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Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon

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122: 269: 289: 253: 30: 396:, new edition, IV, p.324 & footnote (c): "This would appear more like a restitution of the old dignity than the creation of a new earldom"; Debrett's Peerage however gives the ordinal numbers as if a new earldom had been created. (Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.353) 144:, as Earl of Devon. The ordinal number given to the early Courtenay Earls of Devon depends on whether the earldom is deemed a new creation by the letters patent granted 22 February 1334/5 or whether it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family. Authorities differ in their opinions, and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist, given here. 190:
as French pirates had attempted several incursions into the Devonshire interior. Edward however was more of a soldier and relinquished his naval post. He was appointed to the King's Council which in 1395 attended Richard II in Westminster Hall. By 1400, the Earl was blind. He had probably contracted
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Sir John Dawney (d.1346/7) is said to have held 'fifteen large manors in Cornwall' which came to the Courtenay family through Edward Courtenay's marriage to Emeline Dawney. In 1378 Courtenay proved his age, and had livery of the lands of his mother and his grandfather, the 10th Earl.
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harbour to London for her marriage. In 1383 he was appointed Admiral of the West, responsible for policing the seas off the coasts of Devon and Cornwall; his brother Sir Hugh Courtenay was a famed pirate. The Council believed that the Earl should protect the
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Like his ancestors, Courtenay was a soldier. He served in the Scottish wars and after some success was knighted in 1380 by the Earl of Buckingham. The following year King Richard II sent Courtenay as an emissary to escort his Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia from
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Edward Courtenay, born about 1357, was the elder of two sons of Sir Edward de Courtenay (d. between 2 February 1368 and 1 April 1371) and Emeline or Emme Dawnay (c.1329 – 28 February 1371), daughter and heiress of
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M. Cherry, 'The Crown and the Political Community in Devonshire, 1377-1461' (Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Wales, Swansea, 1981).
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the "Blind Earl", was the son of Sir Edward de Courtenay and Emeline Dawnay, and in 1377 succeeded his grandfather,
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However, as Cokayne points out, this inscription is 'certainly far from contemporary' with the 11th Earl's death.
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by the Courtenay Earls of Devon, serves as the footrest to the effigy of Elizabeth Courtenay at Porlock Church
157:(d.1346/7) by Sybil Treverbyn. He succeeded to the earldom at the age of 20 at the death of his grandfather, 586: 732: 727: 323: 299: 326:(c.1385 – 1418), who married, before 20 November 1409, Eleanor Mortimer, second daughter of 712: 707: 568:
M. Cherry, "The Disintegration of a Dominant Medieval Affinity: the Courtenay family", in:
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham
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a disease such as leprosy or erysipelas which attacked the retina in his eyes.
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Courtenay died on 5 December 1419, directing in his will that he be buried at
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Alabaster effigy of Elizabeth Courtenay (d.1471) in St Dubricius Church,
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Courtenay married Maud Camoys, the daughter of Sir John de Camoys of
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Cokayne misidentifies her as the daughter of Thomas, Lord Camoys.
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families
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Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.).
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in 1411. After his death, 11 April 1418, she remarried to
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by his second wife, Elizabeth le Latimer, the daughter of
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Drawing from 1890 of effigies in Church of St Dubricius,
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They had three sons, and a daughter: 700: 298:, which animals were used as heraldic 219:And Mauld my wife that was full deare, 584: 437: 342:Hugh de Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon 317:William le Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer 372:William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville 363:James Courtenay, who died childless. 718:14th-century English Navy personnel 354:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 280:John Harington, 4th Baron Harington 13: 159:Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon 142:Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon 98:Hugh Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon 14: 744: 366:Elizabeth Courtenay, who married 328:Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March 164:Courtenay had a younger brother, 336:Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 287: 267: 251: 215:I, the good Earle of Devonshire, 576:Cokayne, George Edward (1916). 544: 532: 512: 500: 488: 476: 467: 455: 443: 431: 415: 399: 384: 356:(c.1392 – 17 July 1453), whom 198:. A 'magnificent monument' at 1: 559: 604:Richardson, Douglas (2011). 378: 129:, seat of the Earls of Devon 7: 223:We lived together LV yeare. 10: 749: 686: 677: 669: 662: 412:, pp. 239–43, 540–7. 171: 147: 111: 103: 91: 83: 71: 58: 50: 27: 20: 485:, pp. 397–8, 546–7. 368:John, 4th Lord Harington 338:. They had no children. 324:Sir Edward de Courtenay 235:That we left we lost.'' 107:Sir Edward de Courtenay 723:1st house of Courtenay 588:The Peerage of Ireland 497:, pp. 387–8, 546. 239: 130: 245:Marriage and children 231:That we gave we have: 227:That we spent we had: 211:Ho, ho who lies here? 208: 124: 585:Lodge, John (1789). 393:The Complete Peerage 390:Watson, in Cokayne, 95:Sir Edward Courtenay 664:Peerage of England 572:; 1979 & 1986. 529:, pp. 167–70. 527:Richardson IV 2011 131: 696: 695: 687:Succeeded by 553:, pp. 255–6. 551:Richardson I 2011 539:Richardson I 2011 523:Richardson I 2011 507:Richardson I 2011 495:Richardson I 2011 483:Richardson I 2011 450:Richardson I 2011 428:, pp. 546–8. 426:Richardson I 2011 410:Richardson I 2011 350:4th Baron Strange 161:, on 2 May 1377. 119: 118: 740: 733:English admirals 670:Preceded by 660: 659: 656: 650: 642: 623: 617: 609: 600: 598: 596: 581: 570:Southern History 554: 548: 542: 536: 530: 516: 510: 504: 498: 492: 486: 480: 474: 471: 465: 459: 453: 447: 441: 440:, pp. 72–3. 435: 429: 419: 413: 403: 397: 388: 346:4th Baron Talbot 291: 271: 255: 32: 18: 17: 748: 747: 743: 742: 741: 739: 738: 737: 698: 697: 692: 683: 675: 644: 643: 639: 611: 610: 594: 592: 562: 557: 549: 545: 537: 533: 525:, p. 547; 521:, p. 326; 517: 513: 505: 501: 493: 489: 481: 477: 472: 468: 460: 456: 448: 444: 436: 432: 424:, p. 325; 420: 416: 408:, p. 325; 404: 400: 389: 385: 381: 332:Eleanor Holland 303: 292: 283: 272: 263: 256: 247: 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 204:Survey of Devon 200:Tiverton Castle 174: 155:Sir John Dawney 150: 127:Tiverton Castle 96: 63: 62:5 December 1419 46: 23: 12: 11: 5: 746: 736: 735: 730: 728:Earls of Devon 725: 720: 715: 710: 694: 693: 690:Hugh Courtenay 688: 685: 676: 673:Hugh Courtenay 671: 667: 666: 658: 657: 638:978-1460992708 637: 624: 601: 582: 573: 566: 561: 558: 556: 555: 543: 541:, p. 547. 531: 511: 509:, p. 547. 499: 487: 475: 466: 464:, p. 325. 454: 452:, p. 546. 442: 430: 414: 398: 382: 380: 377: 376: 375: 364: 361: 339: 334:, daughter of 305: 304: 293: 286: 284: 273: 266: 264: 257: 250: 246: 243: 173: 170: 149: 146: 117: 116: 115:Emeline Dawney 113: 109: 108: 105: 101: 100: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 75: 69: 68: 60: 56: 55: 52: 48: 47: 33: 25: 24: 21: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 745: 734: 731: 729: 726: 724: 721: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 705: 703: 691: 682: 681: 680:Earl of Devon 674: 668: 665: 661: 654: 648: 640: 634: 630: 625: 621: 615: 607: 602: 590: 589: 583: 579: 574: 571: 567: 564: 563: 552: 547: 540: 535: 528: 524: 520: 515: 508: 503: 496: 491: 484: 479: 470: 463: 458: 451: 446: 439: 434: 427: 423: 418: 411: 407: 402: 395: 394: 387: 383: 373: 369: 365: 362: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 340: 337: 333: 329: 325: 322: 321: 320: 318: 314: 310: 301: 297: 290: 285: 281: 277: 270: 265: 261: 254: 249: 248: 242: 238: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 207: 205: 201: 197: 192: 189: 184: 178: 169: 167: 162: 160: 156: 145: 143: 139: 135: 128: 123: 114: 110: 106: 102: 99: 94: 90: 86: 82: 79: 76: 74: 70: 67: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 43: 39: 31: 26: 19: 16: 678: 628: 605: 593:. 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torteaux
label
Forde Abbey
Noble family
Courtenay
Hugh Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon

Tiverton Castle
epithet
Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon
Sir John Dawney
Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon
Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton
Gravelines
River Exe
Forde Abbey
Tiverton Castle
Alabaster effigy of Elizabeth Courtenay (d.1471) in St Dubricius Church, Porlock, Somerset
Porlock
Drawing from 1890 of effigies in Church of St Dubricius, Porlock, of John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (d.1418) and his wife Elizabeth Courtenay (d.1471), daughter of Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon (d.1419)
Porlock
John Harington, 4th Baron Harington
A boar, which animals were used as heraldic supporters by the Courtenay Earls of Devon, serves as the footrest to the effigy of Elizabeth Courtenay at Porlock Church
boar
supporters
Gressenhall
Norfolk
William le Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer
Sir Edward de Courtenay

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