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Hace 3 días · "That Sir William Courtenay Knight, the only Son and Heir of the said Edward Courtenay who was so created Earl of Devon, having been attainted in his Father's Life-time, could not inherit that Earldom, but having intermarried with the Lady Catherine Plantagenet, Daughter and Co-heir of King Edward the Fourth, and Sister of the Queen Consort, was created Earl of Devon, by Patent, bearing Date ...
Hace 3 días · William, son of Humphrey Courtenay of Tremeer and Trethurfe, married a coheiress of Kelland of Devonshire. This family became extinct, in the male line, by the death of Charles Kelland Courtenay, Esq., in 1761; his sisters and coheirs married the late William Poyntz, Esq., and Edmund, late Earl of Cork and Orrery.
Hace 3 días · Isabel, Countess of Devon, the heiress of this family, sold it to King Edward I., who granted it to Sir Gilbert de Knovill it soon afterwards came to the Courtenays, (probably by purchase,) and continued in that family till sold by the present Viscount Courtenay to Messrs. Smith, Brooks, and Townsend, bankers, who, in 1810, entered into treaty for the sale of it to the late Arthur Champernowne ...
Hace 4 días · In true Henrician style, guests will be able to enjoy some venison, courtesy of the present Earl of Devon’s estate at Powderham Castle, and other dishes reflecting locally grown...
Hace 3 días · Some of the most important nobles in the South West included the Courtenays Earl of Devon, William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, and Humphrey Stafford, earl of Devon whose wider influence stretched from Cornwall to Wiltshire.
Hace 3 días · Brixham. Harbour at Brixham, Devon, Eng. Brixham, town (parish), Torbay unitary authority, historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It lies on the south side of Tor Bay (of the English Channel ). Much of Brixham was built in Victorian times.
Hace 4 días · Bideford has the highest rate of youth offending in Devon at 21.5 in 1000 people, compared with 13.2 in a 1000 people as the Devon average. [62] Unlike some areas of the UK, Bideford is not that ethnically diverse: in 2001 98.3% of the population were white in the parish, meaning just 246 people were black or from a minority ethnic group: the 2001 average for England was 9.1% of people from ...
