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Hugh de Courtenay 1276 – 1340 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Sep 1276

Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England

Death Date: 23 Dec 1340

Death Location: Tiverton Castle, Devon, England

Father: Hugh Courtenay

Mother: Eleanor Despencer

Spouse(s): Agnes John

Children(s): John Courtenay, Hugh Courtenay, Eleanor Courtenay, Robert Courtenay, Thomas Courtenay, Elizabeth Courtenay, Baldwin Courtenay

In 1276, Hugh de Courtenay entered the world in Okehampton, Devon, England, born to Hugh de Courtenay and Eleanor le Despencer. Hugh de Courtenay married Agnes St John, and had children including John de Courtenay, Hugh de Courtenay, Eleanor de Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Thomas de Courtenay, Elizabeth de Courtenay, Baldwin De Courtenay. Hugh de Courtenay passed away in 1340 in Tiverton Castle, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • In 1276, Hugh de Courtenay entered the world in Okehampton, Devon, England, born to Hugh de Courtenay and Eleanor le Despencer.
  • Hugh de Courtenay married Agnes St John, and had children including John de Courtenay, Hugh de Courtenay, Eleanor de Courtenay, Robert de Courtenay, Thomas de Courtenay, Elizabeth de Courtenay, Baldwin De Courtenay.
  • Hugh de Courtenay passed away in 1340 in Tiverton Castle, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Courtenay
1251 – 1292
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England
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Eleanor Despencer
1260 – 1328
Birth Location: Ryhall, Rutland, England
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Spouses(s)

Agnes John
1275 – 1345
Birth Location: Basing, Hampshire, England
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Children(s)

John Courtenay
1300 – 1349
Birth Location: Exeter, Devonshire, England
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Hugh Courtenay
1303 – 1377
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
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Eleanor Courtenay
1305 – 1326
Birth Location: of Okehampton, Devon, England
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Robert Courtenay
1309 – 1334
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devonshire, England
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Thomas Courtenay
1311 – 1356
Birth Location: Dunterton, Devon, England
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Elizabeth Courtenay
1313 – 1364
Birth Location: Devon, England
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Baldwin Courtenay
1314 –
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
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Hugh Courtenay's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Courtenay
1276 – 1340
Birth Place: Okehampton, Devon, England
Parents
Hugh de Courtenay
1251 – 1292
Okehampton, Devonshire, England
Eleanor (le) Despencer
1260 – 1328
Ryhall, Rutland, England
Grandparents
John (de) Courtenay
1214 – 1274
Oakhampton, Devon, England
Isabel (de) Vere
1228 – 1299
Totnes, Devon, England
Hugh (Le) Despencer
1223 – 1265
Loughborough, Leicestershire and Ryhall, Rutland, England
Aline Basset
1242 – 1281
Great-Grandparents
Robert Courtenay
1172 – 1242
Mary Revieres
1184 – 1250
Hugh Vere
1207 – 1263
Hawise Quincy
1190 – 1263
Hugh Despenser
1200 – 1238
Mary Quincy
1200 –
Philip Basset
1185 – 1271
Hawise Louvain
1215 – 1256
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Renaud Courtenay
1125 – 1194
Hawise Courcy
1135 – 1219
William Reviers
1150 – 1217
Mabel Beaumont
1164 – 1204
Robert Vere
1165 – 1221
Isabelle Bolbec
1164 – 1245
Saer Quincy
1170 – 1219
Margaret Beaumont
1170 – 1235
Thomas Despenser
1170 – 1218
Rohaise Foix
1165 – 1203
Saer Quincy
1170 – 1219
Margaret Beaumont
1170 – 1235
Alan Basset
1155 – 1232
Aline Gay
1165 – 1229
Matthew Lovaine
1199 – 1262
Muriel
1200 – 1275

Hugh Courtenay's Descendants

1.
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Hugh (de) Courtenay (14 Sep 1276 – 23 Dec 1340) m. Agnes (St) John (1275 – 11 Jun 1345)
  1. 1. John (de) Courtenay (Abt 1300 – 1349)
  2. 2. Hugh (de) Courtenay (12 Jul 1303 – 2 May 1377) m. Margaret (de) Bohun (3 Apr 1311 – 16 Dec 1391)
    1. 1. Hugh Courtenay (Abt 1327 – 1349) m. Elizabeth (de) Vere (Abt 1333 – 16 Aug 1375)
    2. 2. Margaret Courtenay (Abt 1328 – 2 Aug 1395) m. John (de) Cobham (1324 – 10 Jan 1408)
      1. 1. Joan (de) Cobham (Abt 1346 – 2 Aug 1388) m. John (De La) Pole (1320 – 5 Sep 1389)
        1. 1. Joan (De La) Pole (Abt 1355 – 13 Jan 1434) m. Reynold (De) Braybrooke (1350 – 29 Sep 1405)
        2. 2. William (de la) Pole (20 Jul 1374 – 1387)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Cobham (1350 – Aug 1401) m. Philip (Le) Despencer (18 Oct 1342 – 4 Aug 1401)
        1. 1. Alice (le) Despencer (1362 – 1392) m. John (de) Sutton (6 Dec 1361 – 10 Mar 1396)
        2. 2. Philip (Le) Despencer (1364 – 20 Jun 1424) m. Elizabeth Tibetot (1370 – 1424)
        3. 3. Joan (le) Despenser (Abt 1367 – ) m. James (De) Ros (Abt 1340 – Bef 28 Feb 1403) m. James (de) Ros
        4. 4. John (le) Despenser (Abt 1369 – )
        5. 5. Robert (le) Despenser (Abt 1372 – )
      3. 3. Katherine Cobham (Abt 1350 – Abt 1400) m. William Seyliard (Abt 1346 – Abt 1400)
    3. 3. Thomas Courtenay (Abt 1330 – 1381)
    4. 4. Edward Courtenay (1331 – Bef 1 Apr 1371) m. Emeline Dawney (1330 – Bef 28 Feb 1371)
      1. 1. Edward Courtenay (3 May 1357 – 5 Dec 1419) m. Maud Camoys (Aft 1357 – )
        1. 1. Elizabeth Courtenay (1384 – 28 Oct 1471) m. William Bonville (12 Aug 1392 – 18 Feb 1461) m. Richard Copley (1392 – 28 Sep 1434) m. John Harrington (1384 – 11 Feb 1418)
        2. 2. Hugh Courtenay (Abt 1385 – 16 Jun 1422) m. Anne Talbot (1392 – 16 Jan 1441)
        3. 3. Edward Courtenay (Abt 1388 – 5 Dec 1418) m. Eleanor Mortimer (Abt 1387 – 1418)
        4. 4. James Courtenay (Abt 1391 – Aft 1428)
        5. 5. Henry Courtenay (Abt 1394 – )
      2. 2. Hugh (de) Courtenay (Aft 1358 – 5 Mar 1425) m. Elizabeth FitzPayn (Abt 1360 – Bef 1392) m. Elizabeth Cogan (1364 – 29 Oct 1397) m. Philippa L'Arcedekne (1387 – 1412) m. Maude Beaumont (Abt 1400 – 3 Jul 1467)
        1. 1. Edward Courtenay (1409 – Abt 1425)
        2. 2. Joan Courtenay (14 Aug 1411 – 3 Aug 1465) m. Nicholas Carew (1404 – 3 May 1447) m. Robert (de) Vere (1410 – 1461)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Courtenay (Abt 1412 – 8 Aug 1426)
    5. 5. Elizabeth (de) Courtenay (Abt 1333 – 7 Aug 1395) m. John (de) Vere (Abt Dec 1335 – 23 Jun 1360) m. Andrew (De) Lutterell (Abt 1335 – 1378)
      1. 1. John Luttrell (Abt 1362 – ) m. Joan
      2. 2. Hugh (de) Luttrell (1364 – 24 Mar 1428) m. Katherine (De) Beaumont (Jul 1354 – 28 Aug 1435)
        1. 1. Margaret Luttrell (1386 – 1416) m. John Cotes ( – Unknown) m. John Cole (Abt 1382 – )
        2. 2. Elisabeth Luttrell (1388 – 4 Oct 1439) m. Sir (Edmond Augustine Stratton of Shotley) Hall (1400 – 11 Oct 1476)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (De) Luttrell (1388 – Apr 1439) m. William Harleston ( – Aft 18 Mar 1416) m. John (II) Stewart (1398 – 20 Dec 1463) m. John Stratton (1388 – 8 Nov 1469) m. Augustine Stratton (1400 – 11 Oct 1476)
        4. 4. Anne Luttrell (1388 – 1449) m. William Godwyn (Abt 1386 – Unknown)
        5. 5. Ann Luttrell (1388 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth Luttrell (Apr 1388 – Apr 1439)
        7. 7. Robert Luttrell (1389 – 1437) m. Ann (Courtenay) Ashbourne (Abt 1378 – Abt 1400) m. Anne Ashbourne
        8. 8. Joan Lutterell (1392 – Bef 1486)
        9. 9. John Luttrell (1394 – 30 Jun 1430) m. Margaret Touchet (1398 – 1 Jun 1438) m. Elisabeth Schill (1398 – ) m. Joan Malet (Abt 1398 – )
        10. 10. Andrew Luttrell (Abt 1394 – 1437)
        11. 11. William Lutterell (Abt 1395 – Abt 1397)
      3. 3. William Luttrell (1368 – 1370)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Lutterell (1539 – )
      5. 5. Blanche Luttrell m. Nicholas DeStucley
    6. 6. Catherine (de) Courtenay (Abt 1334 – 31 Dec 1399) m. Thomas D'Engayne (Abt 1331 – 1367) m. William Harrington (Abt 1330 – )
    7. 7. Joan Courtenay (Abt 1337 – Bet 9 Jan 1375 and 8 Jan 1376) m. John Cheverston (1333 – Abt 1375)
    8. 8. Matilda (de) Courtenay (1339 – Bet 1325 and 1418)
    9. 9. Philip (Courtenay Count Of) Devon (4 Dec 1341 – 29 Jul 1406) m. Anne (Margaret) Wake (14 Jun 1344 – 29 Jul 1406)
      1. 1. Margaret Courtenay (1380 – 1400) m. Robert Cary (1375 – 1431)
      2. 2. Agnes Courtenay (Abt 1380 – 10 Jan 1430) m. Seyntelere (Abt 1380 – ) m. Otho Champernon (Abt 1369 – 1422)
      3. 3. Richard Courtenay (1382 – 15 Sep 1415)
      4. 4. John (de) Courtenay (1384 – 29 Jul 1406) m. Joan Champernoun (1380 – 1419) m. Blanche (Joan) Champernowne
        1. 1. Humphrey (De) Courtenay (1400 – Sep 1485)
        2. 2. Philip (De) Courtenay (18 Jan 1404 – 16 Dec 1463) m. Elizabeth Hungerford (1390 – 14 Dec 1476)
        3. 3. Edmund Courtenay (Abt 1406 – )
      5. 5. William Courtenay (1386 – 15 Oct 1418)
      6. 6. Ann (Margaret) Courtenay (1390 – ) m. William Peverell (1380 – 1442) m. William Peverell (1380 – 1442)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Courtenay
    10. 10. William Courtenay (4 Dec 1341 – 31 Jul 1396)
    11. 11. Peter Courtenay (1346 – 2 Feb 1405) m. Margaret Clyvedon (Abt 1340 – 5 Jan 1411)
    12. 12. John Courtenay (Abt 1346 – 1400)
    13. 13. Humphrey Courtenay (Abt 1351 – )
  3. 3. Eleanor (de) Courtenay (Abt 1305 – Bet 12 Jul 1326 and 20 Oct 1330) m. John (De) Grey (Bet 1305 and 1311 – 14 Dec 1392) m. John (de) Gay
  4. 4. Robert (de) Courtenay (1309 – 1334)
  5. 5. Thomas (de) Courtenay (1311 – 1356) m. Muriel (de) Moels (31 May 1322 – 12 Aug 1369)
    1. 1. Muriel (de) Courtenay (Abt 1339 – 12 Aug 1369) m. John (de) Dinham (1319 – 7 Jan 1383)
    2. 2. John (de) Courtenay (Abt 1347 – )
    3. 3. Margaret (De) Courtenay (1352 – 8 Dec 1422) m. Thomas (De) Peverell (1340 – 1402)
      1. 1. Catherine Peverell (Abt 1370 – Aft 1432)
      2. 2. George Peverell (Abt 1381 – )
      3. 3. Alianore Peverell (Abt 1382 – 11 Apr 1439) m. Otto (Trenewith alias) Bodrugan (Abt 1370 – Abt 1394) m. William Talbot (Abt 1363 – Abt 1429) m. John Raleigh (Abt 1365 – )
    4. 4. Joan (De) Courtenay (Abt 1355 – )
    5. 5. Katherine Courtenay
  6. 6. Elizabeth (de) Courtenay (Abt 1313 – Abt 1364) m. Bartholomew (de) Lisle (Abt 1311 – Abt 1345)
  7. 7. Baldwin (De) Courtenay (Abt 1314 – )

Hugh Courtenay's Timeline

3 Records

1276
14 Sep 1276
Birth of Hugh de Courtenay in Okehampton, Devon, England
Okehampton, Devon, England
1340
23 Dec 1340
Age 64
Death of Hugh de Courtenay in Tiverton Castle, Devon, England
Tiverton Castle, Devon, England
1341
5 Feb 1341
Age 65
Burial of Hugh de Courtenay in Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England
Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1276
    Event Place: Okehampton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1340
    Event Place: Tiverton Castle, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1341
    Event Place: Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England
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