Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Sir William COURTENAY
(1553-1630)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth SYDENHAM

Sir William COURTENAY

  • Born: June 1553
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth SYDENHAM after 1596
  • Died: 24 June 1630, London, , , England at age 77
  • Buried: June 1630, Powderham, , Devonshire, England

   Find A Grave ID: 121212776

  General Notes:

Sir William Courtenay of Powderham was also an MP and Sheriff of Devon. Proponent of the Munster Plantation in Ireland.

In 1831 he was recognised by a retrospective decision of the House of Lords as having been de jure 3rd Earl of Devon.


William married Elizabeth SYDENHAM, daughter of Sir George SYDENHAM and Elizabeth HALES, after 1596. (Elizabeth SYDENHAM was born in 1561 in Luxborough, , Somerset, England, died on 9 June 1598 in Powderham, , Devonshire, England and was buried in June in Powderham, , Devonshire, England.)