In September 1784, Powderham was the setting of a notorious encounter between the heir to the castle and its estate, the famously beautiful William Courtenay, and the celebrated collector and writer ...
Richard was born in about 1381, a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle in Devon and his wife Anne (Wake). Sir Philip was a son of Hugh, Earl of Devon (died1377) and Margaret de Bohun, a ...