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Courtenay, Philip (1404 - 1463)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1404
Death Date: 1463-12-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hungerford, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1426
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 2 additional daughters

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1430/1-02 (Probably knighted by 19 May 1426)
    Vacated: 1463-12-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1427
Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1429/30 -2 -18
JP, Devon 1431
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1432
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Exeter 1434
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1434
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1435
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1435
JP, Devon 1435
JP, Cornwall 1435/6
JP, Devon 1438
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1439
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1439
JP, Cornwall 1439
JP, Devon 1440
Mayor, Devon 1440/1 -2
JP, Cornwall 1441
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1442
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1442/3
JP, Cornwall 1443
JP, Devon 1443 1444
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1444
Keeper, Devon 1446 -8 Held jointly with Sir Edmund Hungerford
JP, Devon 1447 1448
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1451
JP, Devon 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1452
JP, Devon 1453
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1455
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1455
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1455
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1455
JP, Devon 1455 1463
MP, Devon 1455 1456
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1457 1459
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1461

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Philip Courtenay's Trumpeter

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrel Courtenay, Philip (1404 - 1463) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrels Courtenay, Philip (1404 - 1463) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Philip Courtenay's Trumpeter Courtenay, Philip (1404 - 1463) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Powderham Castle Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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.
  • Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936
  • Whetter, James. The Bodrugans: A Study of a Cornish Medieval Knightly Family. St Austell: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1995