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Ada Courtenay 1270 – 1330 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1270

Birth Location: England, United Kingdom

Death Date: AFT 1330

Death Location: Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Hugh Courtenay

Mother: Eleanor Despenser

Spouse(s): John Gifford

Children(s): John Giffard, Peter Giffard

Ada Courtenay was born in 1270 in England, United Kingdom, the child of Hugh Courtenay and Eleanor le Despenser. Ada Courtenay married John I Gifford, and had children including John Ii Giffard, Peter Ii Giffard. Ada Courtenay passed away in 1330 in Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Ada Courtenay was born in 1270 in England, United Kingdom, the child of Hugh Courtenay and Eleanor le Despenser.
  • Ada Courtenay married John I Gifford, and had children including John Ii Giffard, Peter Ii Giffard.
  • Ada Courtenay passed away in 1330 in Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ada Courtenay's Ancestors

Self
Ada Courtenay
1270 – 1330
Birth Place: England, United Kingdom
Parents
Hugh Courtenay
1249 – 1292
Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Eleanor (le) Despenser
Grandparents
John (de) Courtenay
1218 – 1274
Okehampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Isabel (de) Vere
1233 – 1300
Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ada Courtenay's Descendants

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Ada Courtenay (ABT 1270 – AFT 1330) m. John (I) Gifford (4th son – 1307)
  1. 1. John (Ii) Giffard (1278 – AUG 1344) m. Catherine Stafford (ABT 1290 – )
    1. 1. Elizabeth Giffard (1306 – 1404) m. William (Iii) Boweles (1312 – 1348) m. William Colesonne ( – 1404)
      1. 1. Catherine Bowles (1328 – 1404) m. Robert (Grobbere) (Groberd) m. John Hewit (1321 – 1355)
        1. 1. William Grobere (1403 – 1429) m. Elizabeth Rolliston (1405 – )
        2. 2. William (Grobbere, Lord of) Rushall (1403 – 1487) m. Elizabeth Rolliston (1405 – 1447)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Hewit (1355 – 1382) m. Richard (Thomas) Hexstall (ABT 1350 – 1385)
        4. 4. Margaret Hewit m. William (Stockley (Stackley) Stokkeley)
        5. 5. Mary Fitzgerald m. Francis (A.) Mulvaney m. Francis (A.) Mulvaney
    2. 2. Margaret Giffard (BEF 1315 – ) m. Ralph Lathebury ( – AFT 1315)
    3. 3. Edmund Giffard (1325 – 1378) m. Agnes (De) Whiston (1330 – ) m. Agnes (de) Whiston (1339 – ) m. Margaret
      1. 1. John Giffard (ABT 1390 – ) m. J (ohn) Giffard (ABT 1400 – )
    4. 4. Matilda Giffard (ABT 1336 – )
    5. 5. John (Iii) Giffard (BEF 1338 – 1350) m. Katherine Dunsowe
    6. 6. John Giffard ( – 1400) m. Mary Whitmore (1348 – 1402)
      1. 1. Thomas Giffard (ABT 1346 – 1416/1420) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1390 – ) m. Joyce Frances (ABT 1372 – ) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1416 – ) m. Joyce Francis (ABT 1421 – )
        1. 1. Robert Giffard (ABT 1420 – 4 JUN 1486) m. Cassandra Humphreston (1441 – JAN 1527)
      2. 2. Joan Giffard (1368 – ABT 1417) m. Richard Knightley (1364 – 1417) m. Richard (De) Knightley (1335 – 1384)
        1. 1. Richard Knightley (1354 – 1417) m. Elizabeth Burgh (1343 – AFT 1417)
        2. 2. Margaret Knightley (ABT 1382 – 1441) m. William Purefoy (1379 – 1407)
        3. 3. Richard Knightley (1395 – 19 DEC 1442) m. Elizabeth Purefoy (1400 – 1474)
  2. 2. Peter (Ii) Giffard ( – AFT 1322)

Ada Courtenay's Timeline

2 Records

1270
ABT 1270
Birth of Ada Courtenay in England, United Kingdom
England, United Kingdom
1330
AFT 1330
Age 60
Death of Ada Courtenay in Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1270
    Event Place: England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: AFT 1330
    Event Place: Chillington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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