466 COURTENAY i29i/2,() at Culllcomb, Devon, and was bur. in the Priory of Cowick, near Exeter.C") His widow had assignment of dower 22 May I292.(°) She d. 30 Sep. I32 8,() in London, when returning from Canterbury, and was bur. with him.C") BARONY BY i. Hugh de Courtenay, s. and h., b. 14 Sep. WRIT. 1275 or 1276. He was sum. to Pari, from 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. I to 24 July (1334) 8 Edw. Ill, I. 1299. by writs directed Hugoni de Curunay (hut with the addition oi seniori in the later writs), whereby he is held to have become LORD COURTENAY.(^) On 22 Feb. 1334/5 he was declared to be EARL OF DEVON. He d. 23 Dec. 1340. II. 1337- 2. Hugh (de Courtenay), Lord Courtenay, s. and h. ap., was, 23 Apr. (1337) 1 1 Edw. Ill, sum. to Pari. v.p.,(^) by writ directed Hugoni de Courteney juniori. In 1340 he sue. his father as Earl of Devon. He d. 2 May 1377. III. 1 37 1 3. Hugh (de Courtenay), Lord Courtenay, to grandson and h. ap., was, 8 Jan. (i 370/1) 1374. 44 Edw. Ill, sum. to Pari, by writ directed Hugoni de Courteney le Ji(z.{') He was s. and h. of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, K.G., who was s. and h. ap. of Hugh, Lord C/5 n r> O c 3 0-, a. n 1 • o W ■-t K o 3 o (^) " Hugo de Curtenay." Writ of diem cl. ext. 24 Mar. 20 Edw. I [5 Mar. on Fine Roll, m. ii]. Extents and Inq. (21), same cos. as above, 3 Apr. to 27 May 1292. "Item dicunt quod predictus dominus Hugo obiit die jovis proxima post festum sancti Petri in Cathedra anno predicto " (co. Bucks). Heir (all 5 cos.): " Hugo filius dicti Hugonis defuncti est ejus heres propinquior et erit etatis xvij [xvj — co. Bucks] annorum ad festum Exaltacionis sancte Crucis." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. I, file 62, no. 7). He d. tercio kal. Mar. [28 Feb.] Mccxci [Chron. of Ford). () Chron. of Ford. Alianore d. 28 Aug. 1329, according to the Calendar of the Abbey of Muchelney. ('^) Writ de dote aisignanda 1 6 May 20 Edw. I. Assignment, Bucks, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, 22 May 1292 (Exch. Inq. p. m., I, file I, no. 22: Close Roll, 20 Edw. I, m. 5, and m. 4, schedule). {^) As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage dignity, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. (*) According to modern decisions the son and grandson of the Earl would be considered to have been sum. in their father's or grandfather's Barony. See vol. i, Appendix G, for a list of those so sum. V.G.
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