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DEVON 331 he, as '■'■Earl of Devon^ Lord [' dominus,' i.e. feudal lord] of Okehampton and Plympm;' was cr. MARQUESS OF EXETER.^ He had livery of his mother's lands 19 Feb. i^zy/S. Lieut, of the Order of the Garter 17 May 1528; Seneschal of the Duchy of Cornwall June 1528. He supported Henry VIII in his attempt to obtain a divorce, signing the letter to Pope Clement VII to that effect, being a Commissioner in 1533 for Queen Catherine's deposition, and was rewarded with the Stewardship of numerous Abbeys and Priories in the West of England. He was on the trial of Queen Anne Boleyn; assisted in suppressing the rebellion called the Pilgrimage of Grace; and acted as High Steward at the trial (15 May 1537) of the Lords Darcy and Hussey for their share therein. The measures, however, of Cromwell, the Vicar Gen., became so obnoxious to him that he drifted into a treasonable conspiracy with the Pole family, endeavouring to raise the men of Devon and Corn- wall, and being taken prisoner, was tried by his Peers, 3 Dec. 1538, in Westm. Hall, found guilty of high treason and beheaded., 9 Jan. 1538/9, on Tower Hill (with Lord Montagu and Sir Edward Nevill), when, having been attainted., the Earldom ytc-i.mt forfeited.i^') Will dat. 25 Sep. I538-C) inq. p. m. 30-31 Hen. VIII. He »;., after June 1515, Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Lisle, da. and h. of John (Grey), 2nd Viscount Lisle, by Muriel, da. of Thomas (Howard), Duke of Nor- folk. She d. not long afterwards, s.p. He w., 2ndly, 25 Oct. 15 19, Gertrude, da. of William (Blount), 4th Baron Mountjoy, by his ist wife, Elizabeth (to whom she was coh.), da. and coh. of William Saye. This Gertrude was arrested 5 Nov. 1538, and was attainted as his widow, July 1539, and kept in prison for some years, but her attainder was reversed by Queen Mary, to whom she became a Lady in Waiting. She, who was aged over 22 [.26] in 1530, d. 25 Sep. 1558, and was bur. in Wimborne Minster, Dorset. XX. 1553. II. Edward Courtenay, 2nd,() but only surv. s. and h. by the 2nd wife; b. 1526, being aged 12 at his father's death in i 538/9, was especially excepted from the amnesty of Edward VI in 1547, and was a prisoner for nearly 15 years, not being released till 3 Aug. 1553, a few days after the accession of Queen Mary. He was by patent, 3 Sep. 1553, cr. EARL OF DEVON or DEVONSHIRE,(^) "to him and ['■) Patent Roll, 17 Hen. VIII, p. 2, m. 20. This was the 8th Marquessate that had ever existed in England. See sub Dorset Marquessate, 1397-99. O' these eight, only one, at the time of this creation, vix. Dorset [Grey], cr. 1475, was in existence. For a list of the creations on that day, see vol. iii, p. 566, note "d." () All his lands in Cornwall were annexed by the King to the Duchy of Cornwall. C^) A long detailed and interesting list of his personal expenses from June to Nov. 1525 is given in Letters and Papers, Henry Fill, part I, pp. 793-7. V.G. {^) His elder br., Henry, d. young. C) For inst'-nccs of Earldoms held without Baronies, see vol. vii, Appendix G.