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Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1600/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1565-11-10
Death Date: 1601-02-25

Notes

Ward of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge May 1577 – Nov. 1581, matriculated 1 July 1579. MA Cambridge 6 July 1581. MA Oxford 1 April 1588. Confined to York House 29 Sept. 1599; transferred to Essex House 20 March 1599/1600; tried and dismissed from all offices of state & ordered under house arrest 5 June 1600; released 5 July 1600; given liberty 26 Aug. 1600; imprisoned for high treason in the Tower 9 Feb. 1600/1; attainted 19 Feb. 1600/1; beheaded

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Walsingham, Frances (1567 - 1631/2)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1590-10
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage publicly acknowledged on this date; actual ceremony occurred early
  2. Southwell, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Viscount Hereford
  • 19th Earl of Essex

Titles

  • 3rd Viscount Hereford
    Assumed: 1572
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19
  • 19th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1576-09-22
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19
  • 9th Baron Bourchier
    Assumed: 1576-09-22
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19
  • 6th Baron Ferrers
    Assumed: 1576-09-22
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1588-04-23 (date nominated; installed 23 May 1588)
    Vacated: 1600/1-02-19

General Lands Note

Released from wardship and given full control of estates upon creation as Knight Banneret by stepfather, the 14th Earl of Leicester, at Zutphen, Netherlands 21 Sept. 1586; all residences prior to establishment at court

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Carmarthenshire 1577 -3 Succeeded father
Steward, Staffordshire 1578 -8
Commissioner of custos rotulorum, Staffordshire 1587
Master of the Horse, England 1587 -6 -18 1597 Succeeded stepfather Robert Dudley, 14th Earl of Leicester
High Recorder, Essex 1588 -11 Succeeded stepfather Robert Dudley, 14th Earl of Leicester
High Steward, Herefordshire 1590 -9 -4
High Steward, Herefordshire 1590 -9 -4
JP, Essex 1592/3 1600
JP, Hertfordshire 1592/3 1600
Privy Councillor, England 1592/3 -2 -25
JP, Surrey 1593 1600
Steward, Herefordshire 1593 -9
Constable & Gatekeeper, Radnorshire 1593/4 -2
Constable & Gatekeeper, Herefordshire 1593/4 -2
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1594 1600/1 -02 -25
High Steward, Suffolk 1595 -12
High Steward, Suffolk 1596 -8
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1596 -8
Master of the Ordnance, England 1596/7 -3 -19 1600/1 -02 -25
Earl Marshal, England 1597 -12 1600/1 -02 -25
Chancellor, Ireland 1598 1600/1 -02 -25
Chancellor, Cambridgeshire 1598 -8 -25 1600/1 -02 -25
High Steward, Norfolk 1598 1600/1 -02 -25
Lord Lieut, Ireland 1598 -12 -30 1599 -11

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Chartley, Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1565-03
    Divested: 1600/1-02
    Patrimony
  • Lamphey Court, Pembrokeshire
    Acquired: 1576-09
    Divested: 1600/1-02
    Patrimony; residence of Essex's uncle George Devereux, at Essex's 'pleasure'
  • Essex House, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1585-09
    Divested: 1600/1-02
    Essex first took up residence when it was still his stepfather's house and known as 'Leicester House.' It became his principal London residence from 1593
  • York House, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1587/8
    Divested: 1593-06
    Leased; sold interest to Sir John Puckering
  • Essex House,
    Acquired: 1588
    Inherited from step-father Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Lands

  • Berkshire
    Acquired: 1588-06
    Granted forfeited estates of Sir Francis Englefield
  • Carmarthenshire: Carew Castle
    Acquired: 1597-05-21
    Granted 21-year lease
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire: English Bicknor Manor
    Acquired: 1586-09-21
    Patrimony
  • Herefordshire: Bodenham, Byford, and Weobley Manors
  • Herefordshire: Ross Borough and Ross Foreign Manors
    Acquired: 1591-06-09
    And additional lands in Ross and Walford
  • Huntingdonshire: Keyston Manor
    Divested: 1590-05
    Stayed here half the year 1578; leased to uncle Henry Clifford
  • Ireland: Monaghan
    Ferny barony, patrimony
  • Leicestershire
    Merevale Abbey site and lands
  • Northumberland: Cliffe Park
    Divested: 1593-11
    Sold to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
  • Pembrokeshire
    Patrimony
  • Pembrokeshire
    Former estates of Monkton Priory
  • Pembrokeshire: Tallaharne Castle
    Acquired: 1597-05-21
    Granted 21-year lease
  • Staffordshire: Chartley, Gayton, Huxton, Grenley, Frodeswall, Stowe Morton, and Lee Manors
  • Warwickshire
    Merevale Abbey site and lands

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Maidstone, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Fordwich, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis, Dorset Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Reading, Berkshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Knowsley Hall, near Prescot, Lancashire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Essex's Players
Performance? - Guildhall, Oxford, Oxfordshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Maidstone, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Smithills Hall, near Bolton, Lancashire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Essex's Trumpeter
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Trumpeters
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Essex's Tumblers
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Viscount Hereford's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1
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Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
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Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Tumblers Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Earl of Essex's Drummers Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Trumpeters Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musician Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musician Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Trumpeter Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Player Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Player Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1
Viscount Hereford's Players Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Essex Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1978
  • Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Hertfordshire Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1975
  • Cockburn, James Swanston. Calendar of Assize Records: Surrey Indictments, Elizabeth I. London: HMSO, 1980
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hammer, Paul E. J. The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585 – 1597. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999
  • Kinney, Arthur F. Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan State and Church Officers and Knights, with Peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1558--1603. Hamden, CT: Archon Books-Shoe String P, 1973
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.