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 104 DEVON. XII. 1377. 12 or 13. Edward (Courten ay), Earl of Devon, and Lord Courtenay, grandson and b., being s. and fa. erf Edward Courtenay, of Godlingtou, by Einuieline, da. and h. of Sir John Dawnay, which Edward was 3d 8. of the last Earl but d. v. p. He was b. about 1357 ; served in the Scotch war ; was knighted (by the Earl of Buckingham) 13S0 ; was one of the suite that conducted Anne of Germany from Graveliues to London in 1381 for her marriage ; Admiral of the West, 1383-S5 ; Earl Marshal of England, 1385 ; P.C. 1395. He m. Maud, said to be da. of Thomas (Camovs), Lord CaMOTS, He, who was blind a long while before his death, rf. 5 Dec. Ml 9, and was probably Aid-, at Ford Abbey.(*) Will dat. 29 June 1119. [Sin Edward Courtenay, styled Lord Courtenay, s. and h. ap., h. about 13SS ; K.B. at the Coronation of Henry IV, 13 Oct. 1390 ; served in the French wan and was present, 25 Oct. 1115, at the battle of Agincourt. He m. Eleanor, da. of Roger (Mortimer), EaHl of March. Admiral of the Fleet, May to Aug. MIS, When, or shortly after, he d. s.p. and v.p.] XIII. 1-119. 13 or 4- HtJOH (Courtenay), Earl of Devon, ami Lord Courtenay, 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 13S9 j KB. at the Coronation of Henry IV, 13 Oct. 1399. Capt. of a Fleet and Lieut, to the King at Sea M1S-19. He tit. Ann, sister of John, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, da. of Richard (Talbot), 4th Loud Talbot, bv Ankaret, da. of John Le Strange. He i. It! June M22, aged 33. Admon. at Lambeth 4 July 1123. His widow had lie. (M32-33), 11 Hen. VI, to marry John Botreaux, and d. 10 Jany. 1440/1. XIV. 1422. U t or 5. Thomas (Chlrtenay), Earl of Devon, and Lord Courtenay, s. and h., b. 1414. Knighted, by Hen. VI, 19 May 1426 ; engaged for several years in the French wars ; P.C. to that King; Lord Hum Steward 25 May 1445, for the Coronation of Margaret, the Queen Consort; Lieut, against the rebels 1450. In 1410 he challenged the precedency of the Earl of Arundel, but the decision Wat against liim.{ b ) He m. Margaret, 2d and yst da. of John (Beaufort), 1st Earl of Somerset, sometime Marquess of Dorset, by Margaret, da. of Thomas (Holand), Earl of Kent. He d. at Abingdon Abbey, 3 Feb. 1457/8, on a journey to mediate between King Henry VI. and the Duke of York. Admon. 21 Feb. 14D7/S, at Lambeth. XV. 1458, 15 or G. Thomas (Courtenay), Earl of Devon, and to Lord Courtenay, s. and h., b. 1432, being aged 26 at hia father's 1461. death. He was a stout adherent to the House of Lancaster, ami being taken prisoner at the battlo of Towton 29 March was beheaded 3 April 1461, at York, when, having been attainted, all his honours became forfeited.^) He d. unm. ( :1 ) His is said to have been the magnificent monument at Tiverton destroyed towards the close of the 16th century (mentioned by Risdon in his " Survey," 1605-30), on which was the (well-known) curious inscription of " Hoe, hoe, who lies here ? 'Tis I, the Erie of Devonsheer With Kate my wife, to me full dere ; We lyved togeather 55 yeres," &c. The wifo "Kate " is, however, a mystery, and he certainly directs his burial to be at Ford Abbey ; not at Tiverton. ( b ) Sec vol. i, p. 149, note " d," sub " Arundel." ( c ) At his death the heir to his honours would, but for t/ic attainder, have been his next br. Henry Courtenay to whom, under the style of *' Henry Cotirtenny, Esquire," Edward IV gave, 27 July 1461, the manor of Topsham and some parts of the family estates in Devon.