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324 DEVON Lords Ordainers 13 13; of the King's Council 9 Aug. 13 18; Warden of the Coast of Devon and Cornwall 1324, and 1336. Having been refused the third penny of the County of Devon by the Exchequer on the ground that he did not claim it "nomine Comitis," (^) the King by writ, 24 Sep. 1334, directed investigation to be made, and by letters patent, 22 Feb. 1334/5, declared him EARL OF DEVON,() and that he should assume such title and style as his ancestors. Earls of Devon, had wont to do.('=) He m., when 17, in 1292, Agnes, da. of John de St. John, of Basing, Hants, by Alice, da. of Reynold FitzPiers. He d. 23 Dec. 1340, and was l/ur. at Cowick, near Exeter, 5 Feb. 1340/1, aged about 66. Will pr. 27 Apr. 1341. Writ of diem clausit extremum 3 Jan. 1 340/1. His widow ^. li, and was bur. 27 June 1345, at Cowick afsd. X. 1340. 2. Hugh (de Courtenay), Earl of Devon, and Lord Courtenay, s. and h., b. 11 July 1303; served in the Scottish and French wars; Knight Banneret 20 Jan. 1327; repulsed the French descent on Cornwall 1339; was sum. v.p. to Pari. 23 Apr. (1337) 1 1 Edw. I !!,() by writ directed Hugoni de Courteney juniori, whereby he is held to have become LORD COURTENAY,(^) but sue. to the Earldom 3 years afterwards. He had livery 11 Jan. 1 340/1. He made, by lie. ot Edward III, an extensive entail in tail male of his lands. He was Joint Warden of Devon and Cornwall 1352 ; Chief Warden of Devon 1373. He w., II Aug. 1325 (cont. 1314/5), Margaret, (*) ist surv. da. of Humphrey (de Bohun), Earl of Hereford and Essex, by Elizabeth,(«) da. of Edward I. He d. 2 May 1377, aged 73, and was bur. in Exeter Cathe- dral. His widow (by whom he had 8 (*■) sons and 9 daughters) d. 1 6 Dec. 1391, and was also bur. there. M.L Will dat. 28 Jan. 1390/1, pr. 1391. Inq.p. m. (139 1-2) 15 Ric. II. (») Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. vii, p. 148. (•>) His summons to Pari., 24 May (1336) 10 Edw. Ill, runs "quod ipse, i^c, t filium suum primogenitum ibidem mittat." (■=) This would appear more like a restitution of the old dignity than the creation of a new Earldom. The order in which he appears on the list of summons on the Close Rolls is as last of all the Earls; but in 10 Edw. Ill, and afterwards, it is above several Earls, who, however, sometimes were before and sometimes after him; so that nothing can be gathered from such placing. ("*) This summons of 1337 would, according to modern decisions, be regarded as a summons in s father i Barony of Courtenay as cr. by the writ of 1 299. For a list of summonses v.p. see vol. i. Appendix G. (') 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. With her he had Powderham, now (1916) the seat of the present Earl. V.G. (e) As to her supposed name of " Plantagenet," see vol. i, p. i 83, note "c." V.G. C") Of these but three had issue, vix. (i) Hugh, the 1st son, (2) Edward, the 3rd son (both mentioned in the text), and (3) Sir Philip de C, of Powderham, Devon, ancestor of the present Earls of Devon. See tabular pedigree, p. 335. William de C, the 4th son, was Archbishop of Canterbury 1381-96, while Sir Piers Cour- tenay, K.G., the yth son, who d. 1409, was a highly distinguished soldier.