The foundation of the establishment now seen at Naish Priory is also earlier linked to Archbishop William and Sir Peter Courtenay's father, Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, previous Lord of Coker, who was High Admiral of the West Seas and married to Margaret de Bohun, 2nd Countess of Devon, niece of King Edward II. The De Bohun family was the leading patron of illuminated manuscript work in England in the 14th century. Margaret died in 1391 in her eighties a significant matriarch, having had seventeen children by Huw de Courtenay.
