earl of Devon in 1341; died in 1377. Laurence de Hastings was created earl of Pembroke, 12th October 1339; died in 1348. Ralph de Stafford succeeded as baron Stafford in 1308, and was created earl on the 5th March 1351; died in 1372.
Baker is very confused as to the capture of the different places. Bergerac was first taken on the 24th August 1345, Aiguillon, early in December, La Réole, in January 1346. The Saint-Jean-d'Angely was not taken till September 1346. Derby did not go near Toulouse, although it is not impossible that some incursion was made thither. Baker says that he had his information from persons who were besieged there; but he was quite capable of confusing events, and he is most probably referring to the expedition of 1349.
Note 2. Aiguillon, is located at the confluence of Rivers Lot and Garonne. Bergerac is on the River Dordogne. La Réole and Saint-Jean-d'Angely are both on the Garonne downstream of Aiguillon.
Note 3. Bernard, sire d'Albret; died 1358.
Note 4. This seems to mean: by the procession of his banner, on which the picture of the Virgin stood for his armorial device.
[his daughter] Joan Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
[his daughter] Anne Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
[his son] Humphrey Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 
4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 1st Baron Okehampton 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Courtenay 2nd Baron Okehampton 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin de Redvers 1st Earl Devon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Redvers 5th Earl Devon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Vernon Redvers Baroness Okehampton 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont Count Meulan 
4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mable de Beaumont Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud FitzRoy de Dunstanville of Cornwall 
Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandfather: Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter de Bolbec
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Vere Baroness Okehampton 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
father: Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Despencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Grandmother: Eleanor Despencer Baroness Okehampton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Basset 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Fitzrobert Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Hastings 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert St John 
Grandfather: John St John
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Cantilupe 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cantilupe Baron
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Cantilupe
mother: Agnes St John Countess Devon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Fitzherbert 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Piers Fitzherbert
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald Fitzpiers
Grandmother: Agnes Fitzpiers