328 DEVON (to him and the heirs male of his body), and, 17 May 1469, EARL OF DEVON, (^) with like rem. He w., after 2 i June 1 450, when his marriage was granted, Isabel, da. and h. of Sir John Barre, of Knebworth, Herts, by his 1st wife, Idoine, da. and h. of John Hotoft. Being sent to suppress a rebellion in the North, he deserted the royal cause, whereon the King commanded the Sheriffs of Somerset and Devon to put him to immediate death, and he was accordingly beheaded 17 Aug. 1469, at Bridgwater, having been " an Earl of three months and no more." He was bur. at Glastonbury Abbey, and as he d. s.p.s., all his honours became extinct.Q') Will dat. 3 Sep. 1463 to 17 Aug. 1469, pr. 29 Feb. 1469/70. Inq.p. m. 9 and 10 Edw. IV. His widow w., in or before 1472, as ist wife. Sir Thomas BouRCHiER (s. of Henry, Earl of Essex), who d. 26 Oct. 149 1, and was bur. at Ware, Herts. She d. i Mar. 1488/9. M.I. in Ware Church. XVI. 1470 7. John (de Courtenay), Earl of Devon and to Lord Courtenay, yst. and only surv. br. of Thomas, the 1 47 1. 14th Earl; was on the restoration of Henry VI, 9 Oct. 1470, by the reversal of the attainders in the reign of Edward IV, restored to the honours of his family. He had been knighted 29 Dec. 1460, by his br.. Earl Thomas. At the legal termination of the reign of Henry VI (after the battle of Barnet), 14 Apr. 1471, all his honours became again forfeited. He d. unm., a few weeks later, being slain, fighting on the Lancastrian side, 4 May 1471, at the battle of Tewkesbury, where he was in command of the rear of the army. He was bur. at Tewkesbury. On his death the representation of the ancient Earls of Devon (of the family of Reviers, from whom the Courtenays had inherited it) and of the Barony of Courtenay {cr. by the writ of 1299) fell into abeyance between his sisters or their descendants,() subject to the attainder of (146 1) i Edw. IV, which revived on that King's re-accession, 14 Apr. 1 47 1. XVII. 1485 8. "Edward Courtenay, Knt.," s. and h. of Sir to Hugh de C, of Boconnock, Cornwall {d. between May 1509. 1 47 1 and Aug. 1472), by Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas Carminow, which Hugh was s. and h. of another Sir Hugh de Courtenay, yr. br. of Edward, Earl of Devon (i 377-141 9) above- (') This patent was annulled by statute I Hen. VII. (Pari, Rolls, vol. vi, p. 336). (*>) His heirs were the 3 daughters of his father's sister, Alice, or Elizabeth, who OT., Nov. 1438, Sir John Coleshull ; Agnes, who had m. Sir John Willoughby, and Eleanor [d. 2 Apr. 1502), who m., istly, in 1460, Thomas Strangwiche, and who m., 2ndly, after 18 Dec. 1484, John Twynho. All 3 and their husbands were living 9 Nov. 1469, when they had lie. to enter on all castles, lands, ^c. On 4 Apr. 1489 Coleshull, Willoughby and Twynho were dead, and Robert Willoughby, afterwards (1491) Lord Willoughby (of Broke), had lie. to enter on the lands held in dower by the Countess Isabel. V.G. ('=) See vol. iii, p. 467, note "a," sub Courtenay, and see also tabular pedigree
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