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Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1457/8)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1414
Death Date: 1458-02-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beaufort, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1421
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 additional daughters who died young

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 13th Earl of Devon

Titles

  • 13th Earl of Devon
    Assumed: 1422-16-16
    Vacated: 1457/8-02-03
  • 6th Baron Courtenay
    Assumed: 1422-16-16
    Vacated: 1457/8-02-03

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 20 Feb. 1422/3

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Cornwall 1433
JP, Dorset 1435
JP, Devon 1435
JP, Somerset 1435
JP, Berkshire 1435
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1435/6
JP, Cornwall 1435/6
JP, Berkshire 1436/7
JP, Dorset 1437
Privy Councillor, England 1437
JP, Cornwall 1438 1439
JP, Devon 1438
JP, Berkshire 1438/9
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Southampton 1439 1447
JP, Dorset 1439
JP, Devon 1440
JP, Cornwall 1441 1443
Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1441 -5 -7 1451/2 -03 -8 This appointment was in conflict with William, 1st Baron Bonville
JP, Dorset 1442 1443
JP, Berkshire 1442/3 1444
JP, Devon 1443 1444
JP, Cornwall 1444/5
JP, Dorset 1446 1447
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Devon 1447 1448
JP, Berkshire 1447/8
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1451
JP, Somerset 1451
JP, Devon 1453
JP, Dorset 1453
JP, Cornwall 1453
JP, Somerset 1454
JP, Berkshire 1454
JP, Cornwall 1454/5
JP, Devon 1455 1456
JP, Somerset 1457
Keeper, Hampshire 1457 -7 -17
Keeper, Wiltshire 1457 -7 -17 Possibly appointed Keeper of Clarendon Forest and Park Feb. 1456/7

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Somerset: Wrenmore Farm
    Part of Stockland Lovel Manor
  • Devon: Okehampton Manor and Honour; Plympton Honour
    These lands and other extensive holdings

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Devon's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrel Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrel Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Acts of the Privy Council of England [1542–1631]. 46 vols. London: HMSO, 1890--1964
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Cherry, Martin. 'The Courtenay Earls of Devon: The Formation and Disintegration of a Late Medieval Aristocratic Affinity'. Southern History 1 (1979): 71-97.
  • 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.
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]