Person:William Courtenay (23)

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William Courtenay
b.Abt 1529
d.Abt 18 Aug 1557
  1. William CourtenayAbt 1529 - Abt 1557
  1. Sir William Courtenay, of PowderhamAbt 1553 - 1630
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Name William Courtenay
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1529
Marriage to Elizabeth Paulett
Death[1] Abt 18 Aug 1557
Reference Number? Q8007173?


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Sir William Courtenay ( – 29 September 1557) was a landowner in Devon and de jure 2nd Earl of Devon. He was the son of George Courtenay (d. 1533) and Catherine, daughter of Sir George St Ledger of Annery. He succeeded his grandfather Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham in 1535. He was knighted in 1553 and MP for Plympton in 1555.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Sir William Courtenay, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2.   William Courtenay (died 1557), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.