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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 ...
Hugh de Courtenay was born on 14 September 1276, the son and heir of Sir Hugh de Courtenay (died 1292) of Okehampton Castle in Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton, by his wife, Eleanor le Despenser (died 1328), a daughter of Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and sister of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, an important adviser to King Edward II.
Arms of Mohun: Or, a cross engrailed sable Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and his 3rd wife Dorothy Chudleigh, parents of John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton. Baron Mohun of Okehampton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 15 April 1628 for John Mohun, formerly a Member of Parliament for Grampound, Cornwall.
Mohun was the second child of Charles Mohun, 3rd Baron Mohun and his wife Philippa Annesley, a daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. [1]His father died shortly after his birth, following a duel, and left him the family estate.
Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule , and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton , guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River .
3rd Baron inherited the Barony of Botreaux 1520 and created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529 (that title passed to another branch in 1789); 14th Baron created Marquess of Hastings in 1826 (extinct 1868); the Barony of Stanley was called out of abeyance together with this barony for the 20th Baroness in 1921 Baron Herbert: 1461: Herbert, Somerset ...
m. Matilda d'Avranches, Baroness of Okehampton: Gilbert FitzRoy: Henry FitzRoy c. 1100/1104–1158: Fulk FitzRoy c. 1092 –1132 Monk at Abingdon? House of Blois: House of Salians: House of Plantagenet: Illegitimate→: Henry II "Curtmantle" 1133–1189 10th Duke of Normandy r. 1150–1189 King of England r. 1154–1189: William FitzRobert 1116 ...
Canting arms of Bourchier: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable. John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath PC (1499 in Devon – 10 February 1560/61) was an Earl in the peerage of England.