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"A view of Okehampton Castle and town taken in the park", 1772 drawing by Francis Towne (1739–1816), Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA Remains of Okehampton Castle today. The feudal barony of Okehampton was a very large feudal barony, the largest mediaeval fiefdom in the county of Devon, England, [1] whose caput was Okehampton ...
John's father, Robert de Courtenay (d. 26 July 1242), [3] son of Renaud II de Courtenay (d. 1190) by Hawise de Curcy (d. 1219), heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton, [4] married Mary de Redvers (sometimes called 'de Vernon'), daughter of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (d. 1217). Renaud II was son of Renaud de Courtenay.
Between 1133 and 1136, Richard FitzBaldwin (d. 1137) (Latinised to de Brioniis/Brionis/Bryonis), feudal baron of Okehampton, [2] built a priory on his land at Brightley, on the bank of the West Okement River, near his caput of Okehampton Castle. [3]
Baldwin's fiefdom in Devon was the largest in that county, [3] listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as comprising 176 holdings, mostly manors or estates, except the first two listed holdings which consisted of groups of houses in Exeter and Barnstaple. [4]
[1] [5] Through the marriage, he acquired Okehampton Castle. Elizabeth de Courtenay (b. 1127 - d. September 1205), who was given in marriage by the French King Louis VII (d.1180) to his youngest brother, Peter of France (d.1183), who thenceforth became known as "Peter I of Courtenay". [4] Adeline de Courtenay married Avalon de Seignelay
King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, surrounded by his baronage.Illustration from Cassell's History of England, 1902.. In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.
Floyer Hayes is referred to in a Latin note to the Heralds' Visitation of Devon of 1564, preserved at the College of Arms.This indicates that before the 14th century the manor was a member of one of the feudal baronies of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon, thus either of the feudal barony of Okehampton or the feudal barony of Plympton.
Baron St John of Lageham: 1299: St John: dormant 1353 Baron Grandison: 1299: de Grandison: extinct 1328 Baron Cantilupe: 1299: de Cantilupe: extinct c. 1375 Baron Darcy of Nocton: 1299: Darcy: Abeyant c. 1350 Baron Strange of Knockin: 1299: le Strange, Stanley, Philipps: extant: Abeyant 1594-1921. Held by the Viscount St Davids since 1974 Baron ...