 ... as if they had been legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first earl of Devon, a younger branch of the Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham Castle above...  The history of Tiverton, in the county of Devon - Page 103by William Harding - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1803 - 716 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of the succeeding Princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first Earl of Devon ; a younger...branch of the Courtenays, who have been seated at Powdcrham Castle above four hundred years, from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1803 - 662 pages
...were revived by the patents ol the SUCCIT ding Princes. But there still survived a lineal descendact of Hugh, the first Earl of Devon ; a younger branch of the Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderhara Castle above four hundred years, from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh the first earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham castle above four hundred years from the reign of Edward the third to the present hour. Their estates have... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 780 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding Princes. But there still sur. vived a lineal descendant of Hugh the first Earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham castle above four hundred years from the reign of Edward the Third to the present haur. Their estates have... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1829 - 482 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first earl of Devon, a younger branch of the Courtenays, who had been seated at Powderham castle above bella de Fortibus, a famous and potent dowager, who long... | |
 | Martin Dunsford - 1836 - 300 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first earl of Devon, a younger...Powderham castle about 400 years, from the reign of Edward III. to the present hour. Their estates have been increased by the grant and improvement of lands in... | |
 | Clarkson Stanfield - Coasts - 1836 - 304 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first Earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham Castle above four hundred years, from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour. Their estates have... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...revolutions of eight hundred years ;" the race of the ancient Greek emperors remaining in a "lineal descendant of Hugh, the first Earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham Castle above four hundred years, from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour." And he winds up... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 694 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham Castle above four hundred years, from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour. Their estates have... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1855 - 628 pages
...legally extinct, were revived by the patents of succeeding princes. But there still survived a lineal descendant of Hugh, the first earl of Devon, a younger...Courtenays, who have been seated at Powderham Castle above four hundred years from the reign of Edward the Third to the present hour. Their estates have... | |
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