Hugh de Courtney, Earl of Devon; m. Agnes St. John

1273 - 1340  (67 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Hugh de Courtney
  Suffix	Earl of Devon; m. Agnes St. John
  Birth	14 Sep 1273	Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Burial	5 Feb 1340	Cowick, Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK
  Death	23 Dec 1340	Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK
  Person ID	I105552906	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh de Courtney, m. Eleanor Despenser,   b. 25 Mar 1250, Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK d. 3 Mar 1291, Cullicomb, Devonshire, England, UK (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eleanor Despenser, de Courtney,   b. bef. 1251   d. 1328 (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	abt. 1272	Devonshire, England, UK
  Marriage fact	HUGH de Courtenay of Okehampton (-Colcombe 28 Feb 1292, bur Cowick near Exeter). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey names "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" as son of "dominum Johannem de Courtenay" and his wife "Isabellam filiam domini Johannis de Veere comitis Oxoniæ". Inquisitions after a writ dated 11 May "2 Edw I" following the death of "John de Corteney alias de Curtenay" name "Isabel sometime his wife...Hugh his son aged 24 is his next heir". The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records the death "apud Colecombe III Kal Mar 1291" of "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" and his burial "apud Cowick prope Exon.". m ELEANOR le Despencer, daughter of Sir HUGH le Despencer & his wife Aline Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (-30 Sep 1328, bur Cowick near Exeter). The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records that "Hugonem de Courtnay primum" married "Elianoram filiam…domini Hugonis le Despencer primi, patris etiam domini Hugonis le Despencer…postea comitis Winton". The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey records the death "1328 II Kal Oct" of "Hugonem de Courtnay primum…[vidua] domina Alianora" and her burial "prope maritum…apud Cowick".
  Family ID	F399257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes St. John, wife of Hugh de Courtney?,   b. Apr 1275, Oakhampton, Devon, England, UK d. 11 Jun 1340, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1292
  Children	+ 1. Hugh de Courtney, m. Margaret de Bohun,   b. 12 Jul 1303, Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK d. 2 May 1377, Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK (Age 73 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Phillip de Courtney  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Joan de Courtney, m. John de Cheverston  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F399258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "Hugh de Courtney, Earl of Devon; m. Agnes St. John". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105552906&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).