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About Hugh Courtenay
Sir Hugh Courtenay of Boconnoc in Cornwall, was twice a Member of Parliament for Cornwall in 1446–47 and 1449–50. He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, together with John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon, the grandson of his first cousin the 4th Earl, and last in the senior line, whose titles were forfeited. His son Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, was created Earl of Devon in 1485 by King Henry VII, following the Battle of Bosworth and the closure of the Wars of the Roses.
Everything about Hugh Courtenay →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the 1449-50 Parliament, Member of the 1447 Parliament
- Born
- 1420
- Died
- May 6, 1471