Edward Courtenay

Also known as: Edward Courtneie · Family: Richmond's party · Role: knight · First appears: Richard III 10

Life events

• c. 1483 · Dorset, the Courtenay brothers, and Richard Guildford raised forces and began open war against Richard III.(Richard III 10 · 📍 Yorkeshire, Deuonshire, Cornewall, Kent)
  • With: Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset Peter Courtenay Richard Guildford Richard III
  • “Thomas marques Dorset came out of sanctuarie, where since the begining of K. Richards daies he had continued, whose life by the onelie helpe of sir Thomas Louell was preserued from all danger & perill in this troublous world, gathered togither a great band of men in Yorkeshire. Sir Edward Courtneie, and Peter his brother bishop of Excester, raised an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall. In Kent Richard Gilford and other gentlemen collected a great companie of souldiers, and openlie began warre.”
• c. 1483 · Flooding cut Buckingham off from his western allies, and his Welsh forces scattered.(Richard III 10 · 📍 Seuerne)
  • With: Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham Peter Courtenay
  • “Before he could atteine to Seuerne side, by force of continuall raine and moisture, the riuer rose so high that it ouerflowed all the countrie adioining, insomuch that men were drowned in their beds, and houses with the extreame violence were ouerturned, children were caried about the fields swimming in cradels, beasts were drowned on hilles. Which rage of water lasted continuallie ten daies, insomuch that in the countrie adioining they call it to this daie, The great water; or the duke of Buckinghams great water. By this floud the passages were so closed, that neither the duke could come ouer Seuern to his adherents, nor they to him. During the which time, the Welshmen lingring idelie, and without monie, vittels, or wages, suddenlie scattered and departed:”
• c. 1483 · John Scrope, Lord Scrope held a session indicting alleged conspirators for high treason.(Richard III 12 · 📍 Torington)
  • With: John Scrope, Lord Scrope Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset Peter Courtenay Thomas St Leger Thomas Fulford Robert Willoughby Thomas Arundel John Arundel David Hopton Oliver of Buckland Bartholomew St Leger William Chilson Thomas Greenfield Richard Edgecombe Robert Burnby Walter Courtenay Thomas Browne Hugh Lutterell John Crocker John Hallewell
  • “Wherefore he sent downe Iohn lord Scroope with a commission to kéepe a session; who sat at Torington, & then & there were indicted of high treason, Thomas marquesse Dorset, Peter bishop of Excester, Thomas Sentleger, and Thomas Fulford knights as principals, and Robert Willoughbie and Thomas Arundell knights, Iohn Arundell deane of Excester, Dauid Hopton archdeacon of Excester, Oliuer abbot of Buckland, Bartholomew Sentleger, William Chilson, Thomas Gréenefield, Richard Edgecombe, Robert Burnbie, Walter Courtneie, Thomas Browne, Edward Courtneie, Hugh Lutterell, Iohn Crocker, Iohn Hallewell, and fiue hundred others were indicted as accessaries.”

Richard III 10

• siblings with Peter Courtenay “Sir Edward Courtneie, and Peter his brother bishop of Excester, raised an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall.”
• allies with Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham (Courtenay raised an army as part of the conspiracy headed by Buckingham.) “Sir Edward Courtneie, and Peter his brother bishop of Excester, raised an other armie in Deuonshire and Cornewall. In Kent Richard Gilford and other gentlemen collected a great companie of souldiers, and openlie began warre. But king Richard, who in the meane time had gotten togither a great strength and puissance, thinking it not most for his part beneficiall, to disperse and diuide his great armie into small branches, and particularlie to persecute anie one of the coniuration by himselfe, determined (all other things being set aside) with his whole puissance to set on the chiefe head, which was the duke of Buckingham.”

Richard III 12

• enemies with Richard III “and Robert Willoughbie and Thomas Arundell knights, Iohn Arundell deane of Excester, Dauid Hopton archdeacon of Excester, Oliuer abbot of Buckland, Bartholomew Sentleger, William Chilson, Thomas Gréenefield, Richard Edgecombe, Robert Burnbie, Walter Courtneie, Thomas Browne, Edward Courtneie, Hugh Lutterell, Iohn Crocker, Iohn Hallewell, and fiue hundred others were indicted as accessaries.”
• enemies with John Scrope, Lord Scrope “and Robert Willoughbie and Thomas Arundell knights, Iohn Arundell deane of Excester, Dauid Hopton archdeacon of Excester, Oliuer abbot of Buckland, Bartholomew Sentleger, William Chilson, Thomas Gréenefield, Richard Edgecombe, Robert Burnbie, Walter Courtneie, Thomas Browne, Edward Courtneie, Hugh Lutterell, Iohn Crocker, Iohn Hallewell, and fiue hundred others were indicted as accessaries.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.