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Courtenay, Henry ( - 1468/9)

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1469-01-17

Notes

Beheaded at Salisbury for treason

Titles

General Lands Note

License to enter lands upon death of brother Thomas, 14th Earl of Devon, 27 July 1461

Details of Offices

Began
JP, Southampton 1463
JP, Southampton 1466

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon: Topsham Manor
    Acquired: 1460/1-01-27
    Granted
  • Dorset
  • Somerset
  • (city-county) in Hampshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Henry Courtenay's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Henry Courtenay's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Henry (0 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Colcombe Castle Devon Private Residence
Okehampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tiverton Castle Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.