Courtenay, Edward ( - 1509)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 1
Venues - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1509-05-28

Notes

Pardoned 6 Sept. 1472 (due to father’s Lancastrian loyalties); revolted against Richard III & fled to Brittany; attainted 1484; restored to honours 1485

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Courtenay, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Courtenay, Elizabeth ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Courtenay, William (1475 - 1511)

Primary Title

17th Earl of Devon

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1485-08-07
    Vacated 1509-05-28
  • 17th Earl of Devon
    Assumed 1485-10-26
    Vacated 1509-05-28
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed Before 1494-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Devon 1478-11-5 1479-11-5
JP, Cornwall 1483 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1485 1488
JP, Somerset 1485 1488
Constable, Cornwall 1485/6-3-1 1509-05-28
Keeper, Cornwall 1485/6-3-1 1509-05-28
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1486/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1486/7 n.d.
JP, Devon 1486/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1488 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1488 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1490 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1490 n.d.
JP, Devon 1491 1492
JP, Somerset 1491 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1492 1498
JP, Somerset 1492/3 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1493 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1493 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1493 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1493/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1493/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1494 n.d.
JP, Devon 1494 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1497 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1497/8 1500
JP, Devon 1501 1502
JP, Cornwall 1502 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1502 1503
JP, Cornwall 1504 n.d.
JP, Devon 1504 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1504/5 1508
JP, Cornwall 1506 n.d.

General Lands Note

Restored to lands (60 manors, 8 boroughs, 9 hundreds) held by Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, 26 Oct. 1485

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cornwall: Boconnoc Manor
    Patrimony; this manor and twelve others
  • Devon: Aylesbeare Manor; Chulmleigh Borough; Colaton Borough, Castle & Hundred; East & West Budleigh Hundred; Exminster Hundred & Manor; Kenn Borough; Musbury Manor; Okehampton Honour; Plympton Castle, Honour & Hundred; Sampford Courtney Manor
  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Somerset: Puriton Manor; Wrenmore Farm in Stockland Lovel Manor
    Acquired: 1485-10-26
    These manors and other lands restored with creation to title

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1495-1496 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1499-1500 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1505-1506 Guildhall, Bodmin , Cornwall Earl of Devon's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Edward (0 - 1509) Entertainers/Minstrels 3

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
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].
Westcott, Margaret. 'Katherine Courtenay, Countess of Devon, 1479–1527.' . Tudor and Stuart Devon: The Common Estate and Government. Essays presented to Joyce Youings. Todd Gray, ed. Devon: U of Exeter P, 1992.