Margaret Courtenay

• Margaret Bonville1,2,3,4,5,6
• F, #39115
• Father Sir William Bonville, 1st Lord Bonville, Sheriff of Devonshire, Seneschal of Aquitaine, Governor of Exeter Castle1,7,8,3,9,5,6 b. 30 Aug 1393, d. 18 Feb 1461
• Mother Margaret Grey1,7,3,9,6 d. bt 1426 - 9 Oct 1427
• Margaret Bonville married Sir William Courtenay, Sheriff of Devonshire, son of Sir Philip Courtenay, Forester of Dartmoor and Elizabeth Hungerford; They had 4 sons (Sir William; Edward; Philip; & James) & 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir William Carew).10,2,8,3,4,5,6 Margaret Bonville left a will in July 1487.3,6 Her estate was probated on 22 September 1487.3,6
• Family Sir William Courtenay, Sheriff of Devonshire b. c 1428, d. c 20 Sep 1485
• Children
  • Elizabeth Courtenay+10 d. 15 Oct 1518
  • Sir William Courtenay+ b. c 1451, d. b 10 Jul 1512
  • Edward Courtenay, Esq.+ b. c 1465, d. 1 Mar 1509
  • Joan Courtenay+8,3,5,6 b. c 1480
• Citations
• [S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 234, 111.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 257.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 30-31.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 434.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 101.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 402.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 255-256.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 404.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 433-434.
• [S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 234.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1302.htm#... ________________________
• Margaret Bonville1
• F, #9342, b. circa 1425, d. before July 1487
• Last Edited=27 Oct 2007
• Margaret Bonville was born circa 1425 at Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devon, England.2 She was the daughter of Sir William Bonville, 1st Lord Bonville and Margaret Merriet.1,2 She married Sir William Courtenay, son of Sir Philip Courtenay and Elizabeth Hungerford, circa 1450 at Chewton, Somerset, England.2 She died before July 1487.2 She was buried at Powderham, Devon, England.2
• From circa 1450, her married name became Courtenay.2
• Children of Margaret Bonville and Sir William Courtenay
  • Sir William Courtenay+1 d. 1512
  • Elizabeth Courtenay+1
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1123. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S2064] Susan Franz, "re: Bonville Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 7 January 2007. Hereinafter cited as "re: Bonville Family."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p935.htm#i9342 ______________
• Lady Margaret Bonville Courtenay
• Birth: unknown
• Death: 1487
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• William Courtenay (1428 - 1485)
• Children:
  • William Courtenay (1451 - 1512)*
• Burial: St Clement's Churchyard, Powderham, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 121212351
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121212351 _____________________
• William COURTENAY of Powderham (Sir)
• Died: Sep 1485
• Buried: Powderham
• Father: Phillip COURTENAY of Powderham and Molland (Sir)
• Mother: Elizabeth HUNGERFORD
• Married: Margaret BONVILLE (dau. of William Bonville and Margaret Grey)
• Children:
  • 1. William COURTENAY of Powderham (Sir Knight)
  • 2. Joan COURTENAY
  • 3. Edward COURTENAY
  • 4. Phillip COURTENAY (b.1457)
  • 5. James COURTENAY
  • 6. Catherine COURTENAY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/COURTENAY2.htm#William COURTENAY of Powderham (Sir)1 _______________________
• Margaret GREY
• Died: AFT 1426
• Father: Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)
• Mother: Margaret ROS
• Married: William BONVILLE of Shute (Sir Knight Sheriff of Devon) (b. 31 Aug 1393 - d. 18 Feb 1460/61) (m.2 Elizabeth Courtenay) ABT 12 Dec 1414
• Children:
  • 1. William BONVILLE (d. 30 Dec 1460) (m. Elizabeth Harrington)
  • 2. Elizabeth BONVILLE (b. ABT 1415 - d. 14 Feb 1490/91) (m. William Talboys)
  • 3. Margaret BONVILLE (m. William Courtenay of Powderham)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY3.htm#Margaret GREY1 _____________________________
• The Battle of Clyst Heath (1455) was fought on Clyst Heath, now a suburb to the south east of Exeter in Devon.
• During the Wars of the Roses the mortal enemies of the Courtenay Earls of Devon of Tiverton Castle and Colcombe Castle were the Bonville family of Shute.[1] The earl's cousin Sir Philip II Courtenay (d.1463) of Powderham Castle however sided against him with Bonville and his son Sir William Courtenay (d.1485) of Powderham married Margaret Bonville, daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392–1461), which confirmed Powderham as a Bonville stronghold against the Earls of Devon. On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) at the head of a private army of 1,000 men seized control of Exeter and its royal castle, of which the Earls had for many generations considered themselves custodians as hereditary Sheriffs of Devon,[2] but of which Bonville now also claimed the sheriffdom. The Earl then laid siege to Powderham, a pro-Bonville stronghold, for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and approached from the east, crossing the River Exe, but was unsuccessful and was driven back by the Earl's forces. On 15 December 1455 the Earl of Devon and Lord Bonville met decisively at the Battle of Clyst Heath, where Bonville was defeated and after which the Earl sacked and pillaged Shute.[3]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Clyst_Heath_(1455) _______________________
• Sir William Courtenay was a Lancastrian loyal to Henry Tudor. Courtenay was born at Powderham in about 1451. His parentage was Sir William Courtenay and Margaret Bonville, whose marriage had come as a dynastic alliance that attempted to adhere to the cause of Henry VI and the Lancastrian affinity.
• He married Cecily Cheney, daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pinhoe[1] in about 1476. He died peaceably in November 1512. They had issue:
  • His eldest son, Sir William Courtenay II
  • Sir James Courtenay of Upcot knt (1479-1529)
  • Piers Courtenay (1481-2 Oct 1508)
  • Elizabeth Courtenay (b.1483)
  • Anne Courtenay (b.1485)
  • Edward Courtenay
  • Joan Courtenay
  • Cecily Courtenay
  • Eleanor Courtenay (b.1493)
  • Margaret Courtenay
  • another daughter.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Courtenay_(knight) ______________________________
• William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, KG (c. 1392–93 – 18 February 1461) of Shute, Devon, was an English nobleman, soldier, and administrator. .... etc.
• The Bonvilles were an old West Country family. The date of William Bonville's birth is uncertain. Cokayne states that he was born 30 August 1393, while Richardson states that various documents indicate he was four years of age in 1397, 16 years of age in 1408, and 21 years of age in 1414.[2] He was born at Shute, Devon, the son of Sir John Bonville (c. 1371 – 21 October 1396), son and heir apparent of Sir William Bonville (c. 1332 – February 1408) of Shute by his first wife, Margaret D'Aumarle (died 25 May 1399),[3] the daughter of Sir William D'Aumarle.[4]
• .... etc.
• Bonville married twice:
• Firstly, by contract dated 12 December 1414, to Margaret Grey, eldest daughter of the Marcher Lord Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn by his wife Margaret de Ros, daughter of Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, by whom he had one son and two daughters:[25]
  • William Bonville (died 30 December 1460), who married Elizabeth Harington, by whom he had one son:
    • William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington of Aldingham, who married Lady Katherine Neville, by whom he had an only child and sole heiress Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville.
  • Elizabeth Bonville (died 14 February 1491), wife of Sir William Tailboys (c. 1416-19 – 26 May 1464), de jure Baron Kyme, by whom she had two sons:[26]
    • Thomas Tailboys
    • Sir Robert Tailboys (died 30 January 1495).
  • Margaret Bonville (died before July 1487), wife of Sir William Courtenay (c. 1428 – September 1485) of Powderham (Bonville's ally against the latter's cousin the Earl of Devon of Tiverton Castle), by whom she had four sons and one daughter:
    • Sir William Courtenay,
    • Edward Courtenay,
    • Philip Courtenay
    • James Courtenay
    • Joan Courtenay, wife of Sir William Carew (born c. 1483).[27]
• Secondly Bonville married, before 9 October 1427, to Elizabeth Courtenay (died 18 October 1471), the widow of John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (died 11 February 1418), and daughter of Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (died 5 December 1419), by his wife Maud Camoys, daughter of Sir John de Camoys[28] of Gressenhall, Norfolk by his second wife, Elizabeth le Latimer, the daughter of William le Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer.[29] They had no issue.
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonville,_1st_Baron_Bonville ________________________
• Powderham Castle is situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, within the former hundred of Exminster, Devon, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the city of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located.[2] .... etc.
• During the Wars of the Roses the enemies of the Courtenay Earls of Devon of Tiverton Castle were the Bonville family of Shute. Their distant cousin at Powderham, Sir William Courtenay (d.1485) married Margaret Bonville, daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392–1461), which confirmed Powderham as a Bonville stronghold against the Earls of Devon. On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), at the head of a private army of 1,000 men, seized control of Exeter and its castle and laid siege to Powderham for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and approached from the east, crossing the River Exe; he was unsuccessful and was driven back by the earl's forces. On 15 December 1455 the Earl of Devon and Lord Bonville met decisively at the Battle of Clyst Heath, where Bonville was defeated and after which the earl sacked and pillaged Shute.[5]
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderham_Castle __________________________
• Links
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_Powderham
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Philip_II_Courtenay
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_IV_Basset_(1462%E2%80%931528)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonville,_6th_Baron_Harington

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