COURTENAY, Sir William II (1529/30-57), of Powderham, Devon and London.

b. 1529 /30, 1st s. of George Courtenay of Powderham, by Catherine, da. of Sir George St. Leger of Annery in Monkleigh. educ. I. Temple, adm. 1546. m. lic. 28 Nov. 1545, Elizabeth, da. of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, 1s. Sir William 1da. suc. fa. by Nov. 1533, gd.-fa. 24 Nov. 1535. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from age at grandfather’s i.p.m., C142/58/1. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 246-7; CP, iv. 332-3; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 335; C142/113/4.