Hello Neil,
I am off on holiday today, so cannot respond fully to your email.
However, I will look at the trees again from Daniel backwards.
I am quite confident that my research is correct, and of course, mistakes do happen and I value
the importance of accurate research.
From memory, one of reasons I am confident, is that one of the Henry's marriages was witnessed
by his Brother, and so this a strong link to the remainder of the family.
You are quite correct over the confusion of "too many Henry's".
If you look at the geography of the families, you will see that they float between
Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire and they are all near to where the borders cross over.,
and are definitely related to each other.
I have the original Church extractions for quite a few Courtney marriages which were very
helpful. Have your considered the Marriage between Henry Courtnage and Jane Pope in Petworth?
It may pay you to do a little research on the Cowdray Estate papers.
We have some Courtney connections to the estate. From memory I believe one married
Lord Cowdrays Daughter Martha.
I will come back to you as soon as I am abe.
Yours sincerely
Lesley
