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Birth:          ABT 1400 of Powderham, Devonshire, England
Death:          16 Dec 1463 
Burial:         Powderham, Devonshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Courtenay_(died_1463)
Sir Philip Courtenay (18 January 1404 – 16 December 1463) of Powderham,[a] Devon, 
was the senior member of a junior branch of the powerful Courtenay family, Earls of 
Devon.
Origins[edit]

Courtenay was born on 18 January 1404, the eldest son and heir of Sir John 
Courtenay (died before 1415) of Powderham, by his wife Joan[2] Champernoun (died 
1419),[3] widow of Sir James Chudleigh[4] and daughter of Richard Champernoun of 
Modbury.[5]

He was the grandson of Sir Philip Courtenay (c.?1355 – 1406) and therefore the 
great-grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (died 1377) and Margaret de 
Bohun (died 1391). He had a brother, Sir Humphrey Courtenay, who died without 
issue.[6] Philip was heir to his uncle, Richard Courtenay (died 1415), Bishop of 
Norwich[7] and also to his other uncle Sir William Courtenay (died 1419)[6]

Seat[edit]

Courtenay's seat was Powderham Castle, given to his grandfather Sir Philip Courtenay 
(1340–1406), of Powderham, (a younger son of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon 
(died 1377)), by his mother Margaret Bohun, whose father had given it to her as her 
marriage portion.

Battle of Clyst Heath (1455)[edit]

He had been badly treated by his distant cousin Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of 
Devon (1414–1458), whose seat was at Tiverton Castle, and during the turbulent and 
lawless era of the Wars of the Roses, he supported the challenge against the earl, for 
local supremacy in Devon, put up by the Lancastrian courtier, Sir William Bonville 
(1392–1461), of Shute. Sir Philip's eldest son and heir Sir William Courtenay (died 
1485) had married Bonville's daughter Margaret, cementing the alliance between the 
two men. On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) 
at the head of a private army of 1,000 men seized control of Exeter and its royal 
castle, the stewardship of which was sought by Bonville, and laid siege to nearby 
Powderham for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and 
approached from the east, crossing the River Exe, but was unsuccessful and was 
driven back by the Earl's forces. Sir Philip otherwise played a limited role in the 
Bonville-Courtenay feud. On 15 December 1455 the Earl of Devon and Lord Bonville 
met decisively at the Battle of Clyst Heath, where Bonville was defeated and after 
which the Earl sacked and pillaged Shute.[8]

Sir Philip swore fealty to King Edward IV (1461–1483) as an MP at Parliament.

Marriage and children[edit]

In about 1426 Courtenay married Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Walter 
Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons, Steward of the 
Household to Kings Henry V and Henry VI, and Lord High Treasurer. They had seven 
sons and four daughters:[9]
Sir William Courtenay (c. 1428 – September 1485) of Powderham, eldest son and heir, 
who married Margaret Bonville, daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (died 
1461). He was the paternal ancestor of Henry Reginald Courtenay (MP).
Sir Philip Courtenay of Molland (c. 1430 – 7 February 1489), second son, MP, Sheriff 
of Devon in 1470.
Peter Courtenay (died 22 September 1492), Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of 
Winchester.
Sir Walter Courtenay (died 7 November 1506), who married Alice Colbroke, widow of 
John Vere (died before 15 March 1488), son of Sir Robert Vere (1410–1461), of 
Haccombe, by Joan Courtenay (died before 3 August 1465), widow of Sir Nicholas 
Carew (died before 20 April 1448), and daughter of Sir Hugh Courtenay by Philippa 
Archdekne.[10]
Sir Edmund Courtenay, who married Jane Devioke, dau. of John Deviock of Deviock 
near St Germans, and Isabell
Humphrey Courtenay.
Sir John Courtenay (died 1469).
Anne Courtenay, who married Sir Thomas Grenville.
Elizabeth Courtenay, who married three times: Firstly to Sir James Luttrell (1426/7 – 
1461) of Dunster Castle, Somerset. Her ledger stone displaying the image of a lady, 
survives in Dunster Church.[11]
Secondly to Sir Humphrey Audley.[citation needed]
Thirdly to Thomas Malet.[citation needed]

Philippa Courtenay, who married Sir Thomas Fulford (died 1489) of Fulford, Devon, 
whose step-father Sir William Huddesfield (died 1499) was the husband of Philippa's 
sister Katherine Courtenay.
Katherine Courtenay (died 12 January 1515), who married three times: Firstly Sir 
Seintclere Pomeroy (died 31 May 1471),
Secondly Thomas Rogers,
Thirdly Sir William Huddesfield (died 1499).[12] of Shillingford St. George, Attorney 
General to King Edward IV.[13]

Death[edit]

He died on 16 December 1463.

Parents
COURTENAY John (ABT 1382 - BEF 29 Jul 1406)
CHAMPERNOUN Joan (ABT 1385 - 1419)

Siblings
COURTENAY Philip (ABT 1400 - 16 Dec 1463)

Marriage To HUNGERFORD Elizabeth (ABT 1400 - 14 Dec 1476)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
HUNGERFORD Walter (22 Jun 1378 - 9 Jun 1449)
PEVERELL Eleanor (Katherine) (ABT 1380 - AFT 14 Jun 1426)

Children by HUNGERFORD Elizabeth ABT 1400 - 14 Dec 1476
COURTENAY Elizabeth (ABT 1435 - ABT 1493)

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