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 386 COURTENAY. IV. 1377. 4- Edward (Courtenay), Earl of Devon and") Loud Courtknay grandson and h. of Hugh, Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay above-mentioned, being s. and h. of Edward Courtenay, 3rd s. of the Earl. He d. 5 Dec. 1419. V. 1419. 5. Huon (Courtenay), Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay, s. and h. He d. 16 June 1422. VI. 1422. 6. Thomas (Courtenay), Earl of Devon and Loud Courtenay, a. and h. He d. 3 Feb. 1458. VH. 1458, 7. Thomas (Courtenay), Earl of Devon and Lord to Courtenay, h. and h. Beheaded 3 April 1461 when, having been 14G1. attainted all his honours were forfeited.^) COTJRTEXAY OF POWDERrTAM. Viscountcy. 1. Sin William Courtknay, Bart., of Powrlerhanr I 17G'' Castle, Devon, de jure[ h ) Karl ok Devon, s. and h. of Sir Willliam C, of the same, also tie jia c{ b ), Earl of Devon, was 4. 11 Feb. 1710, sue. his father, 10 Oct. 173.1, and was, on G May 1762, cr. VISCOUNT COURTENAY OF POWDEKHAM CASTLE, co. Devon. He d., but ten days afterwards, 16 May 1762. IT. 1762. 2. William (Courtenay) Viscount Courtenay of Powterham Castle, and de jurci*) Earl of Devon, only s. and h., b. 30 Oct. 1742. He d. 14 Dec. 1783. III. 1788, 3. William (Courtenay) Viscount Courtknay of to Powdi'.riiam Castle, and dc furefr) Earl of Devon, only «. and 1835. h., 6. 30 July 176S. On 14 May 1K31 he was declared EARL OF DEVON by the House of Lords under the rem., in the creation of that Earldom, 3 Sep. 1653, to the grantee "and his heirs male ;" he being, indeed, heir male general, inasmuch as his grandfather's, grandfather's, grandfather's, grandfather (tho' all of them unconscious of their right to such dignity) Sir William Courtenay [d. 1557), was cousin and h. male of the grantee of 1553, whose ancestor in the seventh Degree was Sir Wdiiam's grand- I father's, grandfather's, grandfather's, grandfather. The Earl d. until. 26 Nov. 1835, when the Viscountcy of Courtenay of Powdcrham, became extinct ; the Earldom of Devon devolving( b ) on another branch of the Courtenay family, as heirs male of the grantee of 1553. J (») The Barony of Courtenay, cr. by the writ of 1299, which was vested in this Earl, would except for the attainder have passed, on his death unm., to his brothers (the last of whom d. unm. 1471), and then to his sisters or their descendants. Of these, three d. young, while (?) Joane, m. Sir Roger Clifford, who was beheaded 1485, and left issue, and (2) Elizabeth m. Sir Hugh Conway. On the failure (only) of these two ladies would it vest in the numerous representatives of the 4 daughters of Sir Hugh Courtenay, of Boconnock, father of Edward, cr. Earl of Devon in 1485, whose issue became extinct in 1556. ( b ) According to the extraordinary decision of the House of Lords, 14 March 1831.