Earl Hugh DE COURTENAY, II

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• Title (Nobility): 1333; 1st / 9th Earl of Devon
• Title (Nobility): Between 1335 and 1340; 1st / 9th Earl of Devon

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On February 22, 1335 he was created as Earl of Devon. Baron of Okehampton; High Admiral of the West Seas.

He was the 2nd Earl of Devon.

Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon (14 September 1276 ? 23 December 1340) of Tiverton Castle, Okehampton Castle, Plympton Castle and Colcombe Castle, all in Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton and feudal baron of Plympton, was an English nobleman. In 1335, forty-one years after the death of his second-cousin once removed Isabel de Redvers, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon (died 1293) he was officially declared Earl of Devon, although whether as a new creation or in succession to her is unknown, thus alternative ordinal numbers exist for this Courtenay earldom.
Hugh de Courtenay was born 14 September 1276, the son and heir of Sir Hugh de Courtenay (died 1292) of Okehampton Castle in Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton, by his wife, Eleanor le Despenser (died 1328), a daughter of Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and sister of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, an important adviser to King Edward II. His father was the son of John de Courtenay (died c. 3 May 1274), feudal baron of Okehampton by his wife Lady Isabel de Vere, a daughter of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. John's father, Robert de Courtenay (died 1242), son of Renaud de Courtenay (died 1190) and Hawise de Curcy (heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton), had married Lady Mary de Redvers (sometimes called "de Vernon"), the daughter of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (died 1217) of Tiverton Castle and of Plympton Castle in Devon, feudal baron of Plympton.

Paternal inheritance
On 28 February 1292, at about the time of his marriage, Hugh succeeded to the Okehampton estates and to the de Redvers estates that had not yet been alienated to the Crown. He may then have been styled Earl of Devon, the first of the Courtenay family, although was not recognised in the de facto of the Earldom until 1335. He built the original Colcombe Castle situated near the village of Colyton in Devon. With his father, he also rebuilt Okehampton Castle, expanding its facilities and accommodation to form a hunting lodge, retreat and luxurious residence. His main seat was at Tiverton Castle.

Career
Campaign against Scotland, 1297? 1300
He did homage to King Edward I of England on 20 June 1297, and was granted his own livery. At the time, the King was with his army crossing the River Tweed into Scotland. It is probable that the honour was in acknowledgement of Hugh's military achievements. That July, the English defeated and humiliated the Scots at Irvine. However, the following year, the tables were turned on the advent of the remarkable campaign of William Wallace.

From 6 February 1298, he was summoned by writ to Parliament as Lord Courtenay, and would sit throughout the reign of King Edward II and into the Mortimer Regency for the King's son. He would remained an important noble at Parliaments, into the reign of King Edward III.

Courtenay joined King Edward I at the long siege of Caerlaverock Castle, just over the Solway Firth, for a fortnight in July 1300. He proved himself a fine soldier and loyal adherent to the English crown. He had not been present at the Battle of Stirling Bridge outside Stirling Castle in 1298, during which half the English contingent were killed, including commander Hugh Cressingham. But the King was determined to march into Ayrshire, to devastate the properties of King Robert I of Scotland. However, the English army melted away into the forests as the army moved further northwards. Courtenay may have been with the English King when he sat down in Sweetheart Abbey to receive Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, who had travelled north with a demanding missive from Pope Boniface to cease hostilities. The King could not ignore this order. In September, he disbanded troops and withdrew over the Solway Firth to Carlisle. The campaign had failed due to a shortage of money, so Parliament was recalled for January 1301. Before returning to London, the English then drew up a six months truce.

Parliament of 1301
Parliament met at Lincoln. The agenda included redrafting the Royal Forest Charter, which had no precedent since it was first introduced in the reign of Henry II, 150 years earlier. Local juries were expected to "perambulate the forests" to gather evidence. But the King needed money and was required by Parliament to surrender his absolute authority and ownership of what became community forests.

Campaigns against Scotland, 1301? 1308
In 1306, the Prince of Wales was despatched into Scotland; the vanguard was led by Aymer de Valence, the King's half-uncle. On 22 May, Courtenay was knighted by the Prince, presumably for his efforts against the Scots. In June, the English occupied Perth. On 19 June, Valence, who had cut a swathe through the Lowlands, fell on the Scots army at Methven in the early dawn. The Scottish king, Robert Bruce, fled into the hills. King Edward I was merciless, as many prisoners were punished. That autumn, the army returned to Hexham. The war was all but over: there were however sieges at Mull of Kintyre and Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire. The English king committed many atrocities, rounding up the Scots aristocracy and their women.
Then as King Robert returned from exile in Ireland, the English army started losing battles. King Edward I, now ailing, had one last campaign in which Courtenay played a major part. Struggling into the saddle towards the Solway Firth, King Edward died at Burgh by Sands, awaiting a crossing. In 1308, a new campaign was sent to quell King Robert, and Courtenay was made a knight banneret, one of the King's elite household.
During the reign of King Edward II, he was made a Lord Ordainer, one of the ruling council in the Lords. He was appointed to the King's Council on 9 Augustus 1318. He was appointed the Warden of the coast of Devon and Cornwall in 1324, and then again in 1336, because his estates stretched across what is now Exmoor and Dartmoor. But he took the honours reluctantly, and played a guarded game with King and Parliament.
As a veteran campaigner, he later aimed to ingratiate himself with young King Edward III, and so refused the Third Penny from the Exchequer. He was investigated, and on 22 February 1335, created as Earl of Devon, being restored to his ancestral line.

Declared Earl of Devon
In 1335, forty-one years after the death of his second-cousin once removed Isabel de Redvers, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon (died 1293) (eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon), letters patent were granted by King Edward III of England, dated 22 February 1335, declaring him Earl of Devon, and stating that he 'should assume such title and style as his ancestors, Earls of Devon, had wont to do so'. This thus made him 1st Earl of Devon, if the letters patent are deemed to have created a new peerage, otherwise 9th Earl of Devon, if it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family, and he is deemed to have succeeded the suo jure 8th Countess of Devon. Authorities differ in their opinions, and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist for this Courtenay earldom.

Marriage and children

He married Agnes de Saint John (d.1340), a daughter of John Saint John (d. 1302) of Basing in Hampshire (by his wife Alice FitzPiers, daughter of Sir Reynold FitzPiers.) and a sister of John St John, 1st Baron St John (d. 1329) of Basing.

By his wife he had five sons and two daughters:
1. John de Courtenay (1300? 1349), first son, Prior of Lewes and Abbot of Tavistock.
2. Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon (1303-1377), second son, who married Lady Margaret de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile.
3. Lady Eleanor de Courtenay (c.1305? 1330), who married John Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor (died 1392).
4. Robert de Courtenay (1309? 1334) of Moreton Hampstead in Devon, third son.
5. Sir Thomas de Courtenay (c.1311-1362) of Wootton Courtenay, Somerset, and of Woodhuish, Brixham, Devon, fourth son, a military commander against the French, who died in 1356, the year of the Battle of Poitiers. He married a great Somerset heiress, Muriel de Moels, the eldest of the two daughters and co-heiresses of John Moels, 4th Baron Moels, feudal baron of North Cadbury in Somerset. His wife's share of her paternal inheritance included the manors of Kings Carswell and Dunterton in Devon, and Blackford, Holton, and Lattiford in Somerset.
6. Baldwin de Courtenay (c.1313-1340), fifth son.
7. Lady Elizabeth de Courtenay (c.1313-c.1364), who married Bartholomew de Lisle, Lord Lisle (1311-1345).

Death and burial
Courtenay died at Tiverton Castle on 23 December 1340, and was buried at Cowick Priory, near Exeter, on 5 February 1341.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Courtenay,_1st/9th_Earl_of_Devon

Hugh married Agnes ST. JOHN in 1292. Agnes (daughter of John DE ST JOHN and Alice FITZPIERS) was born about 1279 in Basing, Hamptonshire, England; died on 11 Jun 1345 in Exeter, Devonshire, England; was buried on 27 Jun 1345 in Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John De COURTENAY was born about 1300 in Exeter, Devonshire, England; died in 1349; was buried in 1349.
2. Earl Hugh DE COURTENAY, I was born on 12 Jul 1303 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England; died on 2 May 1377 in Exeter, Devonshire, England; was buried in 1377 in Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England.
3. Eleanor De COURTENAY was born about 1305 in Of, Wotton, Devon, England; and died.
4. Robert De COURTENAY was born about 1307 in Of, Oakhampton, Devonshire, England; died in 1334 in , Moreton, Devon, England; was buried in 1334.
5. Sir Thomas DE COURTENAY was born about 1309 in Of, Wotton, Devon, England; died on 21 Aug 1337 in Woodhuish, Devon, England; was buried in 1337.
6. Elizabeth De COURTENAY was born about 1313 in Of, Wotton, Devon, England; and died.
7. Baldwin De COURTENAY was born about 1314 in Okehampton, Devon, England; and died.

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Third Baron of Okehampton.

Hugh married Eleanor LE DE SPENCER. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Knight Hugh LE DESPENCER and Aline (Aliva) (Alice) BASSETT, Countess Of Norfolk) was born about 1240 in Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1328 in London, Londonshire, England; was buried on 1 Oct 1328 in Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Isabel DE VERE. Isabel (daughter of Earl Hugh IV DE VERE and Hawise DE QUINCY) was born in 1238; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Burial: Aft 4 Aug 1265, Evesham Abbey, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England

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BIOGRAPHY: Hugh, one of the English barons who participated in the so-called Mad parliament, which in 1258 formulated the Provisions of Oxford, a plan of government reform. During the period of truce (1258-63) between the barons and King Hernry III, Le Despenser became (1260) chief justiciar of England. Upon the ourbreak of the Barons' War, however, he sided with the barons' leader, Simon de Montfort, serving as Montfort's justiciar in 1264. Le Despenser was killed in the Battle of Evesham; in that battle the barons were defeated by Henry's son, Prince Edward, who later became King as Edward I. Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, (Despenser)

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Slain at battle of Evesham.

Hugh married Aline (Aliva) (Alice) BASSETT, Countess Of Norfolk about 1260 in Of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Aline (daughter of Sir Philip BASSETT and Hawise DE LOVAINE) was born in 1241 in Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England; died before 11 Apr 1281; was buried before 11 Apr 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Kenn, Musbury, and Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, lwerne, Dorset, etc., Sheriff of Devonshire, 1215, 1218, Justice for Berkshire and Wiltshire, 1235, son and heir.
He was heir in 1209 to his uncle, Robert de Courtenay.

He married in 1210-11 (grant of her marriage) MARY DE VERNON, widow of Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen (living 1209), and daughter of William de Vernon, Knt., 5th Earl of Devon, by Mabel, daughter of Robert II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 8 for her ancestry].
Her maritagium included lands in Crewkerne, Somerset, with the foreign hundred and the chace there.
They had three sons,
John, Knt.,
William, Knt., and
Robert [Dean of Auckland],
and two daughters,
Egeline and
Hawise.
In 1209 he paid a fine to the king of 400 marks and two great horses to have seisin of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire. In 1211 he owed 1,200 marks to have the honour of Oakhampton, Devon, which had been in the king's hands. In 1217 he was ordered by the king to release Exeter Castle and the stannaries and coinage of Devon to the queen mother. In 1214 he sued Roger Chike and two others regarding lands in Sutton, Berkshire. In April 1218 he offered 5 marks to have a jury concerning the hundred of Redlane which he said was his and pertains to his manor of Iweme, which hundred, and the hundred of Gillingham, were withdrawn from him and his ancestors. In July 1218 the king committed custody of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire to John of Wiggonholt for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answer for the issues of the same manor to Stephen de Croy, merchant of Amiens, for the debt which Robert de Courtenay owed him. In 1219 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon that he cause Robert de Courtenay to have full seisin of all lands and appurtenances in Devonshire formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, his mother, which fell to the said Robert by inheritance. In 1220 he was granted a two day fair at his manor of Okehampton, Devon. In 1220 John de Saint Helen sued him regarding half a hide of land in Sutton, Berkshire. The same year Maud de Courtenay (his aunt and step-grandmother) sued him regarding the manors of Oakhampton, Chulmleigh, Kenn, and Musbury, and Sampford, Devon and Hemington, Somerset, which she claimed as her right. In 1224 he made fine with the king to render ?30 to him annually at the Exchequer of the ?190 8s. 7d. due from him to the king; he was allowed such costs he incurred, by order of the king and the same justiciar, to fill a breach in the wall of Exeter castle. In 1227 the king committed the manor of Sedborough (in Parkham), Devon with its appurtenances to his wife, Mary. In 1230 he was overseas in the service of the king. In the period, 1230-2, he settled a long standing dispute with Abingdon Abbey regarding digging turves from the manor of Culham for the repair of Sutton mill, Berkshire.

SIR ROBERT DE COURTENAY died at Iweme, Dorset about 27 July 1242, and was buried at Ford Abbey, Dorset.
His widow, Mary, was living 15 July 1250.

[*Mary de Vernon married (1st) in 1201 (date of charter) (betrothal dated early 1200) Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen, younger son of Osbert de Preaux, of Normandy. They had no issue. He accompanied King Richard I on crusade in 1190. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Acre in 1192. In the period, 1194-9, he served King Richard I throughout his wars against Philip II of France. In 1203 he was in charge of the escheats of Normandy and the Jews, except for the Jews of Rouen and Caen. The same year he was granted all the land which Peter de Meulan (his Wife's uncle) held at Sens, Normandy. In 1204, in agreement with the leading men of the city, he surrendered Rouen to King Philippe Auguste of France. He was living in 1209.]

Robert married Mary DE VERNON, de Redvers in 1200 in Devon, England. Mary (daughter of Earl William DE VERNON, de Redvers 5th Earl of Devon and Mabel DE BEAUMONT) was born in 1185 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; died after 1242; was buried in Nov 1242. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Kenn, Musbury, and Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, lwerne, Dorset, etc., Sheriff of Devonshire, 1215, 1218, Justice for Berkshire and Wiltshire, 1235, son and heir. He was heir in 1209 to his uncle, Robert de Courtenay. He married in 1210-11 (grant of her marriage) MARY DE VERNON, widow of Peter de Preaux, Knt.,* of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen (living 1209), and daughter of William de Vernon, Knt., 5th Earl of Devon, by Mabel, daughter of Robert II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 8 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included lands in Crewkerne, Somerset, with the foreign hundred and the chace there. They had three sons, John, Knt., William, Knt., and Robert [Dean of Auckland], and two daughters, Egeline and Hawise. In 1209 he paid a fine to the king of 400 marks and two great horses to have seisin of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire. In 1211 he owed 1,200 marks to have the honour of Oakhampton, Devon, which had been in the king's hands. In 1217 he was ordered by the king to release Exeter Castle and the stannaries and coinage of Devon to the queen mother. In 1214 he sued Roger Chike and two others regarding lands in Sutton, Berkshire. In April 1218 he offered 5 marks to have a jury concerning the hundred of Redlane which he said was his and pertains to his manor of Iweme, which hundred, and the hundred of Gillingham, were withdrawn from him and his ancestors. In July 1218 the king committed custody of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire to John of Wiggonholt for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answer for the issues of the same manor to Stephen de Croy, merchant of Amiens, for the debt which Robert de Courtenay owed him. In 1219 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon that he cause Robert de Courtenay to have full seisin of all lands and appurtenances in Devonshire formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, his mother, which fell to the said Robert by inheritance. In 1220 he was granted a two day fair at his manor of Okehampton, Devon. In 1220 John de Saint Helen sued him regarding half a hide of land in Sutton, Berkshire. The same year Maud de Courtenay (his aunt and step-grandmother) sued him regarding the manors of Oakhampton, Chulmleigh, Kenn, and Musbury, and Sampford, Devon and Hemington, Somerset, which she claimed as her right. In 1224 he made fine with the king to render ?30 to him annually at the Exchequer of the ?190 8s. 7d. due from him to the king; he was allowed such costs he incurred, by order of the king and the same justiciar, to fill a breach in the wall of Exeter castle. In 1227 the king committed the manor of Sedborough (in Parkham), Devon with its appurtenances to his wife, Mary. In 1230 he was overseas in the service of the king. In the period, 1230-2, he settled a long standing dispute with Abingdon Abbey regarding digging turves from the manor of Culham for the repair of Sutton mill, Berkshire. SIR ROBERT DE COURTENAY died at Iweme, Dorset about 27 July 1242, and was buried at Ford Abbey, Dorset. His widow, Mary, was living 15 July 1250.
[*Mary de Vernon married (1st) in 1201 (date of charter) (betrothal dated early 1200) Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen, younger son of Osbert de Preaux, of Normandy. They had no issue. He accompanied King Richard I on crusade in 1190. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Acre in 1192. In the period, 1194-9, he served King Richard I throughout his wars against Philip II of France. In 1203 he was in charge of the escheats of Normandy and the Jews, except for the Jews of Rouen and Caen. The same year he was granted all the land which Peter de Meulan (his Wife's uncle) held at Sens, Normandy. In 1204, in agreement with the leading men of the city, he surrendered Rouen to King Philippe Auguste of France. He was living in 1209.]
Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 75-76. Risdon Chorographical Desc. or Survey of the County of Devon (1811): 356-357. Burke Gen'l & Heraldic Dict. of the Peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland (1831): 142-146 (sub Courtenay). Coll Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 62; 2 (1835): 390. Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanni? 1 (1840): clxix-clxx, clxxii-clxxiii; 2 (1844): cidiv-cxlvi, cc, ccxxix-ccxxxii (Peter de Pr?aux styled "brother" [fratris] by Alice, Countess of Eu). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1846): 377-382 (Ford Abbey, Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia: "Qui Robertus [de Courtenay] cum tandem vit? su? laudabilem cursum f?liciter consummasset in stadio, septimo calend. Augusti [26 July] apud Ywren, manerium suum, diem clausit extremum anno Domini M.CCXLII. [1242] et regni regis Henrici III. 26..."). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 464-472. (Courtenay ped.) Adams Hist., Topog., & Antiqs. of the Isle of Wight (1856): 132-133. Le Quesne Constitutional Hist. of Jersey (1856): 109-110. Collectanea Arch?ologica 1 (1862): 263-284. Shirley Royal & Other Historical Letters illus. of the Reign of King Henry III 1 (1862) (Rolls ser. 27): 40-41, 160, 232-233 (letters of Robert de Courtenay). Teulet Layettes du Tr?sor des Chartes 1 (1863): 250-252. Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 388; 6th Ser. 3 (1881): 1-3; 8th Ser. 7 (1895): 441-443. Bibuotheque de l'Ecole des Chartes 32 (1871): 403-404. Reliquary 17 (1876-7): 97-104. MSS of the Marquess of Abergavenny (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1887): 72-73. Ouless Ecr?hous, Illustrated (1884): 8-10. Worthy Hist. of the Suburbs of Exeter (1885): 61-62, 81-82, 149. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 133-134, 137-138 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that he was the son of Hawise, the first born daughter of Maud d'Avranches; Hawise's sister, Maud de Courtenay, who was the plaintiff in the lawsuit, in turn testified that the said Hawise was the daughter of Geoffrey de Crimes (or Crunes, Cruues), the 1st husband of Maud d'Avranches), 404-405; 3 (1887): 320, 450-452 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that his mother, Hawise, was the daughter of William de Curcy, husband of Maud d'Avranches). Archer Crusade of Richard I, 1189-92 (1889): 326. Notes & Gleanings 2 (1889): 65-68; 5 (1892): 21 (charter of Robert de Courtenay). Curtis Short Hist. & Desc. of the Town of Alton (1896): 21-22. Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 53-56. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34. C.P.R. 1216-1225 (1901): 53 (Robert de Courtenay styled "king's kinsman" by King Henry III of England). Desc. Gat. Ancient Deeds 4 (1902): 69. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 535. G.Ch.R. 2 (1906): 60. Devon Notes & Queries 4 (1907): 148-149, 229-232 (re. Preaux fam.). Phillimore Rotuli Hugonis de Welles Episcopi Lincolniensis 1209-1235 2 (Canterbury & York Soc. 3) (1907): 79. C.P. 4 (1916): 317 (sub Devon) (ped.), 323 (sub Devon), 465. C.R.R. 7 (1935): 51, 97, 134, 146, 192-193, 244, 259, 333; 9 (1952): 26, 36-37, 104, 237, 294, 305-306, 322, 330, 362; 10 (1949): 22, 115-116, 119-120; 17 (1991): 166. Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 136. Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1211 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 28) (1953): 61. Seversmith Col. Fams. of Long Island 5 (1958): 2413-2419, 2439-2440. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 70. VCH Essex 6 (1973): 68-74. VCH Somerset 4 (1978): 4-38. Schwennicke Europaische Stanmtfeln 3(4) (1989): 629 (sub Courtenay). Bearman Charters of the Redvers family and the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 172. Reedy Rafret Charters c. 1120 to 1250 (Pub. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 50) (1995): 128-129 (charter of Egeline de Courtenay, widow of Gilbert Basset dated 1205-6; charter names her late father, Reynold de Courtenay; charter witnessed by Robert de Courtenay). Barlow English Episcopal Acta XII (1996): 215. Golb Jews in Medieval Normandy (1998): 372. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 90 (charter of Robert de Courtenay dated 1225-42; charter witnessed by his sons, John and William, and Reynold de Courtenay [presumably his brother]); 109 (charter of Robert de Courtenay dated 1225-42; charter witnessed by his brother, Reynold de Courtenay), 152-153 (charter of John son of Ellis, parson of Crewkeme dated 1228-36; charter witnessed by Sir Robert de Courtenay and Reynold his brother). Church King John: New Interpretations (1999): 135 footnote 114, 202 ("The Courtenays to whom Henry II awarded landed in England, although related to the original Courtenay line, appear to have been only distant cousins. Nonetheless, cousins they were, so that in 1217, when Robert de Courtenay was asked to surrender Exeter to Isabella, he is described in King Henry III's letter as 'our kinsman.' Perhaps because of his kinship to one of the leading families of France, Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton appears to have been singled out for particularly harsh treatment by Louis and the French during the civil war of 1216-17, being deprived of his lands in one of Louis' few surviving English charters. The fact that the original of this charter survived amongst the Courtenay family archives in France provides further proof, if such were needed, of the kinship between the English and French Courtenays. Robert appears as witness to Isabella's charter in favour of the monks of St. Nicholas Exeter, issued at Exeter in May 1217.). Knight Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1222 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 51) (1999): 51. Sayer Original Docs. in Eng. & Wales (1198-1304) (1999): 165-166 ("Lyons, 1250 Jul. 15. 369. Innocentius IV <> Protection for the noble lady, Mary de Cortenay of the diocese of Bath, Hawise de Neville and her other sons and daughters, with all their goods.").

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He was the Earl of Oxford.

Hugh married Hawise DE QUINCY on 11 Feb 1222-1223. Hawise (daughter of Baron Seher DE QUINCY, IV and Margaret DE BEAUMONT) was born about 1178 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 1226, Berkshire, England; High Sheriff of Berkshire

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Sir Hugh was the son of Thomas Despencer, and brother to both Thomas, who died before October 1218. He was a descendant of a noble family who came to England from the same location as William the Conqueror and at the same time. This family, surnamed De Albetot, became William's Stewards. Sir Hugh was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire in 1222 and High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1226 and 1238.

Hugh married Mary de QUINCY. Mary was born in 1189 in Hampshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1273. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Philip married Hawise DE LOVAINE in Of Essex, England. Hawise (daughter of Matthew DE LOVAINE) was born about 1208 in Of Little Easton, Essex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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