Peerage Record – 920

     Ismay Serjeant is the daughter of Sir Robert Serjeant.¹ She married Sir Nicholas Barnewall, son of Sir Christopher Barnewall and Matilda Drake.¹
     Her married name became Barnewall.¹

     Sir Robert Serjeant lived at Castleknock, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     Sir William Courtenay was born circa 1529.² He was the son of George Courtenay and Catherine St. Leger.¹ He married Lady Elizabeth Paulet, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby, circa 28 November 1545.² He died circa 18 August 1557, killed in action.²
     He lived in 1535 at Powderham, Devon, England^G.² He was appointed Knight on 20 October 1553.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Plympton in 1555.² He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Devon [E., 1553] on 18 September 1556, de jure.¹ He fought in the Siege of St. Quintin in August 1557.²

     Lady Elizabeth Paulet was the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby.^1,2 She married, firstly, Sir William Courtenay, son of George Courtenay and Catherine St. Leger, circa 28 November 1545.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Henry Oughtred after 1557.¹ She died on 4 November 1576.¹
     Her married name became Courtenay. From after 1557, her married name became Oughtred.¹

     Sir Henry Oughtred married Lady Elizabeth Paulet, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby, after 1557.¹

     John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester was born circa 1510.¹ He was the son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capell.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke and Dorothy Grey, before 20 October 1528.² He married, secondly, Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour and Marjory Wentworth, from March 1554 to April 1554.³ He married, thirdly, Winifred Brydges, daughter of Sir John Brydges, before 30 September 1568.¹ He died on 4 November 1576.¹
     He held the office of Sheriff of Hampshire from 1533 to 1534.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset from 1543 to 1544.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1544.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron St. John [E., 1539] on 3 October 1544, in his father’s lifetime.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset in 1557.¹ He held the office of Governor of the Isle of Wight from January 1558 to October 1558.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Wiltshire [E., 1550] on 10 March 1571/72.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Marquess of Winchester [E., 1551] on 10 March 1571/72.¹

     Elizabeth Willoughby was the daughter of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke and Dorothy Grey.¹ She married John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, son of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester and Elizabeth Capell, before 20 October 1528.¹
     From before 20 October 1528, her married name became Paulet.

     Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke was born in 1472.² He was the son of Robert Willoughby, 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke and Blanche Champernowne.³ He married, secondly, Dorothy Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecilia Bonville, Baroness Bonville and Harington.⁴ He married, firstly, Hon. Elizabeth Beauchamp, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Powick and Elizabeth Stafford, before 28 February 1495.^1,3 He died on 10 November 1521, from the pestilence.³
     He held the office of Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall.³ He held the office of Warden of the Stannaries in Devon and Cornwall between 1502 and 1509.³ He succeeded as the 9th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1299] on 22 August 1502, de jure. He succeeded as the 10th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1290] on 22 August 1502, de jure. He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke [E., 1491] on 22 August 1502.³ He was appointed Knight before 1504.³ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1509.³ On his death, the barony fell into abeyance among his three granddaughters, and so remained until claimed in 1694.³

     Sir Hugh de Courtenay, 3rd Lord Courtenay was the son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Vere.² He married, firstly, Margaret de Bryan, daughter of Guy de Bryan, 1st Lord Bryan and Lady Elizabeth Montagu, before May 1361.¹ He married, secondly, Matilda de Holand, daughter of Thomas de Holand, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan of Kent, Countess of Kent, circa 5 September 1365.³ He died on 20 February 1373/74, without issue.¹
     He was appointed Knight in 1367.² He fought in the Battle of Nájera in 1367, where the Black Prince’s Anglo-Gascon forces defeated a Franco-Castilian army.² He succeeded as the 3rd Lord Courtenay [E., 1299] on 8 January 1370/71, in his grandfather’s lifetime.²

     Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon was born circa 1357.¹ He was the son of Edward de Courtenay and Emmeline Dawnay.¹ He married Maud de Camoys, daughter of Sir John Camoys and Elizabeth de Latimer.¹ He died on 5 December 1419.¹
     Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon also went by the nick-name of ‘The Blind Earl’.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Lord Courtenay [E., 1299] on 20 February 1373/74.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Devon [E., 1335] on 2 May 1377.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1380.¹ He held the office of Admiral in the West between 1383 and 1385.¹ He held the office of Earl Marshall of England in 1385. He held the office of Member of the King’s Council in 1395.¹