The Courtenay Family in Ireland
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THE COURTENAY FAMILY IN IRELAND Compiled by Philip Crossle, et al. Newry, Ireland. April, 1904. with transcriptions of notes, letters, and other genealogical material added by St. John Courtenay III, 1993 Third Edition, electronically published and distributed in Adobe Acrobatâ PDF format ver. 4.0, September 2002, Arlington, VA Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-72992 (First Edition) This compilation of Courtenay genealogical material published in the United States by: Courtenay Publications, Arlington, VA Editor: St. John Courtenay III, MBA First Edition, published in book form September 1993. Second Edition, electronically published and distributed on the Internet in Adobe Acrobatâ PDF format, June 1996, Arlington, VA. Third Edition, electronically published and distributed on the Internet in Adobe Acrobatâ PDF format ver. 4.0, September 2002, Arlington, VA. Courtenay Publications Arlington, Virginia, USA Forward The Courtenay Family - Some Branches in America discloses that "research [was] done for WAC by Mr. Crossle in Ireland” (page 43). Also on page 16: "Mr. Philip Crossle, 1 Trevor Hall, Newry, Co. Down, sent to Wm. AC., 12 Feb., 1905, and earlier, copies of Courtenay records, legal records, and genealogical data." Accordingly, I have felt it appropriate to include in this compilation some material on William Ashmead Courtenay, who was elected mayor of Charleston, South Carolina in 1879 and again in 1883. William Ashmead Courtenay founded Newry, South Carolina. Newry, SC was named after its sister city in Ireland. More information is found in the Addendum on William Ashmead Courtenay. The various spellings of the name COURTENAY have been preserved exactly as found in Crossle's manuscript. Old Irish and English records typically show the name spelled as COURTENAY or COURTNEY. Crossle's original manuscript page numbers are preserved throughout the text. Crossle's notes have been transcribed and are included in either the text of the document or within the SECOND ADDENDUM. Mr. Crossle later appended several genealogical charts to his manuscript in July of 1907. Scanned copies of these charts are found within APPENDIX A. St. John Courtenay III August, 1993 See Also: Campbell, Julia C., The Courtenay Family - Some Branches in America. privately printed (Library of Congress #64-16058), 1963. This book is dedicated to the memory of my brother William Ashmead Courtenay II Nov 26 1962 — May 13 1973 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Courtenay Family In Ireland by Philip Crossle, et al., Newry, Ireland, April 1904 ……….………………………………….…. 2 2. First Addendum by Margaret Hoben, Guide, Newry Museum, May 1993 ................................................................ 99 3. Second Addendum A. Newry, South Carolina 1993 Centennial Celebration, attended by invited guests of honor: P. J. Bradley, Chairman of Newry & Mourne District Council, Newry Ireland, also, Raymond Turley, District Development Officer, Newry & Mourne District Council ………………………….. 100 B. Transcriptions of handwritten notes by Crossle and others, also includes several newspaper clippings ……………………………………………………….……………………….…. 103 4. Third Addendum A. Transcriptions of letters to Mr. Crossle through 1912 ……………………………………… 115 B. THE COURTENAYS OF IRELAND Sir John Irving Courtenay Recently Knighted by the King and his Family” Newry [Ireland] Reporter………..………………………………………… 129 C. COURTENAY FAMILY GRAVESTONE AT ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY, Newry, N. Ireland .................................................................................................................132 5. Addendum on William Ashmead Courtenay A. He Built A Village and Named It Newry by E. R. R. Green ................................................................................................................... 146 B. The Courtenay Mill Story by J. L. Gaillard .....................................................................................................................148 C. Courtenay Took Lead In Schools by (no author given – newspaper clipping) ..............................................................................152 6. Other Courtenay Resources ...................................................................................................160 7. Appendix A Genealogical Charts .............................................................................................. 161 The Courtenay Family In Ireland 2 THE COURTENAY FAMILY IN IRELAND ---: o :--- The first mention of a Courtenay in Ireland was Philip Courtenay, Chief Governor of Ireland, or, in the words of Ware's Antiquities, 1705: "Philip Courtney, the King's Cosin, L.L. "but the Lord Bermingham, General. 1382-4." From the Carew Papers I found the following :- 8 Ric.II. "Mandate to Philip Courteny, the King's Lieutenant in "Ireland, to annul erroneous judgements passed there, on "his arrival." 9 Ric.II. "Monday next before the feast of St. Luke, pleas of the "crown and goal delivery at Dublin before Philip De Cour- "tenay, Lieutenant in Ireland, and John Penrose, Chief "Justice to hold the pleas of Ireland with him." 9 Ric.II. "Mandate to the Bishop of Meath and other Irishmen to "arrest Philip De Courtney, the King's Lieutenant, for "oppression by him used." 10 Ric.II. "Mandate to Robert De Vere, 'duci Hibernae' or his lieuten- "ant, to restore Philip De Courtney the profits arising "in Ireland during the time of his Lieutenancy." Note from the Statutes of Kilkenny, 40 Edw.III, cap. 4, respecting "the Brehon Law : "King Ric. made a law against absen- "tees, and caused Sir Philip Courtenay (while he was his "Lieutenant in Ireland), to be arrested by special "commission, for the oppressions and wrongs he had done "the King's subjects in the time of his government." Archdale's Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, Vol.I. 55 : "Gerald Fitz- "Gerald, Earl of Desmond along with Robert Tame, Sheriff "of the Co. of Cork were on 4 Jan., 1385, appointed de- "puties to Philip De Courtenay, L.L. in Munster for the "better defence of the province." (p. 2) Hid. Vol.I. 80: "Maurice FitzGerald, fourth Earl of Kildare, was on "22 Jan., 1 Ric.II, summoned to meet the parliament at "Tristledermot, as he was to that held at Trim, 11 Sept., "4 Ric.II; and 29 April, the next year, to that held at "Dublin; and certain arduous and urgent affairs regarding "the safety and defence of the Kingdom, particularly the "parts of Leinster and Meath, he received "a writ from The Courtenay Family In Ireland 3 "the Lord Lieutenant, dated at Kilkenny 17 Feb. 1381, to "meet him in parliament at Naas, on Monday next after the "feast of St David. After this he was very active in the "service of his country and the King, considering his "great charges and damages in the loss of men, horses, and "harness, in company with Philip De Courtenay, Lord Lieu- "tenant, as well in Munster as Leinster and elsewhere, in "resisting the Irish and other rebels without any re- "compense, did for the fine of ,30, 29 April, 13??, grant "to him the estate of Sir William de London, in the "counties of Kildare and Meath, during the minority of "his son and heir, John de London." Sir Philip Courtenay died 29 July, 1496. He was the ninth son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, second Earl of Devon by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Humphry de Bohun, 11th Earl of Hertford, and 9th of Essex, and Lord High Constable of England, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Edward I. Sir Philip Courtenay, by his wife, Ann, daughter of Thomas Wake, of Blisworth, was ancestor of:- Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Knt., (who was the only son of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Knt., killed at the battle of St Quintin, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir John Paulet, Marquis of Winchester, who, after Sir William Courtenay's death, m. secondly Sir Henry Oughtred, Knt.). He was born May 1553, died in London 24 June, 1630; interred at Powderham. He married first Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Manners, Earl of Rutland, Knight (p. 3) of the Garter, by Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Sydenham Combe, Sydenham, Somerset, Knt., and relict of the celebrated Sir Francis Drake, Knt. He married thirdly Jane, daughter of Robert Hill, of Yard, near Taunton in Somerset. She was interred at Powderhall, 18 Sept., 1615. Sir William Courtenay had issue only by his first wife. This Sir William Courtenay became an undertaker for inhabiting escheated "lands in Munster, Ireland." The following notes are chiefly taken from the Calendar of State Papers and Carey Papers relative to Ireland :- "In a Parliament held in 1586, a bill of attainder was "passed against the late Earl of Desmond with one hundred and "forty of his kinsmen and adherents, whose honours and estates "were declared forfeited to the Queen. This afforded to Eliza- "beth the opportunity of accomplishing her favourite project of "establishing an English Colony in Munster, and letters were "sent to all the counties of England to encourage the younger The Courtenay Family In Ireland 4 "branches of great families to become undertakers. The for- "feited lands contained 600,000 English acres, in the counties "of Cork, Limerick, Kerry, and Waterford: of these more than "one half were restored to those who had been pardoned, or "abandoned to the old possessors: the remainder was divided "into seignories of 12,000, 8,000, 6,000, and 4,000 acres. "The English undertaker was to have an estate in fee-farm, "yielding for each seignory of 12,000 acres, for the first "three years, 33 pounds, 6 s. 8 d. sterling;