page_title: Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine
section_title: James II Courtenay
hierarchical_section_title: Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine / Descent / Courtenay of Powderham / James II Courtenay
caption_attribution_description: English: The ledger stone (across the middle of which now stands the 1926 wooden chancel screen) of James Courtenay (d.1592) "The Younger", of Upcott Barton, in the Upcott Chapel, St Matthew's Church, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon, the most ancient stone in the church (Burchmore, Geoff, (Ed.), St Matthew's Cheriton Fitzpaine: Guide and Information, 2014, p.2 (church booklet)) inscribed in Gothic script as follows: "Here lieth James Courteny The Younger Estquier who deceased the viii day of September A(nn)o D(o)m. 1592".
context_page_description: Upcott is an historic manor in the parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon. The manor house, known as Upcott Barton is a mediaeval grade II* listed building notorious in the history of Devon as the place where in 1455 occurred the murder of the lawyer Nicholas Radford by a mob directed by the Earl of Devon during the Wars of the Roses. In the grounds is a reproduction of an Iron Age roundhouse built circa 2014.
context_section_description: James II Courtenay (d.1592), "The Younger", son of James I inherited Upcott from his father. He married twice:
  Firstly to Jane Prideaux, daughter of John Prideaux (1520-1558) of Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury, serjeant-at-law, MP for Devon inn 1553. Nutwell manor house is situated on the east bank of the estuary of the River Exe almost directly across the water from the Courtenay seat Powderham Castle.
  Secondly he married Christiana Rolle, widow of Richard Wykes of Mynde Florye in Somerset and a daughter of George Rolle (c.1486–1552) of Stevenstone, near Great Torrington in Devon, the founder of the wealthy, influential and widespread Rolle family of Devon. He was named as an overseer of the will dated 1570 of his brother-in-law John Rolle (1522–1570) of Stevenstone.
  The ledger stone (across the middle of which now stands the 1926 wooden chancel screen) of James Courtenay (d.1592) "The Younger" survives in the Upcott Chapel, St Matthew's Church, the most ancient stone in the church, inscribed in Gothic script as follows:
  "Here lieth James Courteny The Younger Estquier who deceased the viii day of September A(nn)o D(o)m. 1592".
caption: Ledger stone of James Courtenay (d.1592) "The Younger", Upcott Chapel, St Matthew's Church, Cheriton Fitzpaine
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