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Male Sir John Courtenay Click to view Sir John Courtenay in the family tree

Sir John was born about 1384 in Powderham Castle, St Thomas, Devonshire, England.1   Sir John's father was Philip De Courtenay and his mother was Anne Wake.  His paternal grandparents were Hugh Courtenay and Margaret De Bohun; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Wake and Alice Patteshull. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Richard, Sir William, Agnes and Margaret.  He was the second youngest of the five children.  He died before July 29th, 1406.1 


Sir John's family with Joan Champernowne

‌Sir John and Joan were married in a religious ceremony about 1403.1   They had two sons named Sir Humphrey and Sir Philip.

1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
Visitations of the County of Devon, 1620, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, byFrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 51-34, daveanthes.FTW

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