243367424. Baron Reginald de Courtenay & 243367425. Lady Hawise de Abrincis
~1135,
Reginald born in France, s/o §§Sire
Renaud de Courtenay & Dame Maud du Sap.
~1155,
Hawise born in England, d/o §§Baron
Robert de Abrincis & Lady Matilda Avenel. (S) See Family notes.
1152,
Reginald a member of the retinue of Queen Eleanor of France [future Queen of
England].
3/21/1152 at
the king’s castle of Beaugency, the marriage of Queen Eleanor and King Louis
VII annuled by a synod of Pope Eugenius III. Louis retained custody of their
daughters. Eleanor immediately took flight for Poitou.
5/18/1152 in Poitiers Cathedral, Henry
[future II], Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou, age 19, married Eleanor, age
30, without King Louis’ consent.
10/25/1154, Henry II succeeded Stephen
as King of England.
12/7/1154, Henry and Eleanor crossed
the channel to England.
12/19/1154, Henry II succeeded Stephen
as King of England.
1161,
Reginald created lord of Sutton in England.
1/1164,
Reginald de Courtenay attested a royal charter at Clarendon.
11/165, In a
charter naming ‘Alianorae Reginae’, and attested at Westminster, in favor of
St. Catherine’s priory near Lincoln … attested … [multiple bishops], Reginald,
earl of Cornwall; Roger de Moubray; and Reginald de Courtenay.
4/5/1170, At
Windsor, Reginald de Curtenai witnessed a royal grant in favor of Swineshead
abbey.
8/15/1170,
at Chinon, France, Reginald de Courtenay witnessed a royal confirmation of a
grant to the Norman Abbey of Lyra made by [deceased] Robert, earl of Leicester.
6/1171, At
Chivilly, France, Reginald de Curtenay witnessed 2 charters of King Henry.
7/1171, at
Bur le Roy, near Bayeux, Normandy, Reginald de Curtenay witnessed a charter of
Henry, the young King [Henry II’s eldest son.]
10/1171, After the English Pope Adrian
granted Ireland to King Henry, Henry landed at Waterford with 400 knights, 4000
men-at-arms, and 400 ships. Reginald accompanied King Henry into Ireland.
11/11/1171,
at Dublin, Ireland, King Henry expedited a charter to his “men of Bristol”,
giving the city of Dublin to them to inhabit and hold as they held Bristol.
Witnesses – William de Braose; Reginald de Curtenai; …
12/25/1171,
Reginald with King Henry in Dublin for Christmas.
4/17/1172,
Reginald, with King Henry, sailed from Wexford in Ireland to South Wales; King
Henry named Rhys ap Gruffydd his Justice of South Wales.
4/1173, King Henry’s 3 eldest surviving
sons: Henry, Richard & Geoffrey rebelled against him; supported by their
mother.
[––Reginald & Hawise––]
1173, Reginald married Hawise.
9/1174, King Henry broke King Louis’
siege of Rouen, Normandy.
9/22/1174,
at Beauvoir, France [northwest of Poictiers], Reginald de Courtenay withnessed
a royal grant to Richard de Lucy.
9/30/1174,
at Mont Louis between Tours and Amboise, Reginald de Courteney witnessed King
Henry’s charter freeing his burgesses in England, Normandy, Wales and Ireland
from tolls.
10/10/1174,
at Falaise, where the “state prisoners” were being held [including King William
of Scotland] from the rebellion, Reginald de Curtenay one of many witnesses to
a royal manifest.
10/11/1174, King Louis VII stopped
supporting King Henry’s sons, effectively ending their rebellion.
12/8/1174, at Valoins, Reginald de
Curtenai with a royal charter dealing with pacification of King William of
Scotland.
12/25/1174, Reginald with the royal
retinue [signing multiple charters during this time] celebrating Christmas at
Argentan, Normandy.
3/25/1175, at Caen, Normandy, Reginald
de Curtenay witnessed a royal charter to Montebourg abbey.
5/8/1175, King Henry returned to
England.
7/1175, at
Woodstock, Reginald de Curtenai witnessed a royal confirmation of a charter of
Simon, earl of Huntingdon.
8/1/1175, at
Nottingham, Reginald de Curtenai witnessed a royal charter to Welbeck abbey.
8/10/1175,
at York, Reginald present at royal court which included Henry, the young King;
King William of Scotland, and many of the nobles of Scotland.
10/6/1175,
Reginald present at the Great Council held at Windsor.
3/14/1176,
at Westminster, Reginald de Curtenai attested a royal charter to Rivaulx Abbey.
5/1176,
Reginald attested multiple royal charters dated at Westminster.
5/1177, at
Oxford, Reginald de Courtenay attested a royal grant to the Priory of St.
Thomas at Dublin.
1177,
Reginald granted Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, by King Henry II. (S) Royal
Berkshire History.
1178,
Reginald and his wife Hawise were given by the Pope a licence to have
a free chapel at Okehampton.
12/25/1178,
at Winchester, King Henry’s great Charter to the Abbey of Waltham, Essex,
witnessed by Reginald de Curtenai. [Reginald also witnessed a charter to
Godstow Nunnery.]
8/27/1179,
at Westminster, Reginald de Curtenai attested a royal charter to Furness abbey.
8/1181, at
Clipston, Reginald de Curteneye attested a royal charter to the Order of
Lazarites, also attested by the King’s son Geoffrey.
10-12/1181,
at Westminster, Reginald de Curtenay witnessed multiple royal charters.
2/1182, at
Arundel, Reginald de Courtenay attested a royal charter to the Burgesses of
Beverley, Yorkshire.
1185-6,
Reginald de Curtenai a recipient of a royal grant of a marriage or wardship.
9/14/1186,
at Marlborough, Reginald de Curtenay witnessed a royal charter to the
Charthusian priory of Witham, Somerset.
8/31/1188, King Henry invades Ivry,
France.
9/29/1188, in Normandy, Reginald de
Curtenai witnessed a royal charter to Vallemont abbey.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded Henry II
as King of England.
~1192, Reginald built Norman Hall at
Sutton Courtenay. (S) Royal Berkshire History.
9/7/1194, Reginald died; buried at Ford
abbey, Dorset.
[––Hawise––]
1210, Hawise
de Curtenai accounts for £195 10s. scutage of 92 ¾ fees in Okemanton at 3 marks
for each fee. (S) Reports and Transactions, Devonshire, V38, 1906, P353.
1214, Hawise
de Curtenai owes 7 ½ marks for the honour of Okemanton.
1219, Hawise
died.
8/14/1219,
Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king’s hand all lands and tenements
with their appurtenances in his bailiwick formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, who
is dead as the king has heard, and to keep them safely until the king orders
otherwise. Witness H. de Burgh, justiciar. (S) FRsHIII.
(S)
Collectanea Archaeologica, 1862, PP280-1. (S) CH&I.H.II.
Family notes:
Reginald de Courtenay, lord of Okehampton, attested
123 documents of King Henry II, 12th highest of the nobles of the realm. (S)
Oxford DNB.
William the Conqueror gave to Baldwin de Brioniis the barony of Oakhampton. Richard his son,
dying without issue, it passed it to Ralph
Avenell, husband of Adelicia,
Richard’s sister. Ralph dispossessed of his barony by King Henry II. It was
given to Matilda, Ralph’s daughter. §§Matilda married 1st §§Robert
de Abrincis by whom she had 3 daughters; they youngest marrying Reginald de
Courtenay (243367424). Matilda married 2nd a bastard s/o Henry I,
and left a son William, who’s male line soon died. The barony fell to Robert
(121683712) s/o Reginald. (S) The Reliquary, V17, 1877, P22.
Children
of Reginald and Hawise:
i. Robert de Courtenay (121683712), born 1174 in
England.
1217, Robert de Courtenay of Oakhampton, the king’s “kinsman”, asked to
surrender Exeter castle to Queen Isabella.
1219, Robert, son of Reginald and Hawisia, gives 500 marks
and 5 palfreys to have livery of the honor of Okehampton.
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