Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

On 11 August 1325 Courtenay married Margaret de Bohun daughter and heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Earl of Essex by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, a daughter of King Edward I. He thereby acquired the manor of Powderham, given by Margaret's father as her marriage portion, and given in turn by Margaret to one of her younger sons, Sir Philip Courtenay, whose family has occupied it until the present day and who were recognised in 1831 as having been de jure Earls of Devon from 1556. He had been contracted to marry Margaret since 27 September 1314. They had eight sons and five daughters:

• Sir Hugh Courtenay (1327–1349), KG, who predeceased his father. He married Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Badlesmere. They had an only son, Hugh Courtenay, 3rd Baron Courtenay, (d. without issue 20 February 1374).

• Thomas Courtenay, born about 1329, canon of Crediton and Exeter. Died in the Church of Austin Friars, London.

• Sir Edward Courtenay, who was born about 1331 at Haccombe, Devon, and died between 2 February 1368 and 1 April 1371, predeceasing his father. He married Emeline Dawney (c.1329 – 28 February 1371), daughter and heiress of Sir John Dawney (d.1346/7) of Mudford Terry, Somerset, and had issue:

• • Edward Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (d.1419), who married Maud Camoys. The earldom remained in their descendants until their great-grandson, Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, was beheaded at York on 3 April 1461 after the Battle of Towton, dying without issue. All his honours were forfeited by attainder, and the earldom eventually passed, after a brief period of confusion during the Wars of the Roses (for which see Earl of Devon), by a new creation in 1485 to Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1509), the grandson of Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton (1358-1425), brother of the 11th Earl.

• • Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton (1358-1425), whose grandson was Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1509).

• Robert Courtenay of Moreton.

• William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury, (c.1342 – 31 July 1396.

• Sir Philip Courtenay (c.1355 – 29 July 1406) of Powderham, who married Ann Wake, daughter of Sir Thomas Wake by Alice, daughter of Sir John de Patteshull.

• Sir Peter Courtenay (c. 1346 – 2 February 1405) of Hardington Mandeville, Somerset, who married Margaret Clyvedon, daughter and heiress of John de Clyvedon. His monumental brass, much worn, but still showing the arms of Courtenay impaling Bohun, may be seen in the south aisle, Exeter Cathedral.

• Humphrey Courtenay, who died young without issue.

• Margaret Courtenay married John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham.

• Elizabeth Courtenay (d. 7 August 1395), who married firstly, Sir John de Vere (d. before 23 June 1350) of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, eldest son and heir apparent of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford by Maud de Badlesmere, and secondly, Sir Andrew Luttrell of Chilton, in Thorverton, Devon.

• Katherine Courtenay, who married Sir Thomas Engaine, 2nd Lord Engaine. She died 31 December 1399.

• Anne Courtenay.

• Joan Courtenay, who married Sir John Cheverston (died c. 1375).