Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Also known as: Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire / Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire · Family: House of York · Role: earl · First appears: Henry VI 44
Life events
- 1451 · Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and his allies secretly planned to raise an army against the king's councillors.(Henry VI 44 · 📍 London)
- With: Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick Edward Brooke, Lord Cobham Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
- “After long deliberation and aduise taken, it was thought expedient, to kéepe their chéefe purpose secret; and that the duke should raise an armie of men, vnder a pretext to remooue diuerse councellors about the king, and to reuenge the manifest iniuries doone to the common-wealth by the same rulers. Of the which as principall, the duke of Summerset was namelie accused”
- 1454 · William Bonville, Baron Bonville defeated Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, in battle.(Henry VI 50 · 📍 Clift heath)
- With: William Bonville, Baron Bonville
- “There was this yeare a great fight & fraie vpon Clift heath, distant about two miles from Excester, betwéene Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, against William lord Bonuile of Shut, and sundrie men of both parts were slaine. But yet the lord Bonuile preuailed & had the victorie”
- 1454 · Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire was beheaded at Yorke during the royal quarrel.(Henry VI 50 · 📍 Yorke)
- c. 1458 · The earl of Devonshire died after being poisoned.(Henry VI 53 · 📍 Abindon)
- “In the moneth of Ianuarie died the earle of Deuonshire in the abbeie of Abindon, poisoned”
- c. 1471 · Margaret of Anjou consented to the battle plan urged by her supporters.(Edward IV 19 · 📍 Ceerne)
- With: Margaret of Anjou Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (the younger)
- “but they being of a contrarie mind, and namelie the duke of Summerset, she at length consented vnto that which they were resolued vpon.”
Henry VI 44
- friends with Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York “there to consult with his speciall fréends: as Iohn duke of Northfolke, Richard earle of Salisburie, and the lord Richard his sonne, which after was earle of Warwike; Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, and Edward Brooke lord Cobham”
Henry VI 50
- enemies with William Bonville, Baron Bonville “betwéene Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, against William lord Bonuile of Shut, and sundrie men of both parts were slaine”
Edward IV 17
- allies with Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (the younger) “Wherevpon they departed foorth of London, and with all hast possible drew westward, there to raise what forces they could, to ioine with those their fréends, immediatlie after they should once come on land, and so to assist them against king Edward and his partakers.”
- allies with John (brother of the Duke of Somerset) “Wherevpon they departed foorth of London, and with all hast possible drew westward, there to raise what forces they could, to ioine with those their fréends, immediatlie after they should once come on land, and so to assist them against king Edward and his partakers.”
- enemies with Edward IV “Wherevpon they departed foorth of London, and with all hast possible drew westward, there to raise what forces they could, to ioine with those their fréends, immediatlie after they should once come on land, and so to assist them against king Edward and his partakers.”
Edward IV 19
- allies with Margaret of Anjou “Thither came vnto them Edmund duke of Summerset, and Thomas Courtneie earle of Deuonshire, with others, and welcommed them into England, comforting the quéene in the best maner they could, and willed hir not to despaire of good successe”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.