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Sir William was born in 1428 in Powderham Castle, Devon, Eng.  Sir William's father was Sir Philip Courtenay and his mother was Elizabeth Hungerford.  His paternal grandparents were Sir John Courtenay and Joan Champernowne; his maternal grandparents were Walter Hungerford and Katherine Peverel. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Philip, Peter, Walter, Edmund, Humphrey, John, Anne, Elizabeth, Catherine and Philippa.  He was the second oldest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 57 in September 1485 in Beheaded after the battle of St Alban's.


Sir William's family with Margaret Bonville

They had four sons and four daughters, named Sir William, Edward, Philip, James, Catherine, Margaret, Elizabeth and Joane.

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