Sir Hugh de Courtenay was the son and heir of John de Courtenay, feudal baron of Okehampton, Devon, by Isabel de Vere, daughter of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford.
Background
Sir Hugh de Courtenay, born 25 March 1251, was the son and heir of John de Courtenay of Okehampton, Devon, by Isabel de Vere, daughter of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, and Hawise de Quincy. John"s father, Robert de Courtenay (d 26 July 1242), son of Reginald de Courtenay (d1190) by Hawise de Curci (d1219), heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton, married Mary de Redvers (sometimes called "de Vernon"), daughter of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (d1217).
Career
In order to avoid military service Courtenay paid a fine on 12 December 1276. He was called to arms on the emergency against the Welsh princes, fighting in the 1282 campaign. He attended upon the King at Shrewsbury on 28 June 1283.
He again absented himself from the wars on 14 June 1287 by paying the King"s justice a fine.
Courtenay died at Colcombe, Devon, on 28 February 1292. He was buried at Cowick Priory, near Exeter.
The date of his death is correctly recorded in the Forde Abbey Chronicles. However the Fine Rolls decided upon his death on 5 March and issued a writ affirming deceased on 24 March.
An inquisition post mortem was taken at London from 3 April to 27 May 1292.
Records for his Buckinghamshire estates relate that his death was "after the Feast of Street Peter and to the Feast of the Exalted Street Crucis".