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DEVON 323 She had livery of her brother's lands, 17 Aug. 1263. She d. s.p.s.,^) 10 Nov. 1293, at Stockwell, Surrey, aged 56, and was /^ttr. in Breumore Priory, Hants. See Aumale. She had 5 children, 4 of whom d. in their childhood, (i) lohn, who d. before 11 Aug. 1260. (2) Thomas, who was /--. 9 Sep. 1253, d. before 6 Apr. 1269, and was ho: in the Church of the Black. Friars at Stamford. (3) William, who d. at Oxford, and was /?ur. there in the Church of the Black Friars. (4) Amice or Anice, who d. unm., and was iur. in the Abbey of Meaux. (5) Aveline, who m. (contract 6 Apr. 1269) 8 or 9 Apr. 1269, at Westm. Abbey, as ist wife, Edmund, Earl ot Lancaster: she d. s.p., 10 Nov. r274,() and was i>ur. in Westm. Abbey. See Aumale. IX. 1293 I. Hugh de Courtenay, cousin and h., being or s. and h. of Sir Hugh de C, of Okehampton, Devon, by 1335. Eleanor (living Mar. 1314/5), da. of Hugh le Despenser [Lord le Despenser], which Sir Hugh de C. was s. and h. of John de C. {d. 3 May 1274), of Okehampton," by Isabel (living Feb. 1298/9), da. of Hugh (de Veer), Earl of Oxford, which John was s. and h. of Robert de C. {d. 26 July 1242), of the same, by Mary, yst. da. of (whose issue in 1293 became sole h. to) William (de Reviers, or DE Vernon), 5th Earl of Devon abovenamed.(') He sue. his father 28 Feb. 1 29 1/2 in the Okehampton estate, being then 16 years old, and sue. his abovenamed cousin Isabel 10 Nov. 1293, in such of the Reviers estates as had not been alienated, and (possibly) as de Jure EARL OF DEVON, though not so recognised till more than 40 years later. He did homage for these lands and had livery 20 June 1297. He was sum. to Pari, from 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. I to 24 July (1334) 8 Edw. Ill, by writs directed Hugoni de Curtenay, whereby he is held to have become LORD COUR- TENAY, ('^) the later writs having the addition of '■'■Senior." He was in the Scottish wars; was at the siege of Carlaverock in 1300; was knighted, by the Prince of Wales, 22 May 1306; a Banneret 1308; was one of the (*) " Isabella de Fortibus Comitissa Albe Marlie." Writ of diem cl. ext. i 3 No . 21 Edw. I. Inq., Herts, Oxon, Sunday after St. Edmund the King [22 Nov.] 1293 and 13 Jan. 1293/4. " Warinus de Insula est propinquior heres ipsius Isabelle at est etatis XXX annorum et amplius [plene etatis — co. Herts]." Inq., Dorset, Devon (4), Monday the Feast of, Saturday and Sunday before, and Thursday after (2), St. Andrew [30, 28, 29 Nov., 3 Dec] 1293. "Hugo de Curteney filius Hugonis de Curteney est heres dicte Isabelle et fuit etatis xviij annorum in festo Invencionis sancte Crucis ultimo preterito [etatis xviij annorum — co. Dorset]." Inq., Suffolk, Northants (2), 2I, 26 Nov., 26 Dec. 1293. (Exch. Inq. p. m., Enrolments, no. 4). C") The copy of the writ of die>n cl. ext. on the Fine Roll, 2 Edw. I, m. 2 — the original is lost — states that she died on the Vigil of St. Martin [10 Nov.], and is itself dated 7 Nov. (') See tabular pedigree, p. 335. {^) 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.