3802616. Sir Edward de Courtney &
3802617. Emmeline Dawnay
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
1329, Emmeline, born in England, heiress & d/o 7605234. Sir John Dawney & 7605235.
Sibyl de Treverbyn.
1331, Edward born in England, 3rd s/o 7605232. Earl Hugh Courtenay & 7605233.
Margaret de Bohun.
1341, Grant by John de Alneto (Emmeline’s father), lord of
Henaton, to Christina Everad and John her son, of all his land in Hulle next
Yevele, at the yearly rent of a rose, with remainders to Emmot the grantor's
daughter, and to his own right heirs: [Somers.] (S) UKNA.
8/1346, Emmeline age 16-18 when her father died.
1348, Edward’s older brother Hugh died, leaving Hugh’s son
Hugh as heir to the earldom. [Who would die without issue leaving Edward’s son
Edward as the heir to 7605232.]
[––Edward &
Emma––]
4/12/1348, Edward and Emma were charged with 50s. for their
relief of the said manor, which John Dauney held on the day of his death of the
king in chief by knight’s service, and for which Edward did fealty to the king
on 12 April, 22 Edward III. They acknowledged that they held it of the king in
chief, as John had held it, by service of half a knight’s fee. (S) IPM of
Emmeline.
1349, At Lambeth, Edward, knight, attended the wedding of
William de Montague (s/o 30422278), 2nd Earl of Salisbury, and
Elizabeth de Mohun. (S) Testamenta Vetusta, V1, Nicolas, 1826, P14.
6/10/1351, “Debtor: William, the son of Nicholas Daunee of
Devon. Creditor: Edward de Courtney, knight [of Devon]. Amount: £60.” (S) UKNA.
9/1/1354, Edward de Courtenay, going beyond seas, has letters
nominating … (S) CPRs.
9/9/1355, King Edward and the Black Prince, sail for
Normandy from Plymouth; the Prince appointed lieutenant in Gascony to oppose
raids by the count of Armagnac. [Edward de Courtney, Prince’s Bachelor to
Edward, the Black Prince.]
10/1/1355, Landing in Calais, King Edward proceeds on raids
into Pas de Calais, Artois and Picady.
12/1/1355, [While Edward overseas] IPM of John Strech.
Devon: … Wolston. Two messuages, 120a. arable held as of the same inheritance
of Edward de Courtenay by service of half a knight’s fee. (S) CIsPM.
9/26/1356, Prince Edward, the Black Prince, captured King
John II of France at the battle of Poitiers; as well as killing 2000 French
knights.
12/16/1357, Edward de Courtenay, knight, acknowledges that he
owes to David de Wollore … clerks, £10; to be levied etc. in Devon. (S)
CCRs.
10/1359, Prince Edward with his father King Edward, sailing
from Sandwich to Calais with 1,100 ships, again invaded France, eventually
taking Saint-Florentin and Tonnerre. They reached Paris, setting the suburbs on
fire, before turning back to Brittany [King Edward decided a siege of Paris was
not feasible.]
12/23/1361, Edward le Despenser lord of Glamorgan, Edward de
Courtenaye, John de Sully, Walter de Pavely of Hilberton, Edward de Berkele,
John Meryot, knights … Joint and several recognisance for 3,600 marks … (S)
CCRs.
4/16/1362, Acknowledgement of the receipt … from Edward le
Despenser, lord of Glamorgan, Edward de Courteneye, … knights, … of 3,600 marks
wherein they were bound to the king … (S) CPRs.
5/5/1364, Grant to Edward de Courtenay, knight, son of Hugh
de Courtenay, earl of Devon. For faculty that his chaplain may celebrate divine
offices in presence of him and Emmeline his wife. (S) Petitions to the Pope,
1896, 2 Urban V, f.176.
1/1366-1/1367, Demise by Sir Edward le Courtenay, knight ,
and Emma his wife, daughter and heiress of Sir John Damme, knight, to William
le Hopere of Kyngeston next Yevele and Joan, his wife, of cottages and land in
Kyngeston …, which cottages had descended to the said Edward and Emma upon the
death of John Basset her kinsman, paying 4s. yearly. (S) UKNA, E 326/1817.
2/4/1367, Edward de Courtenay, going beyond seas with the
king’s licence, has letters nominating … (S) CPRs.
2/2/1368, Licence for Edward de Courteney, ‘chivaler,’ and
his 2 brothers to cross from the port of Dover to Gascony to the parts of Prues
with 17 persons, 20 horses, … a letter of exchange … for £130 payable to him
and his brothers at Calais. (S) CPRs.
By 1370, Edward died before his father.
[––Emmeline––]
3/20/1371, Emmeline died.
4/1/1371, Writ for IPM of Emmeline late the wife of Edward
De Courtenay, knight. Somerset: Hyneton. … Modeford Terre. 2/3rds of the manor
… She died on 20 March last. Edward her son, aged 14 years and more, is her
next heir. Devon: Washbourn Durant. A messuage … Cornwall: Shevyok and Antonne.
The manors … Porthloo. 2/3rds of the manor … Heir as above, who will be 15
years of age at the Invention of the Holy Cross next. (S) CIsPM.
(S) Wadham College, Oxford, Jackson, 1893. (S) The Peerage
of Ireland, 1789, P73. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P238. (S) Parochial and Family
Hist. of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, V2, Maclean, P42.
Children of Edward and Emmeline:
i. Earl Edward
Courtenay, born 5/3/1357 in England.
9/20/1372, Grant to William, lord de Latymer, of the
wardship of all the lands late of Emmeline late the wife of Edward de
Courtenaye, who held in chief, … until the lawful age of Edward, her son and
heir, together with the marriage of the said heir. (S) CFRs.
2/20/1374, The death of his 1st cousin Hugh de
Courtenay, knight, heir of the earl of Devon, without male heir. [The Earl,
grandfather of both, (7605232), still alive.] (S) IPM of Hugh de Courtenay,
Knight, 3/9/1374.
1377, Edward’s grandfather the earl died.
7/6/1378, Order to cause Edward son and heir of Emelina who
was wife of Edward de Courtenay knight, being cousin [grandson] and heir of
Hugh de Courtenay earl of Devon, to have seisin of the lands of his mother, and
of the said earl his grandfather. (S) CCRs. [11th Earl of Devon.]
1381, Edward accompanied Anne of Bohemia from Gravelines,
France, to London to be married to King Richard II.
12/5/1419, Edward, “the blind Earl”, died.
ii. Hugh Courtnay
(1901308), born aft. 1358 in Wales.
