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Has 283 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.| Name | Margaret de Bohun | |
| Suffix | m. Hugh de Courtney; Countess of Devon | |
| Birth | 3 Apr 1311 | Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England, UK  |
| Gender | Female | |
| Fact | 5 Jun 1386 | England, UK |
| June 5. John Preterwelle of Essex and John Meysy of Cambridgeshire to Westminster. Margaret Courtney countess of Devon. Recognisance for 80/., to be levied etc. in the counties aforesaid. Cancelled on payment, acknowledged before William archbishop of Canterbury by virtue of a dedimus potestatem which is on the chancery file for 11 Richard II. Peter de Veel knight to Hugh Berde clerk and John Gust, their heirs and assigns. Charter with warranty of the manor of Norton by Taunton. Witnesses : Thomas Try vet, Thomas Fychet, Baldwin Malet, Thomas Fitz Nichole and John Poulet knights. Dated Norton aforesaid, Saturday the feast of St. Augustine 9 Richard II. https://archive.org/stream/calendarofclo03grea/calendarofclo03grea_djvu.txt | ||
| Fact | 18 Feb 1387 | England, UK |
| Reference: C 131/203/48 Description: Debtor: John Prittlewell {Preterwell} of Essex, and John Meysy of Cambs. Creditor: Margaret Courtney, Countess of Devon. Amount: £80 Before whom: Chancery. When taken: 05/06/1386 First term: 29/09/1386 Last term: 29/09/1386 Writ to: Sheriff of Essex Sent by: Chancery Endorsement: John Ruggewene, Sheriff, replies that he has sent the writ to Osborn, bailiff of the liberty of the hundred of Rochford, who made no reply. John Prittlewell has no lands or tenements, goods or chattels in the bailiwick outside the liberty. Note: Inquisition and return: Date given for return to Chancery: 21.4.1387. Date: 1387 Feb 18 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Language: English Closure status: Open Document, Open Description https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9552506 | ||
| Fact | 18 Jul 1387 | England, UK |
| Reference: C 131/204/6 Description: Debtor: John Prittlewell {Preterwell} of Essex, and John Meysy of Cambs. Creditor: Margaret Courtney, Countess of Devon. Amount: £80 Before whom: Chancery. When taken: 05/06/1386 First term: 29/09/1386 Last term: 29/09/1386 Writ to: Sheriff of Essex Sent by: Chancery Endorsement: John Ruggewene, Sheriff, replies that the execution of the writ was superseded by a writ from Chancery. Note: Inquisition and return: Date given for return to Chancery: 6.10.1387 The Sheriff had replied to a previous writ that he had sent it to John Osbern, bailiff of the liberty of Rochford, who made no reply. Attached [numbered m.7] is the writ from Chancery dated Westminster, 22.7.1387 to the Sheriff of Essex, superseding the writ directing him to seize John Prittlewell's goods in the hundred of Rochester because the Countess had expressed herself satisfied of the debt in Chancery. Date: 1387 Jul 18 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Language: English Closure status: Open Document, Open Description https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9552527 | ||
| Fact | 22 Jul 1387 | England, UK |
| July 22. To the sheriff of Essex. Writ of supersedeas omnino in regard to a Westminster, -writ ordering him not to omit by reason of the liberty of Rocheforde hundred to enter the liberty and by appraisement thereof in the owner's presence to deliver to Margaret Courtney countess of Devon or her attorney all the chattels of John Preterwelle of Essex, his oxen and plough horses excepted, to the value of 40?., in respect of a sum of 801. for which on 5 June 9 Richard II the said John and John Meysy of Cambridgeshire made a recognisance in chancery to the countess, and if his chattels suffice not, to give her delivery also of a moiety of his land until that sum be thereof levied, certifying his action in chancery in the octaves of Michaelmas next ; as the countess has acknowledged before William archbishop of Canterbury, by virtue of a writ of dedimus potestatem to the archbishop addressed which is on the chancery file for this year, that she is contented of the same. https://archive.org/stream/calendarofclo03grea/calendarofclo03grea_djvu.txt | ||
| Death | 16 Dec 1392 | Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK |
| Age at Death | 81 years | |
| Person ID | I105552925 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
| Last Modified | 8 Jan 2024 | |
| Father |  Humphrey VIII de Bohun, m. Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Plantagenet, Earl of Hereford and Essex, b. of, , , England d. Yes, date unknown | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Plantagenet, of England m. John I, Count of Holland & Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, b. 7 Aug 1282, Castle Rhuddlan, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316 (Age 33 years) | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Marriage | Yes, date unknown | |
| Family ID | F75402 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Hugh de Courtney, m. Margaret de Bohun, b. 12 Jul 1303, Okehampton, Devonshire, England, UK d. 2 May 1377, Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK (Age 73 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 11 Aug 1325 | |||||
| Age at Marriage | She : 14 years and 4 months - He : 22 years and 1 month. | |||||
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| Family ID | F399263 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 10 Nov 2024 | |||||
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| Notes |  Notes (Log in) |
| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Margaret de Bohun, m. Hugh de Courtney; Countess of Devon". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105552925&tree=OSA0001 (accessed May 8, 2025). |
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