William Courtenay (died 1557)

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|name = William Courtenay

|honorific_suffix = Kt.

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|caption = Arms of Courtenay, Earls of Devon: Quarterly 1st & 4th, Or, three torteaux gules (Courtenay); 2nd & 3rd: Or, a lion rampant azure

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|birth_date = {{circa|1529}}

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|death_date = 29 September {{Death date and age|1557|1529}}

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| spouse = Lady Elizabeth Paulet

| children = Sir William Courtenay
Jane Courtenay

| parents = George Courtenay
Catherine St Leger

|nationality = English

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|occupation = MP, soldier

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Sir William Courtenay ({{circa|1529}} – 29 September 1557) was a landowner in Devon and de jure 2nd Earl of Devon. He was the son of George Courtenay (d. 1533) and Catherine, daughter of Sir George St Ledger of Annery. He succeeded his grandfather Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham in 1535. He was knighted in 1553 and MP for Plympton in 1555.{{sfn|Hawkyard|1982}}

Marriage and issue

Around 28 November 1545, he married Lady Elizabeth ({{circa|1533}} – 4 Nov. 1576), daughter to John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Elizabeth Willoughby, by whom he had a son and a daughter:{{sfn|Hawkyard|1982}}{{sfn|Vivian|1895|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=2up&seq=260 247]}}{{sfn|Richardson III|2011|p=311}}

Sir William Courtenay (1553 – 24 June 1630), married firstly, around 18 January 1573, Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham in Somerset and widow of Sir Francis Drake; thirdly, Jane, daughter of Robert Hill of Yarde, Somerset.{{sfn|Foster|1887|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t3rv3t64r&view=1up&seq=200&size=125 339]}}{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}
Jane Courtenay, married, around 20 January 1573, as his first wife, Sir Nicholas Parker of Willingdon.{{sfn|Vivian|1895|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=2up&seq=260 247]}}{{sfn|Foster|1887|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t3rv3t64r&view=1up&seq=539&size=125 1018]}}

Death

He took part in the battle of St. Quentin in August 1557 in Picardy, France, and died on 29 September 1557.{{harvnb|Hawkyard|1982|ps=: "He took part in the siege of St. Quentin, but contrary to tradition he was not killed or, probably, even wounded in action."}} His widow later married Sir Henry Ughtred, son of Sir Anthony Ughtred and his second wife, Elizabeth Seymour, sister of Jane, third consort of Henry VIII.{{sfn|Fuidge|1981}}{{sfn|Richardson III|2011|pp=111–112, 311}}

In 1831, a decision of the House of Lords determined that he had succeeded his sixth cousin once removed (Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon) as de jure 2nd Earl of Devon in 1556.{{sfn|Hawkyard|1982}}

Notes

References

{{cite book|editor-last=Colby |editor-first=Frederic Thomas |title=The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620 |series=Publications of the Harleian Society |volume=VI |location=London |publisher=Harleian Society |year=1872 |url=https://archive.org/stream/VisitationOfTheCountyOfDevonInTheYear1620/VisitationCountyDevon_St.George_424pgs63179646#page/n89/mode/2up }}
{{cite book |editor1-last=Foster |editor1-first=Joseph |editor1-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist) |title=London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869 |others=From Excerpts by the Late Colonel Chester, D.C.L. |date=1887 |publisher=Bernard Quaritch |location=London |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t3rv3t64r&view=1up&seq=539&size=125 }}
{{cite book|last=Fuidge |first=N. M. |editor=Hasler, P.W. |chapter=Ughtred, Henry (by 1534-aft. Oct. 1598), of Southampton and Ireland |title=Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603 |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ughtred-henry-1534-1598 |year=1981 |publisher=Historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=7 December 2013 }}
{{cite book|last=Hasler |first=P.W. |editor=Hasler, P.W. |chapter=Courtenay, Sir William I (1553-1630), of Powderham, Devon |title=Members. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558–1603 |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/courtenay-sir-william-i-1553-1630 |year=1981 |publisher=Historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=7 December 2013 }}
{{cite book |last1=Hawkyard |first1=A.D.K. |year=1982 |chapter=Courtenay, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London |editor1-last=Bindoff |editor1-first=S.T. |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/courtenay-sir-william-ii-152930-57 |publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org }}
{{cite book|last=Richardson |first=Douglas |editor-last=Everingham |editor-first=Kimball G. |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families |volume=III |edition=2nd |publisher=CreateSpace |isbn=978-1461045205 |year=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA2-PA111 |ref={{sfnref|Richardson III|2011}}}}
{{cite book|last=Vivian |first=J. L. |title=The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620, with additions by J. L. Vivian |location=Exeter |publisher=H.S. Eland |year=1895 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917;view=1up;seq=261 }}

External links

[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/courtenay-sir-william-ii-152930-57 Hawkyard, A.D.K. (1982). "Courtenay, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London". In Bindoff, S.T. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558.] at historyofparliamentonline.org

Category:1520s births

Category:1557 deaths

Category:Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle

Category:English MPs 1555

Category:16th-century English landowners

Category:Earls of Devon (1553 creation)