Muriel, aged 15 in 1337, who married, without licence, after her father's death and before the inquisition on his lands, Sir Thomas de Courtenay, for which they received pardon 27 August 1337.
On 6 October 1337, Thomas de Courtenay having done fealty, he and Muriel received their pourparty of her father's lands, and on 3 March 1337/8 their pourparty of knights' fees. 2
In 1349, on the death of her aunt Margaret, late wife of Nicholas de Moels, Muriel received her share of the dower lands....
In the Inq. p.m. for Margaret, late the wife of Nicholas de Moeles, writ 7 Apr 23 Edw. III (1349), Margaret is recorded as having held for life lands &c. held of the king in chief of the inheritance of the daughters and heirs of John de Moeles. These daughters are named: Muriel, married to Thomas de Courtenay, and Isabel, married to William de Botreux daughters and heirs of John de Moeles, who held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight's fee.
Muriel, aged 28 years and more, and Isabel, aged 25 years and more, are the heirs of John de Moeles brother and heir of the said Nicholas de Moeles.
The pourparty of ...Thomas and Muriel comprises the manor of Kyngescarswill with the hundred of Haytorre, co. Devon ; the manor of Suthcadebury, co. Somerset ; the manor of Stoke Moeles, co. Oxford ; 100s. rent yearly from the manor of Langeford, Co. Devon ; a knight's fee in Compton Pauncefot, co. Somerset ; i knight's fee in Maperton, co. Somerset ; a knight's fee in Aire, co. Devon ; and the advowson of the church of Suthcadebury, co. Somerset. 3
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Muriel and Thomas had one son, Hugh, who died s.p. and two daughters, (a) Muriel, who m. Sir John de Dinham..., and (b) Margaret, who margaret Sir Thomas Peverel, and had two daughters (i) Eleanor, who m. Sir William Talbot and died s.p., and (ii) Catherine, who married Sir Walter Hungerford. 2
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