Sir William DE COURTENAY

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• Name: William DE MUSBURY

William married Joan BASSET about 1238 in Holsworthy, Devonshire, England. Joan was born in 1162 in Headington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died in 1213 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine de COURTENAY was born in 1235 in of Wrenbury, Cheshire, England; died about 1318 in Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Kenn, Musbury, and Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, lwerne, Dorset, etc., Sheriff of Devonshire, 1215, 1218, Justice for Berkshire and Wiltshire, 1235, son and heir.
He was heir in 1209 to his uncle, Robert de Courtenay.

He married in 1210-11 (grant of her marriage) MARY DE VERNON, widow of Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen (living 1209), and daughter of William de Vernon, Knt., 5th Earl of Devon, by Mabel, daughter of Robert II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 8 for her ancestry].
Her maritagium included lands in Crewkerne, Somerset, with the foreign hundred and the chace there.
They had three sons,
John, Knt.,
William, Knt., and
Robert [Dean of Auckland],
and two daughters,
Egeline and
Hawise.
In 1209 he paid a fine to the king of 400 marks and two great horses to have seisin of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire. In 1211 he owed 1,200 marks to have the honour of Oakhampton, Devon, which had been in the king's hands. In 1217 he was ordered by the king to release Exeter Castle and the stannaries and coinage of Devon to the queen mother. In 1214 he sued Roger Chike and two others regarding lands in Sutton, Berkshire. In April 1218 he offered 5 marks to have a jury concerning the hundred of Redlane which he said was his and pertains to his manor of Iweme, which hundred, and the hundred of Gillingham, were withdrawn from him and his ancestors. In July 1218 the king committed custody of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire to John of Wiggonholt for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answer for the issues of the same manor to Stephen de Croy, merchant of Amiens, for the debt which Robert de Courtenay owed him. In 1219 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon that he cause Robert de Courtenay to have full seisin of all lands and appurtenances in Devonshire formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, his mother, which fell to the said Robert by inheritance. In 1220 he was granted a two day fair at his manor of Okehampton, Devon. In 1220 John de Saint Helen sued him regarding half a hide of land in Sutton, Berkshire. The same year Maud de Courtenay (his aunt and step-grandmother) sued him regarding the manors of Oakhampton, Chulmleigh, Kenn, and Musbury, and Sampford, Devon and Hemington, Somerset, which she claimed as her right. In 1224 he made fine with the king to render ?30 to him annually at the Exchequer of the ?190 8s. 7d. due from him to the king; he was allowed such costs he incurred, by order of the king and the same justiciar, to fill a breach in the wall of Exeter castle. In 1227 the king committed the manor of Sedborough (in Parkham), Devon with its appurtenances to his wife, Mary. In 1230 he was overseas in the service of the king. In the period, 1230-2, he settled a long standing dispute with Abingdon Abbey regarding digging turves from the manor of Culham for the repair of Sutton mill, Berkshire.

SIR ROBERT DE COURTENAY died at Iweme, Dorset about 27 July 1242, and was buried at Ford Abbey, Dorset.
His widow, Mary, was living 15 July 1250.

[*Mary de Vernon married (1st) in 1201 (date of charter) (betrothal dated early 1200) Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen, younger son of Osbert de Preaux, of Normandy. They had no issue. He accompanied King Richard I on crusade in 1190. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Acre in 1192. In the period, 1194-9, he served King Richard I throughout his wars against Philip II of France. In 1203 he was in charge of the escheats of Normandy and the Jews, except for the Jews of Rouen and Caen. The same year he was granted all the land which Peter de Meulan (his Wife's uncle) held at Sens, Normandy. In 1204, in agreement with the leading men of the city, he surrendered Rouen to King Philippe Auguste of France. He was living in 1209.]

Robert married Mary DE VERNON, de Redvers in 1200 in Devon, England. Mary (daughter of Earl William DE VERNON, de Redvers 5th Earl of Devon and Mabel DE BEAUMONT) was born in 1185 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; died after 1242; was buried in Nov 1242. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary DE REVIERS
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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Kenn, Musbury, and Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, lwerne, Dorset, etc., Sheriff of Devonshire, 1215, 1218, Justice for Berkshire and Wiltshire, 1235, son and heir. He was heir in 1209 to his uncle, Robert de Courtenay. He married in 1210-11 (grant of her marriage) MARY DE VERNON, widow of Peter de Preaux, Knt.,* of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen (living 1209), and daughter of William de Vernon, Knt., 5th Earl of Devon, by Mabel, daughter of Robert II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 8 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included lands in Crewkerne, Somerset, with the foreign hundred and the chace there. They had three sons, John, Knt., William, Knt., and Robert [Dean of Auckland], and two daughters, Egeline and Hawise. In 1209 he paid a fine to the king of 400 marks and two great horses to have seisin of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire. In 1211 he owed 1,200 marks to have the honour of Oakhampton, Devon, which had been in the king's hands. In 1217 he was ordered by the king to release Exeter Castle and the stannaries and coinage of Devon to the queen mother. In 1214 he sued Roger Chike and two others regarding lands in Sutton, Berkshire. In April 1218 he offered 5 marks to have a jury concerning the hundred of Redlane which he said was his and pertains to his manor of Iweme, which hundred, and the hundred of Gillingham, were withdrawn from him and his ancestors. In July 1218 the king committed custody of the manor of Sutton, Berkshire to John of Wiggonholt for as long as it pleases the king, so that he answer for the issues of the same manor to Stephen de Croy, merchant of Amiens, for the debt which Robert de Courtenay owed him. In 1219 the king ordered the Sheriff of Devon that he cause Robert de Courtenay to have full seisin of all lands and appurtenances in Devonshire formerly of Hawise de Courtenay, his mother, which fell to the said Robert by inheritance. In 1220 he was granted a two day fair at his manor of Okehampton, Devon. In 1220 John de Saint Helen sued him regarding half a hide of land in Sutton, Berkshire. The same year Maud de Courtenay (his aunt and step-grandmother) sued him regarding the manors of Oakhampton, Chulmleigh, Kenn, and Musbury, and Sampford, Devon and Hemington, Somerset, which she claimed as her right. In 1224 he made fine with the king to render ?30 to him annually at the Exchequer of the ?190 8s. 7d. due from him to the king; he was allowed such costs he incurred, by order of the king and the same justiciar, to fill a breach in the wall of Exeter castle. In 1227 the king committed the manor of Sedborough (in Parkham), Devon with its appurtenances to his wife, Mary. In 1230 he was overseas in the service of the king. In the period, 1230-2, he settled a long standing dispute with Abingdon Abbey regarding digging turves from the manor of Culham for the repair of Sutton mill, Berkshire. SIR ROBERT DE COURTENAY died at Iweme, Dorset about 27 July 1242, and was buried at Ford Abbey, Dorset. His widow, Mary, was living 15 July 1250.
[*Mary de Vernon married (1st) in 1201 (date of charter) (betrothal dated early 1200) Peter de Preaux, Knt., of Alton, Hampshire, Sudbury (in West Ham), Essex, etc., lord of the Channel Islands, Constable of Rouen, younger son of Osbert de Preaux, of Normandy. They had no issue. He accompanied King Richard I on crusade in 1190. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Acre in 1192. In the period, 1194-9, he served King Richard I throughout his wars against Philip II of France. In 1203 he was in charge of the escheats of Normandy and the Jews, except for the Jews of Rouen and Caen. The same year he was granted all the land which Peter de Meulan (his Wife's uncle) held at Sens, Normandy. In 1204, in agreement with the leading men of the city, he surrendered Rouen to King Philippe Auguste of France. He was living in 1209.]
Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 75-76. Risdon Chorographical Desc. or Survey of the County of Devon (1811): 356-357. Burke Gen'l & Heraldic Dict. of the Peerages of England, Ireland & Scotland (1831): 142-146 (sub Courtenay). Coll Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 62; 2 (1835): 390. Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanni? 1 (1840): clxix-clxx, clxxii-clxxiii; 2 (1844): cidiv-cxlvi, cc, ccxxix-ccxxxii (Peter de Pr?aux styled "brother" [fratris] by Alice, Countess of Eu). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1846): 377-382 (Ford Abbey, Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia: "Qui Robertus [de Courtenay] cum tandem vit? su? laudabilem cursum f?liciter consummasset in stadio, septimo calend. Augusti [26 July] apud Ywren, manerium suum, diem clausit extremum anno Domini M.CCXLII. [1242] et regni regis Henrici III. 26..."). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 464-472. (Courtenay ped.) Adams Hist., Topog., & Antiqs. of the Isle of Wight (1856): 132-133. Le Quesne Constitutional Hist. of Jersey (1856): 109-110. Collectanea Arch?ologica 1 (1862): 263-284. Shirley Royal & Other Historical Letters illus. of the Reign of King Henry III 1 (1862) (Rolls ser. 27): 40-41, 160, 232-233 (letters of Robert de Courtenay). Teulet Layettes du Tr?sor des Chartes 1 (1863): 250-252. Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 388; 6th Ser. 3 (1881): 1-3; 8th Ser. 7 (1895): 441-443. Bibuotheque de l'Ecole des Chartes 32 (1871): 403-404. Reliquary 17 (1876-7): 97-104. MSS of the Marquess of Abergavenny (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1887): 72-73. Ouless Ecr?hous, Illustrated (1884): 8-10. Worthy Hist. of the Suburbs of Exeter (1885): 61-62, 81-82, 149. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 133-134, 137-138 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that he was the son of Hawise, the first born daughter of Maud d'Avranches; Hawise's sister, Maud de Courtenay, who was the plaintiff in the lawsuit, in turn testified that the said Hawise was the daughter of Geoffrey de Crimes (or Crunes, Cruues), the 1st husband of Maud d'Avranches), 404-405; 3 (1887): 320, 450-452 (Robert de Courtenay testified in lawsuit dated 1222 that his mother, Hawise, was the daughter of William de Curcy, husband of Maud d'Avranches). Archer Crusade of Richard I, 1189-92 (1889): 326. Notes & Gleanings 2 (1889): 65-68; 5 (1892): 21 (charter of Robert de Courtenay). Curtis Short Hist. & Desc. of the Town of Alton (1896): 21-22. Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 53-56. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34. C.P.R. 1216-1225 (1901): 53 (Robert de Courtenay styled "king's kinsman" by King Henry III of England). Desc. Gat. Ancient Deeds 4 (1902): 69. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 535. G.Ch.R. 2 (1906): 60. Devon Notes & Queries 4 (1907): 148-149, 229-232 (re. Preaux fam.). Phillimore Rotuli Hugonis de Welles Episcopi Lincolniensis 1209-1235 2 (Canterbury & York Soc. 3) (1907): 79. C.P. 4 (1916): 317 (sub Devon) (ped.), 323 (sub Devon), 465. C.R.R. 7 (1935): 51, 97, 134, 146, 192-193, 244, 259, 333; 9 (1952): 26, 36-37, 104, 237, 294, 305-306, 322, 330, 362; 10 (1949): 22, 115-116, 119-120; 17 (1991): 166. Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 136. Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1211 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 28) (1953): 61. Seversmith Col. Fams. of Long Island 5 (1958): 2413-2419, 2439-2440. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 70. VCH Essex 6 (1973): 68-74. VCH Somerset 4 (1978): 4-38. Schwennicke Europaische Stanmtfeln 3(4) (1989): 629 (sub Courtenay). Bearman Charters of the Redvers family and the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 172. Reedy Rafret Charters c. 1120 to 1250 (Pub. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 50) (1995): 128-129 (charter of Egeline de Courtenay, widow of Gilbert Basset dated 1205-6; charter names her late father, Reynold de Courtenay; charter witnessed by Robert de Courtenay). Barlow English Episcopal Acta XII (1996): 215. Golb Jews in Medieval Normandy (1998): 372. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 90 (charter of Robert de Courtenay dated 1225-42; charter witnessed by his sons, John and William, and Reynold de Courtenay [presumably his brother]); 109 (charter of Robert de Courtenay dated 1225-42; charter witnessed by his brother, Reynold de Courtenay), 152-153 (charter of John son of Ellis, parson of Crewkeme dated 1228-36; charter witnessed by Sir Robert de Courtenay and Reynold his brother). Church King John: New Interpretations (1999): 135 footnote 114, 202 ("The Courtenays to whom Henry II awarded landed in England, although related to the original Courtenay line, appear to have been only distant cousins. Nonetheless, cousins they were, so that in 1217, when Robert de Courtenay was asked to surrender Exeter to Isabella, he is described in King Henry III's letter as 'our kinsman.' Perhaps because of his kinship to one of the leading families of France, Robert de Courtenay of Okehampton appears to have been singled out for particularly harsh treatment by Louis and the French during the civil war of 1216-17, being deprived of his lands in one of Louis' few surviving English charters. The fact that the original of this charter survived amongst the Courtenay family archives in France provides further proof, if such were needed, of the kinship between the English and French Courtenays. Robert appears as witness to Isabella's charter in favour of the monks of St. Nicholas Exeter, issued at Exeter in May 1217.). Knight Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1222 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 51) (1999): 51. Sayer Original Docs. in Eng. & Wales (1198-1304) (1999): 165-166 ("Lyons, 1250 Jul. 15. 369. Innocentius IV <> Protection for the noble lady, Mary de Cortenay of the diocese of Bath, Hawise de Neville and her other sons and daughters, with all their goods.").

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• Alt. Buried: Aft 1194, Abbey, Ford, Devonshire, England; Alt. Buried

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Renaud de Courtenay, b. c 1125, d. Oct - Dec 1190; witness in 1150 at Rouen, Normandy of charter of Henry, Duke of Normandy (later Henry II of England); in 1160 received grant of the Manor of Sutton, Berkshire from the king; from that date in constant attendance on the king, perhaps a royal secretary; in 1171 accompanied the king in his campaign in Ireland; appears holding land in Devonshire for the first time 1175-1176; in the king's train in his travels in England and France; m. (1) an unidentified woman, mother of Son Reginald; m. (2) Maud, daughter of Robert Fitz Edith (illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, by Edith, daughter of Forn), by Maud (d'Avranches) de Courcy, widow of William de Courcy. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: I have (unsourced) Hawise Deincourt as the unidentified woman who was his 1st wife.

Note: Could his holding land in Devon finally in 1175-1176 possibly relate to his late (1172) marriage to Maud Fitz Edith or to the son Reginald's marriage to Hawise de Courcy, Heiress of Okehampton?

Ancestral File Number: 9FPM-T9

Renaud married Lady Hawise DE COURCY about 1154. Hawise (daughter of William DE COURCY and Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton) was born in 1135 in Courtenay, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France; died on 31 Jul 1219; was buried after 31 Jul 1219 in Ford Abbey, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hawise De DONJON
• Name: Matilda Du JON

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She was the Lady of Okehampton.

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• FamilySearch ID: MV95-58S

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He was the 5th Earl of Devon.

William married Mabel DE BEAUMONT. Mabel was born about 1162 in of Leicester, Leicester, England; died after 1 May 1204. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sources: RC 144; AF; Kraentzler 1063; A. Roots 107.
RC: Renaud de Courtenay, Sire de Courtenay. Exiled in 1150. Lost hislands in
France in 1161, but was of Sutton, Berkshire, in 1161.
Roots: Renaud de Courtenay, Sire de Courtenay, died 1161. Says RC iswrong
in putting this man in Berkshire and has him mixed up with anotherRenaud. See
Roots 107 and 138, 7th edition. AF: Died 1189/90.

Renaud married Hawise (Or Hedwig) De DU DON JON about 1116. Hawise (daughter of Frederic De DONJON and Mrs-Frederic De DONJON) was born about 1100 in Courtenay, Loriet, France; died after 1155. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sources: RC 144; Karentzler 1063, 1073, 1177; AF; Roots 107.
Occ, 1148-1155.
K: Hawise de Donjon, daughter of Frederic de Donjon and an unknownwife.
Roots: A daughter of Frederick (or Guy) du Donjon and Corbeil.
RC: Hedwig (Hawise) du Donjon, occ. 1148-1155, daughter of Frederickdu
Donjon of Yerre, S-O, France. Sire of the Donjon at Corbeil, 1138.
Donjon: A massive chief tower in ancient castles.
Dungeon: (1) Donjon; (2) a close dark prison or vault commonlyunderground.

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Wikipedia

William de Courcy was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and baron.

William was the son of William de Courcy and his wife Emma de Falaise.[1] Through his mother, William inherited the barony of Stogursey in Somerset, as his mother was the sole heir of William de Falaise, the lord of Stogursey in Domesday Book.[2] William and Emma were also the parents of two other sons: Richard and Robert.[1]

William married Avice, the daughter and coheir of William Meschin,[1] and Cecily de Rumilly.[2] The marriage took place around 1125.[1]

William, along with his brother Robert, confirmed the gift of his father of the advowson of the church of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire to Abingdon Abbey.[3] This reconfirmation of his father's grant was recorded in the abbey's chronicle, the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis,[1] like the original grant had been. William then gave further lands to the abbey, including a meadow named "cow mead" and a pasture large enough for 300 sheep, 8 oxen and 10 cows.[3]

William died before 1130.[1] William's widow married William Paynel, son of Fulk Paynel, as his second wife.[4] His heir was his son William de Courcy. Another son was Robert, who was steward to King Stephen of England.[5] But Marjorie Chibnall thinks this Robert is a cousin, from the Norman branch.[6]

William married Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton. Matilda (daughter of Robert D'AVRANCHES and Baroness Hawise DE DOL) was born about 1115 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England; died on 21 Sep 1173 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Matilda D'AVRANCHES
• Name: Maud Dame Du SAP
• Name: Maud De ABRINCIS

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Maud d'Avranches, lady of Oakhampton, and of du Sap in Normandy, daughter and heir of Robert d'Avranches, lord of Oakhampton, co. Devon. [Ancestral Roots]

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Maud d'Avranches, the latter being heiress of Baldwin Fitz Gilbert's family, which had held the honour of Okehampton and the Shrievalty of Devon 1080-1142. [Burke's Peerage]

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Maud de Abrincis m. 1st, --- Deincourt, by whom she had a dau., Hawise, m. to Sir Reginald de Courtenay. Maud m. 2ndly, Robert FitzEdith, natural son of King Henry I, and had another dau., Matilda, m. to William de Courtenay, brother of Sir Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

Note Burke's newest Peerage (1999 - not extinct) has a different story to tell. Maud (Matilda) married Reginald (Renaud) and Hawise married the son (also name Reginald or Renaud). No mention is made of who married Renaud I's brother William. Plus Maud de Abrincis is named "Maud D'Avranches". Plus Hawise is dau of de Coucy - not Deincourt. (note - Plantagenet ancestry also has Deincourt. I have Hawise Deincourt as Reginald, the father's 1st wife.). I am going with the newest Burke (1999).