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Muriel de Moels Courtenay

Birth
Devon, England
Death
12 Aug 1369 (aged 46–47)
Devon, England
Burial
South Pool, South Hams District, Devon, England Add to Map
Plot
Hartland Abbey, Devon, England
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Muriel (de Moels) Courtenay Dinham

Daughter of Sir John de Moels, Baron de Moels, and Joan Lovel. She was the granddaughter of John de Moels and Maud de Grey, Richard Lovel of Castle Cary and Muriel Douglas.

Muriel married her cousin, Thomas de Courtenay, the the fifth son of Hugh Courtenay, the 1st Earl of Devon and Agnes St John. They had three children:
* Hugh de Courtenay
* Margaret, wife of Sir Thomas Peverell
* Katherine, wife of Sir Walter Hungerford

Sir Thomas died in 1356, and Muriel married Sir John Dinham, who succeeded to the manors of Kings-Carswell in Devon and Stoke-Moels in Oxfordshire. They founded a chantry at the church at St Michael's at Buckland-Dinham, where a effigy still exists, as well as at Corton-Dinham and South Pool.

Muriel's birth and death information varies: born 31 May 1316 in Marnhull, Dorset, and died 12 Aug 1369 in Spencercombe, Devon.
Muriel (de Moels) Courtenay Dinham

Daughter of Sir John de Moels, Baron de Moels, and Joan Lovel. She was the granddaughter of John de Moels and Maud de Grey, Richard Lovel of Castle Cary and Muriel Douglas.

Muriel married her cousin, Thomas de Courtenay, the the fifth son of Hugh Courtenay, the 1st Earl of Devon and Agnes St John. They had three children:
* Hugh de Courtenay
* Margaret, wife of Sir Thomas Peverell
* Katherine, wife of Sir Walter Hungerford

Sir Thomas died in 1356, and Muriel married Sir John Dinham, who succeeded to the manors of Kings-Carswell in Devon and Stoke-Moels in Oxfordshire. They founded a chantry at the church at St Michael's at Buckland-Dinham, where a effigy still exists, as well as at Corton-Dinham and South Pool.

Muriel's birth and death information varies: born 31 May 1316 in Marnhull, Dorset, and died 12 Aug 1369 in Spencercombe, Devon.


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