Devereux, Walter (1432 - 1485)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1432
Death Date: 1485-08-22

Notes

Attainted 1459; pardoned 20 March 1459/60; attainted posthumously 7 Nov. 1485

Siblings

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1446
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1482
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Ferrers, Anne de (1438 - 1468/9)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Ferrers

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1461-03-29
    Vacated 1485-08-22
  • 2nd Baron Ferrers
    Assumed 1461-07-26
    Vacated 1485-08-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1472-04-24 (date nominated)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Herefordshire 1460 1461
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1461 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1461 1463
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1461/2 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1462 n.d.
Constable, Cardiganshire 1463-6-18 1485-08-22 For life
JP, Gloucestershire 1464 n.d.
Keeper, Herefordshire 1464-8-10 1485-08-22 Held jointly; for life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, North Wales 1467 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1467 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1467/8 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1467/8 1469
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1468 1469
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1468 1469
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1468 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, South Wales 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1469 n.d.
Constable & Steward, Herefordshire 1469-11-16 n.d. During minority of Henry Stafford (b 1455), grandson and heir of Humphrey, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 10 July 1460)
Constable & Steward, Huntingdonshire 1469-11-16 n.d. During minority of Henry Stafford (b 1455), grandson and heir of Humphrey, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 10 July 1460)
Constable & Steward, Brecknockshire 1469-11-16 n.d. During minority of Henry Stafford (b 1455), grandson and heir of Humphrey, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 10 July 1460)
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1469/70 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1470 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1470 n.d.
Master Forester, Caernarvonshire 1470-7-28 1485-08-22 For life
Sheriff, Caernarvonshire 1470-7-28 1485-08-22 For life
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1471 1472
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1471 1472
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1471 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1471 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1471 n.d.
Steward, Radnorshire 1471-9 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1472/3 1475
JP, Herefordshire 1472/3 1476
Tutor & Councillor to Prince Edward, England 1472/3-2-20 n.d. Appointed until Edward (later Edward V) was 14
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1473/4 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1474 1475
JP, Somerset 1474 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1474 n.d.
JP, Devon 1474 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1476/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1478 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1479 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1479/80 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1479/80 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1481 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1481 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1483 1485
JP, Herefordshire 1483 1484
JP, Shropshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1484 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1484/5 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received livery of first wife’s father’s (Sir William de Ferrers of Chartley) lands 17 March 1452/3 & 20 March 1453/4 in Berkshire, Huntingdonshire, London, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire: Sutton Courtney
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted
  • Buckinghamshire: Broughton and Hillesden Manors
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Cold Ashton, Dymock, and English Bicknor Manors
  • Gloucestershire: Oakle and Oxenhall Manors
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted
  • Herefordshire: Lyonshall Manor
  • Herefordshire: Weobley Manor
    Patrimony
  • Hertfordshire: Cheshunt Manor
    Acquired: 1484-08-12
    Granted
  • Huntingdonshire: Keyston, Little Paxton, and Southoe Manors
    Acquired: 1452/3-03-17
    Via first wife
  • Leicestershire: Billesdon
    Acquired: 1466
    Granted land in this area
  • Leicestershire: Branston, Cottesbach, and Newbold Verdon Manors
    These and other manors; patrimony
  • Leicestershire: Tilton Manor
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted
  • Leicestershire: Wigston Manor
    Acquired: 1475/6
    Granted
  • Lincolnshire: Market Rasen
    Acquired: 1446
    Possibly patrimony; conveyed on marriage
  • London (city-county): Farringdon Without
    Acquired: 1453/4-03-20
    Tenements here via first wife
  • Northamptonshire: Livedon and Sywell Manors
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted
  • Oxfordshire: Chinnor Manor
    Acquired: 1453/4-03-20
    Via first wife
  • Somerset: Charlton Musgrove Manor
    Acquired: After 1446
    Via first wife
  • Staffordshire: Chartley Manor
    Acquired: 1453/4-03-20
    Via first wife
  • Warwickshire: Long Compton
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1467-1468 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord Ferrers' Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Ferrers' Minstrel/s Devereux, Walter (1432 - 1485) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Weobley Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
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Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 9 vols. London; London: A. Constable [vol 2]; Oxford UP [vols 4-11], 1907–2001.
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