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 COURTENAY 467 Courtenay, Earl of Devon, next abovenamed, but who d. v.p., in or before 1349. He d. s.p., also in the lifetime of the Earl, his grandfather, 20 Feb. 1373/4. CO n o o O C (-0 c n < o z W o 3 IV- ^77- 4- Edward (de Courtenay), Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay, 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 J. 5 Dec. 141 9. 1419- 5- Hugh (de Courtenay), Earl OF Devon and Lord Courtenay, s. and h. He d. 16 June 1422. VL 1422. 6. Thomas (de Courtenay), Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay, s. and h. Hert'. 3 Feb. 1458. VIL 1458 7. Thomas (de Courten.a.y), Earl of Devon to and Lord Courtenay, s. and h. Beheaded I461. 3 Apr. 1461, when, having been attainted^ all his honours were /orfeited.(^) COURTENAY OF POWDERHAM CASTLE VISCOUNTCY. I. Sir William Courtenay, Bart., de jureQ") Earl OF Devon, s. and h. of Sir William C, of Powderham L 1762. Castle, Devon, also de jure(^) Earl of Devon, was l>. II Feb. 1710, sue. his father, 10 Oct. 1735, and was, on 6 May 1762, cr. VISCOUNT COURTENAY OF POWDERHAM CASTLE, Devon. He d ten days afterwards, 16 May 1762. See fuller account under "Devon" (de Jure) Earls of, 1735 to 1835. {*) Any Barony of Courtenay that may be supposed to have been cr. by the writ of 1299, and that 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 (i) Joan, b. 1447, m., istly. Sir Roger Clifford, who was beheaded 1485; she m., 2ndly, Sir William Knyvett, and left issue. (2) Elizabeth, b. 1449, m. Sir Hugh Conway, living 1471/2, aged 22. On the failure (only) of the issue of these two sisters 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. C") According to the extraordinary decision of the House of Lords, 14 Mar. 1831.