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Francis Courtenay, ''de jure'' 4th Earl of Devon, ( – 3 June 1638) of Powderham, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament. In 1831 he was recognised retrospectively as having been ''de jure'' 4th Earl of Devon, having succeeded his father in 1630.
Courtenay married twice. He married firstly, 7 November 1606, Mary (born 1586), widow of Nicholas Hurst of Oxton, Devon and eldest daughter of Sir
Venning, Tim; Hunneyball, Paul (2010). "Courtenay, Francis (c.1576-1638), of Powderham, Devon". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629''.
at historyofparliamentonline.org
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Origins
Courtenay was the second but eldest surviving son of Sir William Courtenay (1553–1630), ''de jure'' 3rd Earl of Devon of Powderham Castle, Devon, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1526–1563).Career
He was MP for Devonshire in 1625 and possibly forGrampound
Grampound ( kw, Ponsmeur) is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road west of St Austell and east of Truro.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ...
in 1626.
Marriages and issue
Courtenay married twice. He married firstly, 7 November 1606, Mary (born 1586), widow of Nicholas Hurst of Oxton, Devon and eldest daughter of Sir William Pole
William Pole FRS FRSE MICE (22 April 181430 December 1900) was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist.
Life
He was born in Birmingham on 22 April 1814, the son of Thomas Pole.
Pole was apprenticed as an engineer t ...
(1561–1635), of Colcomb, Devon. They had no children.
He married secondly, by 1628, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet (c. 1580 – 5 October 1659) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1625. He was an ambassador to Denmark. During the English Civil War, he supported the Roya ...
(c. 1580 – 1659) of Berry Pomeroy, Devon, by whom he had issue:
* Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet (died 1702), married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Waller.
* Edward Courtenay, baptised on 17 July 1631 at Powderham.
* Francis Courtenay, baptised on 14 July 1633, married, 11 January 1658, Rebecca, daughter of Major John Webb of Exeter.
* James Courtenay, baptised on 18 January 1635 at Powderham.
* Elizabeth Courtenay
Death
Courtenay died on 3 June and was buried on 5 June 1638 at Powderham, Devon. He was succeeded by his eldest son,William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
. His widow later married Sir Amos Meredith, 1st Baronet of Marston, Devon. She died by 6 February 1664.
Notes
References
* * * *External links
Venning, Tim; Hunneyball, Paul (2010). "Courtenay, Francis (c.1576-1638), of Powderham, Devon". In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629''.
at historyofparliamentonline.org
at cracroftspeerage.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtenay, Francis Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon 1570s births 1638 deaths Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 Earls of Devon (1553 creation)