Hugh De Courtenay

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Born the son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and Agnes de St. John. He married Margaret de Bohun in August 1325 and with her had ten children. He was invested as a Knight Banneret in 1327. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Courtenay in April 1337 during his father's lifetime. In 1339 he repulsed a French raid on Cornwall, and succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Devon the following year. He held the office of Joint Warden of Devon and Cornwall in 1352 and the office of Chief Warden of Devon in 1373. He died four years later at age 73.

Family/Spouse: Margaret De Bohun. Margaret (daughter of Humphrey De Bohun and Elizabeth Plantagenet, of Rhuddlan) was born on 3 Apr 1311 in Caldecott, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England; died on 16 Dec 1391 in Norfolk, Exeter, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth De Courtenay was born in Exeter, Devon, England; died in 1395 in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
2. Margaret Cobham died on 2 Aug 1395 in , , , England; was buried in Cobham, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England.
3. Hugh de Courtenay was born in , , , England; died in 1349 in , , , England; was buried in Thorncombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, England.
4. Philip Courtenay died on 29 Jul 1406; was buried in Powderham, Teignbridge District, Devon, England.
5. Edward Courtenay was born in 1329; died in 1372; was buried in Sheviock, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England.
6. Peter Courtenay was born in 1342 in Exeter, Devon, England; died on 2 Feb 1405 in , , , England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
7. William Courtenay was born in 1342; died on 31 Jul 1396; was buried in Canterbury, Kent, England.

Hugh married Agnes Courtenay. Agnes was born in 1275 in Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England; died on 11 Jun 1345 in Exeter, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]