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Margaret Courtenay 1328 – 1395 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1328

Birth Location: Exeter, Devon, England

Death Date: 2 Aug 1395

Death Location: Cobham, Kent, England

Father: Hugh Courtenay

Mother: Margaret Bohun

Spouse(s): John Cobham

Children(s): Joan Cobham, Elizabeth Cobham, Katherine Cobham

The story of Margaret Courtenay began in 1328 in Exeter, Devon, England. Margaret Courtenay married John de Cobham, and had children including Joan de Cobham, Elizabeth Cobham, Katherine Cobham. Margaret Courtenay passed away in 1395 in Cobham, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Courtenay began in 1328 in Exeter, Devon, England.
  • Margaret Courtenay married John de Cobham, and had children including Joan de Cobham, Elizabeth Cobham, Katherine Cobham.
  • Margaret Courtenay passed away in 1395 in Cobham, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Courtenay
1303 – 1377
Birth Location: Okehampton, Devon, England
HC
Margaret Bohun
1311 – 1391
Birth Location: Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

John Cobham
1324 – 1408
Birth Location: Cobham, Strood, Kent, England
JC

Children(s)

Joan Cobham
1346 – 1388
Birth Location: Cobham, Kent, England
JC
Elizabeth Cobham
1350 – 1401
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
EC
Katherine Cobham
1350 – 1400
Birth Location: Brasted, Kent, England
KC

Margaret Courtenay's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Courtenay
1328 – 1395
Birth Place: Exeter, Devon, England
Parents
Hugh de Courtenay
1303 – 1377
Okehampton, Devon, England
Margaret (de) Bohun
1311 – 1391
Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (de) Courtenay
1276 – 1340
Okehampton, Devon, England
Agnes (St) John
1275 – 1345
Basing, Hampshire, England
Humphrey (de) Bohun
1276 – 1322
Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England
Elizabeth (of) Rhuddlan
1282 – 1316
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Courtenay
1251 – 1292
Eleanor Despencer
1260 – 1328
John John
1225 – 1302
Alice FitzPiers
1234 – 1302
Humphrey Bohun
1249 – 1298
Maud Fiennes
1246 – 1298
Edward
1239 – 1307
Eleanor Castile
1241 – 1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Courtenay
1214 – 1274
Isabel Vere
1228 – 1299
Hugh Despencer
1223 – 1265
Aline Basset
1242 – 1281
Robert John
1210 – 1267
Agnes Cantilou
1208 – 1279
Reginald FitzPiers
1208 – 1286
Alice Stanford
1212 – 1264
Humphrey Bohun
1225 – 1265
Eleanor Braose
1228 – 1251
Enguerrand Fiennes
1192 – 1265
Isabelle Condé
1210 – 1298
Henry England
1209 – 1272
Eleanor England
1217 – 1291

Margaret Courtenay's Descendants

1.
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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)
      1. 1. Nichola Braybrooke (1375 – 1411) m. Thomas Chaworth (1370 – 17 Feb 1459)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Chaworth (1 Sep 1391 – 12 Mar 1467) m. John Scrope (31 May 1388 – 15 Nov 1455) m. John (Le) Scrope (1378 – 15 Nov 1455)
        2. 2. John Chedworth (1400 – 23 Nov 1471) m. Eleanor (Isabel) Aylesbury (1409 – 12 May 1482)
        3. 3. John Chedworth (Abt 1410 – 1494) m. Margaret Bowett (1410 – 1469)
        4. 4. Henrietta Chaworth (Abt 1410 – ) m. Richard France (1404 – )
        5. 5. Catherine Chaworth (1420 – 1473) m. William Leake (1417 – 1 Dec 1474)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Chaworth (1421 – 1 Dec 1474) m. William FitzWilliam (1417 – 1 Dec 1474)
        7. 7. George Chaworth (1424 – )
        8. 8. Joanna Chaworth (Abt 1425 – 1485) m. Thomas Goldesburgh (Abt 1423 – Abt 1486)
        9. 9. William Chaworth (1430 – 13 Jun 1467) m. Elizabeth Bowett (1445 – 1502) m. Margaret Bowett (1410 – 1469)
        10. 10. John Chaworth (1432 – 1644) m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Bowett (1436 – 12 Mar 1502)
        11. 11. Margery Chaworth (1435 – 10 Jul 1471) m. John Benstede (1430 – 29 Jul 1471)
        12. 12. Thomas Chaworth (1437 – )
        13. 13. Lawrance Chaworth (1439 – )
        14. 14. Robert Chaworth (1441 – )
        15. 15. Henry Chaworth (1443 – )
      2. 2. William Braybrook (27 Apr 1383 – 16 Oct 1431) m. Elizabeth Bowerman (23 Mar 1383 – 25 May 1428)
      3. 3. William Braybrook (27 Apr 1383 – 16 Oct 1431) m. Elizabeth Bowerman (23 Mar 1383 – 25 May 1428)
      4. 4. Robert (de) Braybrooke (Abt 1394 – )
      5. 5. Reginald Braybroke (1395 – ) m. Reginald (de) Braybrooke (Abt 1392 – )
    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)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Despenser (Abt 1385 – )
      2. 2. George Despenser (Abt 1387 – )
      3. 3. Margery Wentworth (Abt 1390 – 1536)
      4. 4. Philip Despenser (Abt 1393 – )
      5. 5. Margaret (Le) Despencer (1397 – 20 Apr 1478) m. John (De) Rocs (1 Oct 1396 – 22 Mar 1421) m. Roger Wentworth (1397 – 24 Oct 1452)
        1. 1. Philip Wentworth (Abt 1424 – 18 May 1464) m. Mary (De) Clifford (1421 – 4 Oct 1478)
        2. 2. Thomas Wentworth (1428 – 1474)
        3. 3. Henry Wentworth (1429 – 22 Mar 1482) m. Elizabeth Howard (26 Aug 1428 – 22 Mar 1483) m. Joan FitzSimon (1431 – 26 Aug 1521)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Wentworth (1432 – 20 Apr 1496) m. John Calthorpe (Abt 1438 – Bef 22 Aug 1503) m. John Calthorpe (Abt 1431 – 1494)
        5. 5. Margaret Wentworth (1433 – 28 Apr 1479) m. William Hopton (1430 – 7 Feb 1484)
        6. 6. Mary Wentworth (1434 – 20 Apr 1488) m. Richard Benning (1426 – 1483)
    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)

Margaret Courtenay's Timeline

3 Records

1328
Abt 1328
Birth of Margaret Courtenay in Exeter, Devon, England
Exeter, Devon, England
1395
2 Aug 1395
Age 67
Death of Margaret Courtenay in Cobham, Kent, England
Cobham, Kent, England
1395
Aug 1395
Age 67
Burial of Margaret Courtenay in St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1328
    Event Place: Exeter, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Aug 1395
    Event Place: Cobham, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aug 1395
    Event Place: St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
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