[2] John Dawney served in King Edward III's expedition to Honfleur in 1346,[citation needed] and fought at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, for which he was made a knight banneret.

[5] Emeline Dawney is said to have brought an estate consisting of "fifteen large manors in Cornwall" to the Courtenay family.

[6] Two effigies under a canopy in the south transept in the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Sheviock, Cornwall, of a knight in gilded armour and his lady are considered to represent Sir Edward Courtenay and his wife, Emeline Dawney.

A third effigy of a knight in the north aisle is said to represent Emeline's father, Sir John Dawney.

The arms given by Lysons for the Dawney (Latinised to De Alneto[7]) family are 'Argent, on a bend cotized sable, three annulets of the field'.