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Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Exeter and 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. [2]
In January 2019, he joined the Exeter firm Michelmores as a partner, where he is known as Charles Courtenay. [11] He and his family now reside at the family's ancestral home of Powderham Castle in Devon, England. He owns a 3,500 acre estate. [12]
William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, sculpted by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815–1882), Northernhay Gardens, Exeter. William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon PC (14 April 1807 – 18 November 1888), styled Lord Courtenay between 1835 and 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1866 to 1867 and as President of the Poor Law Board ...
William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (c. 1768 – 26 May 1835), styled Viscount Courtenay of Powderham from 1788 to 1831, was an English peer. The only son of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay and his wife Frances Clack, he became involved in a scandal after engaging in an affair with art collector William Thomas Beckford from boyhood ...
Displayed at Powderham Castle William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (1768–1835), died unmarried William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1777–1859), his second cousin: elder son of Rt. Rev. Henry Reginald Courtenay , Bishop of Exeter , who was the second son of Henry Reginald Courtenay , MP, who was the second son of Sir William Courtenay, 2nd ...
These were the arms of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (d. 1377), and can be seen impaling Bohun on the monumental brass of one of his younger sons Sir Peter Courtenay, KG (d. 1405) in Exeter Cathedral. Sir Philip Courtenay (c. 1355 – 29 July 1406), of Powderham, Devon was the fifth son of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1303–1377
These arms can be seen (without tinctures) impaled by Courtenay on the monumental brass of Margaret's son Sir Peter Courtenay (d. 1405) in Exeter Cathedral Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon (3 April 1311 – 16 December 1391) was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford , Lord High Constable of England by his wife Elizabeth of ...
On 3 November 1455 Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) at the head of a private army of 1,000 men seized control of Exeter and its royal castle, the stewardship of which was sought by Bonville, and laid siege to nearby Powderham for two months. Lord Bonville attempted to raise the siege and approached from the east, crossing ...