Hugh De Courtenay^[1]

1303 - 1377  (73 years)

• Name	Hugh De Courtenay  [2]
  Birth	12 Jul 1303	Okehampton, West Devon Borough, Devon, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 May 1377	Exeter, Devon, England   [2]
  Burial	Exeter, Devon, England   [2]
  Person ID	I47115	Master
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Hugh de Courtenay, II,   b. 14 Sep 1273, Okehampton, West Devon Borough, Devon, England d. 23 Dec 1340, Tiverton, Mid Devon District, Devon, England (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Agnes Courtenay,   b. 1275, Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England d. 11 Jun 1345, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F10746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret De Bohun,   b. 3 Apr 1311, Caldecott, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England d. 16 Dec 1391, Norfolk, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth De Courtenay,   b. Exeter, Devon, England d. 1395, Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England   2. Margaret Cobham   d. 2 Aug 1395, , , , England   3. Hugh de Courtenay,   b. , , , England d. 1349, , , , England   4. Philip Courtenay   d. 29 Jul 1406   5. Edward Courtenay,   b. 1329   d. 1372 (Age 43 years)   6. Peter Courtenay,   b. 1342, Exeter, Devon, England d. 2 Feb 1405, , , , England (Age 63 years)   7. William Courtenay,   b. 1342   d. 31 Jul 1396 (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F10706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 May 1377 - Exeter, Devon, England Burial - - Exeter, Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S764] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).