Hugh de Courtenay 
Hugh was born on March 25th, 1248 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England.1 Hugh's father was Baron of Oakhampton John de Courtenay and his mother was Isabel de Vere. His paternal grandparents were Robert de Courtenay and Mary de Redvers; his maternal grandparents were Hugh de Vere and Hawise de Quincy. He had a sister named Eleanor. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Josce and Joanna. He died at the age of 42 on February 28th, 1291 in Colecomb, Devonshire, England. He was buried in Cowick.1 General Notes
Baron Oakhampton
Hugh de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton, was 23 years old as appears by inquisition taken after the death of his father. In 1282, in the 10th of King Edward I, he was in the expedition then made into Wales, and afterwards in other expeditions, and had many contests with the monks of Ford relative to certain services he demanded of them as a patron of the Abbey, which his father had relinquished in their behalf. (He was one of the most powerful persons of his time, possessed of great estates and favorite of the unhappy Edward II. This last sentence refers to Hugh de Spenser, whose daughter Eleanor married this Hugh de Courtenay. This Hugh de Spenser, called the Elder, and his son Hugh were most prominent in their time and you descend from them also through John Whitney.) Through his wife Eleanor, Hugh de Courtenay had the manors of Wooten and Dunstredon, and had issue by her 2 sons and 4 daughters: Hugh, his successor, Philip, Isabel, wife of Sir John St. John of Basing, of whom further, Aveline, Egeline, and Margaret. He died at his house at Colecomb, which he built in Colliton Parish, Feb. 28, 1291, and his wife at the same place Oct. 1, 1328, after having been a widow above 30 years, and was interred near her husband at Cowick. Her mother was Oliva Bassett, heir of Philip, Lord Bassett of Wicomb in County Bucks.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 284)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1034 in Courtenay, France d.1079 in Montlhery, Seine-Et-Oise, France
- b.1069 in Courtenay, France d.1127 in France
- b.1040 in Montlhery, Soise, France
- b.1100 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1161 in France
- b.1047 in Nevers, France d.05 Aug 1089 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
- b.1078 in Nevers, France d.1100 in France
- b.1060 in Le Forez, France
- b.1170 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.26 Jul 1242 in Iwerne Manor, Dorset, England
- d.30 Jul 1209
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- b.26 Jul 1224 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.03 May 1273
- b.1060 d.08 Sep 1107
- b.1102 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d.04 Jun 1155 in Quarr, Isle of Wight
- b.1069 in Nottinghamshire, England d.27 Mar 1156
- b.1150 in Vernon Castle, Normandy d.10 Sep 1217 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England
- b.1117 in Hocknorton, England d.1155
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- b.1183 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d.1242
- b.1104 in Meulan, France d.10 Apr 1166 in Abbey Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1142 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France d.21 Sep 1207 in Poitiers, France
- b.1122 in Montfort-sur-Ris, Eure, France d.15 Dec 1181
- b.1169 in Meulan, Yvelines, France d.01 May 1204
- b.1110 in Dunstanville, Kent, England d.01 Jul 1175 in Chertsey, Surrey, England
- b.1143 in Dunstanville, Kent, England
- b.25 Mar 1248 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England d.28 Feb 1291 in Colecomb, Devonshire, England
- b.1062 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.09 May 1141 in England
- b.1120 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.26 Dec 1194
- b.1080 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1163 in St. Osyth's Priory, Essex, England
- b.1170 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.25 Oct 1221 in Colne, Essex, England
- b.1099 in Raleigh, Essex, England d.1163
- b.1141
- b.1101 in Essex, England
- b.1210 d.23 Dec 1263
- b.1086 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England d.1134 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1125 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England d.1166 in England
- b.1090 in England
- b.1175 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.03 Feb 1245 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1142 in Stanstead, Mountfitchet, Essex, England
- b.1222 d.11 Aug 1300 in Nutwell Manor, Woodbury, Devonshire, England
- b.1100 in Daventry, England d.1157 in Manor of Buckley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1127 in Long Buckley, England d.29 Sep 1197 in Manor of Buckley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1096 in Tunbridge, England d.1140
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt
- b.1107 in Leuchars Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1135 in Leuchars Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland d.Jun 1203
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- b.1180 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.1263
- b.1104 in Meulan, France d.10 Apr 1166 in Abbey, Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1130 in Leicester, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, West Albania
- b.1102 in Norfolk, England d.1168 in Convent of Nuneaton, England
- b.1154 in Hampshire, England d.12 Jan 1235
- b.1092 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
- b.1134 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.1108
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Details of Hugh's family with Eleanor le Despenser
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21843&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I17932, Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I17932, Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith
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