Philip Courtenay

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Sir Philip Courtenay of Molland (* around 1403, † 1489 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Philip Courtenay was the second son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham and Elizabeth Hungerford.

The Courtenay family is an ancient noble family with an English lineage that has been called Earl of Devon , intermittently, since the early 14th century. Philip Courtenay of Molland was the founder of the Sideline of Molland . House and property at Molland in Devon were brought into the family by his mother and Sir Philip inherited it from his father.

Sir Philip fought during the Wars of the Roses for the House of York during the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471, at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485. In Tewkesbury Philip was a Knight Bachelor for beaten knight . Sir Philip was sheriff of Devonshire in 1471 and was appointed under Richard III. named Knight of the Kings Body .

Sir Philip died in 1489.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Philip was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hingston.

The couple had the following offspring

  • John
  • Philip of Loughter
  • William
  • Margaret ⚭ Sir John Champernon
  • Elizabeth ⚭ Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas Westcote: A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX: With a Pedigree of most of ist Gentry , W. Roberts, Exeter 1845, p. 574
  2. ^ A b c Richard B. Cook: Leaves of a Stunted Shrub, Vol. II , ISBN 978-0-979-12576-8 , p. 328
  3. ^ Bernhard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire , Harrison & Sons, London 1868, p. 329
  4. ^ Daniel and Samuel Lysons: Magna Britannia Vol. VI - Devonshire - Part II , London 1822, p. 346
  5. ^ A b Towton Battlefield Society
  6. ↑ a b Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  7. ^ William A. Shaw: Knights of England , Genealogical Publishing, 1971, ISBN 978-0-806-30443-4 , p. 14.
  8. ^ A b Weis, Sheppard, Beall, Beall: Ancestry Roots of certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700 , Genealogical Publishing Com. 2004, ISBN 978-0-806-31752-6 , p. 59
  9. ↑ a b Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04513-7 , p. 626.
  10. ↑ Rosemary Horox: Richard III: A Study in Service , Cambridge University Press 1991, ISBN 978-0-521-40726-7 , p. 288
personal data
SURNAME Courtenay, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Courteney, Sir Philip of Molland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1489