In December 1512 Henry Courtenay ( d. 1539 ) obtained by Act of Parliament the reversal of the 1504 attainder of his father , William Courtenay . In 1512 he thus inherited the earldom of Devon as held by his grandfather , having at his father 's death the previous year already inherited the earldom conferred by patent on his father in 1511 . In 1525 he was created Marquess of Exeter by Henry VIII . However , in 1538 he was tried , convicted , attainted and beheaded by the same king for conspiring with the Poles and Nevilles against the government of Thomas Cromwell in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace . All his titles were forfeited by his attainder
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Earl of Devon