Courtenay, Philip (1404 - 1463)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Hungerford, Elizabeth ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Courtenay, William (1428 - 1485) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Courtenay, Philip (1430 - 1489)
  3. Male offspring: Courtenay, Peter (1432 - 1492)
  4. Male offspring: Courtenay, Walter (1440 - 1504)
  5. Female offspring: Courtenay, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Courtenay, Anne (n.d.)
  7. Male offspring: Courtenay, Edmund (n.d.)
  8. Male offspring: Courtenay, Humphrey (n.d.)
  9. Male offspring: Courtenay, John (1445 - 1500)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Somerset

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1433-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrel
Performance 1433-1434 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Philip Courtenay's Minstrels
Performance 1438-1439 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 Venue 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
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.