Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1538/9)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 20
Total events naming patron - 23
Troupes - 9
Venues - 6
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1498 (possibly born 1498/9)
Death Date: 1539-01-09

Notes

Under father’s attainder 1504–12; tried 3 Dec. 1538 and found guilty, attainted and beheaded for high treason

Siblings

Male

Courtenay, Edward ( - 1502)

Female

Courtenay, Margaret ( - 1526)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Grey, Elizabeth (1504/5 - 1519)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1515-6
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1519-10-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Blount, Gertrude (1504 - 1558)

  1. Male offspring: Courtenay, Henry (n.d.)
  2. Male offspring: Courtenay, Edward (1526 - 1556)

Primary Title

19th Earl of Devon
1st Marquess of Exeter

Titles

  • 19th Earl of Devon
    Assumed 1511-06-09
    Vacated 1538/9-01-09
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1521-04-24 (date nominated; installed 9 June 1521)
    Vacated 1538/9-01-09
  • 1st Marquess of Exeter
    Assumed 1525-16-18
    Vacated 1538/9-01-09

General Offices Note

Steward of numerous abbeys and priories in West of England after Dissolution

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England 1520 n.d.
Keeper, Kent 1522-4-28 n.d.
Master Forester, Devon 1523-5-26 n.d.
Steward, Devon 1523-5-26 n.d.
Steward, Devon 1523-4-3 n.d.
Steward, Wiltshire 1523-5-26 n.d.
Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1523-5-26 n.d.
Steward of Lands of the Dukedoms of Exeter & Somerset, England 1523-4-3 n.d.
Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1523-5-26 n.d. Stannaries alos located in Devon
JP, Devon 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1524/5 1526
Constable, Berkshire 1525-4 n.d.
JP, Devon 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Kent 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1528 n.d.
JP, Kent 1528 n.d.
Seneschal, Duchy of Cornwall 1528-6 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Devon 1530 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1530 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1530/1 1532
JP, Kent 1531 1532
JP, Cornwall 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1532 n.d.
JP, Devon 1532 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1534 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1534 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1535 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1536 1538
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1537 n.d.
JP, Kent 1537 1538
JP, Somerset 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1538 n.d.
JP, Devon 1538 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received the Boconnoc patrimony (6 manors in Cornwall; 5 manors in Devon) upon father’s death; livery of mother’s dower lands 19 Feb. 1527/8

Details of Properties

Residence

  • St Laurence Poultney & All Hallows Houses, London (city-county)
    Received following the execution of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
    Acquired: 1521
  • West Horsley, Surrey
    Primary residence from early 1530s
    Acquired: After 1530
  • Colcombe Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
  • Okehampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
  • Okehampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
  • Tiverton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
  • Columbjohn House, Exeter (city-county) in Devon
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1522
    Divested: 1538-12-03
    One manor; annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall upon attainder
  • Cornwall
    Divested: 1538-12-03
    18 manors as patrimony; annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall upon attainder
  • Devon: Bocconoc Manor
    This manor and thirty-eight others as patrimony
  • Dorset
    A total of sixteen manors between this county and Hampshire
  • Essex
  • Hampshire
    A total of sixteen manors between this county and Dorset
  • Hampshire: Breamore Priory
    Acquired: 1536
    Leased
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Middlesex
  • Rutland
  • Surrey
  • Devon: Dartington Hall & Manor
    Acquired: 1525
    Divested: 1538/9-01-09
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1523-1524 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1523-1524 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1532-1533 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1535-1535 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance 1527-1528 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Performers
Performance 1533-1533 Crowle Manor House, near Worcester , Worcestershire Lord Marquess' Bearward
Performance 1534-1534 Grimley Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Lord Marquess' Bearward
Performance 1536-1537 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance 1537-1538 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance 1537-1538 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance 1537-1538 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Entertainers
Performance 1532-1532 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Marquess of Exeter's Juggler
Performance 1535-1535 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel
Performance 1532-1533 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1526-1527 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1527-1528 Mayor's House, Plymouth , Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1529-1529 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1530-1530 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1530-1531 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1531-1531 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1531-1532 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1533 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1534-1535 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Earl of Devon's Performers Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Marquess' Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 2
Marquess of Exeter's Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 3
Marquess of Exeter's Entertainers Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Juggler Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 9

Bibliographic Sources

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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.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
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.