Peter Courtenay (died 1552)
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Sir Peter Courtenay (died 29 May 1552) of Ugbrooke in the parish of Chudleigh, Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1548/9.[1]
Origins
He was the 2nd son of Sir William III Courtenay (1477–1535) "The Great", of Powderham, Devon (MP for Devon in 1529, Sheriff of Devon 1522, 1525-6, 1533-4; Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, whom he accompanied to the Field of the Cloth of Gold[2]) by his first wife Margaret Edgecombe, daughter of Sir Richard Edgecumbe (c. 1443-1489), MP, of Cotehele, Cornwall, and widow of Sir William St. Maure.[3]
Marriage & progeny
He married Elizabeth Shilston (died 8th Nov. 1605, buried at Chudleigh), daughter of Robert Shilston of Bridestowe, Devon,[4] by whom he had issue.
Death & burial
He was buried at Chudleigh, in which parish church survives his monument.[5]
References
- ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895 , p.247
- ↑ Kirk, L.M. & Hawkyard A.D.K., biography of "Courtenay, Sir William I (by 1485-1535), of East Coker, Som. and Ilton and Powderham, Devon", published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1509-1558, Bindoff S.T. (Ed.), 1982
- ↑ Vivian, 1895, p.247
- ↑ Vivian, 1895, p.247
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.263
