William Courtenay (1451–1512)
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Sir William Courtenay (1451–1512) of Powderham in Devon, was a Lancastrian loyal to Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII.
Courtenay was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Courtenay (1428–1485) of Powderham and Margaret, daughter of William Bonville, Baron Chewton Mendip.[1]
In about 1476 he married Cecily Cheney, daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pinhoe,[2] by whom he had children including four sons:
- Sir William Courtenay (1477–1535),[3] eldest son and heir.
- Sir James Courtenay (1479–1529) of Upcott, Devon.
- Piers Courtenay (1481 – 2 Oct 1508)
- Edward Courtenay[citation needed]
He also had seven daughters: Elizabeth (born 1483), Anne (born 1485), Joan, Cecily, Eleanor (born 1493), Margaret, and one other.
Courtenay died in November 1512.
Sources
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895
References
- ^ Vivian, p.246
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1848. pp. 301–.
- ^ Visitation of Devon, 1895 ed., p.246