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DEVON 333 was at the siege of St. Quintin, In France, i8 Aug. 1557, where he Is sup- posed to have been slain. Inq. p. m. 2 Eliz. His widow m. Sir Henry OuGHTRED. She d. 4 Nov. 1 576, and was bur. at Basing, Hants. XXII. ISS7- ^3- William CouRTENAY, of Powderham afsd.j^^y^rf Earl of Devon, (") only s. and h., aged 4 years at his father's death; knighted 25 Mar. 1576; Sheriff of Devon 1579-80; M.P. for CO. Devon 1584-86, 1588-89, and 1601; one of the undertakers for the planting of Ireland, 1585, whereby he acquired great estates in that king- dom. He m., istly (lie. from Bp. of London 18 Jan. 1572/3), Elizabeth, da. of Henry (Manners), 2nd Earl of Rutland, by his ist wife, Margaret, da. of Ralph (Nevill), 4th Earl of Westmorland. He »;., 2ndly, Eliza- beth, widow of Sir Francis Drake, da. and h. of Sir George Sydenham, ot Combe Sydenham, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Hales. She d. s.p., 9 June 1598. He d. 24 June 1630, aged 77, and was bur. at Pow- derham-C") XXIII. 1630. 14. Francis Courtenay, of Powderham afsd., ^t-ywr^ Earl of Devon,(^) 2nd but ist surv. s. and h.() Aged 44ini620. M.P. for co. Devon 1625, and for Grampound 1626. Hew., istly, 7 Nov. 1606, at Shute, Mary, widow of Nicholas Hurst, ist da. of Sir William Pole, of Colcomb, Devon, by his ist wife, Maria, da. and coh. of William Periam. She, who was bap. 26 June i 586, at Shute, d. s.p. He m., 2ndly, Elizabeth, ist da. of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bart., by Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Killigrew. He d. 3, and was bur. 5 June 1638, at Powderham. Will dat. 3 June 1638, pr. 18 Jan. 1638/9. biq. p. m. 14 Car. I. His widow ;«. (as ist wife) Sir Amos Meredyth, ist Bart. [S. 1639], who d. 5, and was bur. 10 Dec. 1669, at St. Patrick's, Dublin. She d. before 6 Feb. 1664. XXIK 1 638. 1 5. William Courtenay, of Powderham afsd., de jure Earl of Devon, (") s. and h., bap. 7 Sep. 1628. He was knighted at Oxford, 9 Apr. 1644, and by writ of Privy Seal, Feb. 1644/5, was cr. a Baro»el, but the patent (like many others of that day) was never enrolled. He favoured the Restoration; Sheriff of Devon 1664-65, and M.P. for that county 1679-81. He w. (when their united ages were under 30) Margaret, da. of Sir William Waller (the Parliamentary General), by his 1st wife (of whom she was only child), Jane, da. and h. of Sir Richard Reynell, of Devon. She was bur. 9 Jan. 1693/4, at Wolborough. He d. 4 Aug. 1702, aged 74, and was bur. there. Will dat. 28 July 1702. (^) See p. 336, text and note " b." C") His 3rd s., George, appears to be the "George Oughtred Courtenay" who, in 1 62 1, was cr. a Bart. [I.] as "of Newcastle, co. Limerick." (') Sir William Courtenay, the ist s. and h. ap., served in Ireland, and was knighted at Dublin, 13 July 1599, by the Earl of Essex. He ^. unm. and v.p., in 1603.