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573:, and stating that he 'should assume such title and style as his ancestors, Earls of Devon, had wont to do so'. This thus made him 1st Earl of Devon, if the letters patent are deemed to have created a new peerage, otherwise 9th Earl of Devon, if it is deemed restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family, and he is deemed to have succeeded the
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Parliament to surrender his
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Ireland, the English army started losing battles. King Edward I, now ailing, had one last campaign in which Courtenay played a major part. Struggling into the saddle towards the Solway Firth, King Edward died at
522:, one of the ruling council in the Lords. He was appointed to the King's Council on 9 Augustus 1318. He was appointed the Warden of the coast of Devon and Cornwall in 1324, and then again in 1336, because his estates stretched across what is now
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Okehampton estates and to the de Redvers estates that had not yet been alienated to the Crown. He may then have been styled
246:(died 1293) he was officially declared Earl of Devon, although whether as a new creation or in succession to her is unknown, thus alternative ordinal numbers exist for this Courtenay earldom.
379:, and would sit throughout the reign of King Edward II and into the Mortimer Regency for the King's son. He remained an important noble at Parliaments, into the reign of King Edward III.
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434:. The campaign had failed due to a shortage of money, so Parliament was recalled for January 1301. Before returning to London, the English then drew up a six months truce.
683:, Devon, fourth son, a military commander against the French. He married a great Somerset heiress, Muriel de Moels, the eldest of the two daughters and co-heiresses of
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290:(died 1190) and Hawise de Curcy (heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton), had married Lady Mary de Redvers (sometimes called "de Vernon"), the daughter of
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985:(updated ed.). Plymouth: Rees and Curtis. pp. 218–9.
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710:Baldwin de Courtenay (c.1313-1340), fifth son.
179:Eleanor de Courtenay, Baroness Grey of Codnor
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1002:A History of the County of Somerset
665:Robert de Courtenay (1309–1334) of
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189:Elizabeth de Courtenay, Lady Lisle
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1090:. London: Hutchinson.
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