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Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1538/9)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 19th Earl of Devon
  • 1st Marquess of Exeter

Titles

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

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 Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Divested: 1538-12-03
    18 manors as patrimony; annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall upon attainder
  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1522
    Divested: 1538-12-03
    One manor; 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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Devon's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Devon's Performers
Performance - Crowle Manor House, near Worcester, Worcestershire Lord Marquess' Bearward
Performance - Grimley Manor, near Worcester, Worcestershire Lord Marquess' Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Bearward
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Marquess of Exeter's Entertainers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Marquess of Exeter's Juggler
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Mayor's House, Plymouth, Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Performers Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Minstrel/s Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Marquess of Exeter's Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 1
Marquess of Exeter's Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 1
Marquess of Exeter's Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 1
Marquess of Exeter's Entertainers Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Devon's Minstrels Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Marquess' Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 1
Lord Marquess' Bearward Courtenay, Henry (1498 - 1539) Performing Animals 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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Colcombe Castle Devon Private Residence
Columbjohn House Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence
Dartington Hall Devon Private Residence
Okehampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Okehampton Castle Devon Private Residence

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.
  • Westcott, Margaret. 'Katherine Courtenay, Countess of Devon, 1479--1527.'. Devon: U of Exeter P, 1992 Tudor and Stuart Devon: The Common Estate and Government. Essays presented to Joyce Youings 13--38.