Philip Courtenay (died 1463)
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Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham, Devon, was the senior member of a junior branch of the powerful Courtenay family, Earls of Devon.
Arms of Sir Philip Courtenay: Courtenay impaling Hungerford with supporters two Courtenay boars. In the spandrels are the heraldic badges of Hungerford: three conjoined sickles and the Peverell garbs. Detail from Bishop Peter Courtenay's Mantelpiece, erected by Sir Philip's son Bishop Peter Courtenay (died 1492), Bishop's Palace, Exeter.
Powderham Castle, west front, viewed from under the Victorian gatehouse
Manor of Molland
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The Manor of Molland was a medieval manor in North Devon, England. It was largely co-terminous with the existing parish of Molland, in which is situated the village of Molland. More accurately it consisted from the earliest times of two separate manors, held from separate overlords, later known as Molland-Bottreaux and Molland-Champson.
Text of Exeter Domesday Book of 1086
Arms of Botreaux: Argent, a griffin segreant gules armed azure
Effigy of William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (died 1462), North Cadbury Church, Somerset
Fragment from a demolished Gothic chest tomb in Molland Church, showing within a quatrefoil the arms of Courtenay of Molland supported by two dolphins, a heraldic badge of Courtenay of Powderham, and showing beneath two interlaced Hungerford sickles, the heraldic badge of that family