Sir Nicholas D'AUNEY Lord of East Allington 1
- Born: Abt 1282, "Mudford Terry (Madfordferry)", Mudford, Somersetshire, England
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth (Joan) DURRANT before 1301
- Died: 1334 aged about 52
General Notes:
Only son
Held East Allington, Devonshire and it passed to his son Sir John and then his granddaughter Emma, who brought it to her husband Sir Edward Courtenay.
Had a Royal Charter for a Free Warren (game park) and a licence for a weekly market and fair at his manor of Shunock or Sheviock, County of Cornwall, England, every Wednesday and Friday. Also for 'a yearly fair on the eve, day and morrow of St. James the Apostle'.,
Summoned to parliament and knighted in 1327 the first year of the reign of Edward III, among the barons, but not afterwards, owing to his absence in the Holy Wars, among the Infidels, whence he brought very rich and curious medals.
While in the Holy Lands, his 'estate, consisting of fifteen large manors in Cornwall, was conveyed into the family of Courtenay, Earls of Devon, by the marriage of Emmeline (or Emma), daughter and heir to Sir John Dawney, of Madfordferry in the county of Somersetshire, to Edward, son and heir apparent of Hugh, the second Earl of Devon, who dying before his father, left issue by her: two sons, Edward, the third Earl of Devon; and Hugh of Haccombe [Devonshire] and Boconnock [Cornwall], Esq. father of Edward Courtenay, whom King Henry VII. for his adherence to the house of Lancaster, advanced to the Earldom of Devonshire October 28th, 1485, first of his reign.',
Nicholas married Elizabeth (Joan) DURRANT before 1301. (Elizabeth (Joan) DURRANT was born about 1282 in Sheviock, Co Cornwall, England.)
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