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Courtenay, William (1485 - 1535)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1485
Death Date: 1535-11-24 (possibly died 23 Nov. 1535)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Edgecumbe, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1506-11-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced four additional sons
  2. Gainsford, Mary ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1512-10-27
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 4 sons and 3 daughters

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1517-07 (knighted between this date and March 1520/1)
    Vacated: 1535-11-24

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 11 Sept. 1512

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Devon 1513 1514
Keeper, Somerset 1513 -6 -28 1531 -03 -29
Lieut, Cornwall 1513 -6 -28 1531 -03 -29
JP, Devon 1517
JP, Devon 1519
Sheriff, Devon 1521/2 -2 -3 1522 -11 -12
JP, Devon 1522
JP, Devon 1523/4
Sheriff, Devon 1525 -11 -26 1526 -11 -7
JP, Devon 1525/6
JP, Devon 1529 1530
MP, Devon 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1530
JP, Devon 1532
Sheriff, Devon 1533 -11 -17 1534 -11 -14

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Powderham Castle, Exeter (city-county) in Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
  • East Coker House, Somerset
    (Performance Venue)
    Residence from first marriage until succeeded father (by 4 Nov. 1506--11 Sept. 1512)

Lands

  • Devon: Ilton & Cadleigh Manors
    Left life interest in these manors to his wife

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Mr Courtenay's Abbot of Misrule
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Courtenay's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Courtenay's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Courtenay's Minstrels Courtenay, William (1485 - 1535) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Courtenay's Minstrels Courtenay, William (1485 - 1535) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Courtenay's Abbot of Misrule Courtenay, William (1485 - 1535) Other 1

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898