Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1457/8)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 7
Troupes - 3
Venues - 4
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Beaufort, Margaret ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Courtenay, Thomas (b. 1432)
  2. Female offspring: Courtenay, Joan (b. 1447)
  3. Male offspring: Courtenay, Henry (d. 1469) (patron)
  4. Female offspring: Courtenay, Elizabeth (b. 1449)
  5. Male offspring: Courtenay, John (n.d.)

Primary Title

13th Earl of Devon

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Cornwall 1433 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1435 n.d.
JP, Devon 1435 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1435 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1437 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1437 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1438 1439
JP, Devon 1438 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Southampton 1439 1447
JP, Dorset 1439 n.d.
JP, Devon 1440 n.d.
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 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1446 1447
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Devon 1447 1448
JP, Berkshire 1447/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1451 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1451 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1453 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1453 n.d.
JP, Devon 1453 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1454 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1454/5 n.d.
JP, Devon 1455 1456
JP, Somerset 1457 n.d.
Keeper, Hampshire 1457-7-17 n.d.
Keeper, Wiltshire 1457-7-17 n.d. Possibly appointed Keeper of Clarendon Forest and Park Feb. 1456/7

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 20 Feb. 1422/3

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1430-1431 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel
Performance 1428-1429 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1430 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance 1430-1431 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s
Performance 1432-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1449-1449 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 Minstrel Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Devon's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Thomas de (1414 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

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Acts of the Privy Council of England [1542–1631]. ns. 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–8], 1906–12 [vols 1–2]; 1974–2004 [vols 3–8].