Sir John Dawney or Dawnay (d.1346/7) was the eldest son of Nicholas Dawney (d. shortly before 15 Sep 1333) of Mudford Terry,

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, and his wife, Elizabeth. John Dawney's younger brother, Thomas Dawney of

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, Yorkshire, married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Newton of

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, Yorkshire, and was ancestor of the Viscounts Downe. John Dawney served in King

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's expedition to

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in 1346, and fought at the

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on 26 August 1346, for which he was made a

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. He died shortly after the battle, in 1346/7. Dawney married Sybil Treverbyn, the daughter of Walter de Treverbyn of

Treverbyn Treverbyn is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The church of St Peter is modern as the medieval chapel was closed at the time of the Reformation. The parish was formed from part of St Austell parish in 1847. ...

, Cornwall. They had one surviving child, a daughter Emeline or Emme (c. 1329 – 28 February 1371), who married Sir Edward Courtenay (c.1331 – 1368x1371), third son of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, and by him had two sons, Edward and Hugh. The elder son,

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(c. 1357 – 5 December 1419), inherited the earldom from his grandfather, the 10th Earl, and became 11th Earl of Devon. The 11th earl married Maud Camoys, and the earldom remained in their descendants until their great-grandson, Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, was beheaded at

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on 3 April 1461 after the

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, dying without issue. All his honours were forfeited by attainder, and the earldom eventually passed, after a brief period of confusion during the

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(for which see Earl of Devon), by a new creation in 1485 to

Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c. 1527 – 18 September 1556) was an English nobleman during the rule of the Tudor dynasty. Born into a family with close royal connections, he was at various times considered a possible match for the ...

(d.1509), the grandson of Sir Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe and Bampton (1358–1425), brother of the 11th Earl. Emeline Dawney is said to have brought an estate consisting of "fifteen large manors in Cornwall" to the Courtenay family. Two effigies under a canopy in the south transept in the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul at

Sheviock Sheviock ( kw, Seviek, meaning ''strawberry bed'') is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is two miles (3 km) south of St Germans and three miles (5 km) south-west of Saltash. ...

, Cornwall, of a knight in gilded armour and his lady are considered to represent Sir Edward Courtenay and his wife, Emeline Dawney. A third effigy of a knight in the north aisle is said to represent Emeline's father, Sir John Dawney. The arms given by Lysons for the Dawney ( Latinised to ''De Alneto'') family are 'Argent, on a bend cotized sable, three annulets of the field'..

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History of the Parish of Sheviock, Cornwall
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