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Devereux, Walter (1489 - 1558)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1489
Death Date: 1558-09-17

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Grey, Mary ( - 1537/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1503-12-15
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of pardon for marrying without license
  2. Garneys, Margaret ( - 1599)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron Ferrers

Titles

  • 4th Baron Ferrers
    Assumed: 1501-05-03 (possibly succeeded to title on 7 May 1501)
    Vacated: 1558-09-17
  • 1st Viscount Hereford
    Assumed: 1549/50-02-02
    Vacated: 1558-09-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Warwickshire 1510/11 -2 -15 1558 -09 -17 Held jointly, for life
Steward, Warwickshire 1510/11 -2 -15 1558 -09 -17 Held jointly, for life
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1513 -8 -10
JP, Herefordshire 1513 1515
JP, South Wales 1515
JP, Marches of Wales 1515
JP, Worcestershire 1515
JP, Shropshire 1515
JP, Gloucestershire 1515
JP, Flintshire 1515
JP, Cheshire 1515
JP, Herefordshire 1521 1522
JP, Shropshire 1522 1523
JP, Gloucestershire 1522
JP, Staffordshire 1522 1523
JP, Worcestershire 1522
Steward of Crown Lands, Cheshire 1522 -3 -29
Steward of Crown Lands, Shropshire 1522 -3 -29
Steward of Crown Lands, Staffordshire 1522 -3 -29
Steward of Crown Lands, Wales 1522 -3 -29
Steward of Lands, Warwickshire 1522 -3 -29
JP, Gloucestershire 1524 1525
JP, Worcestershire 1524
Chief Justice, South Wales 1525 -8 -22 1558 -09 -17 For life
JP, Herefordshire 1525
JP, Worcestershire 1526
JP, Staffordshire 1526
JP, Shropshire 1526
Steward, South Wales 1526
Steward of the Household of Mary Tudor, Princess of Wales, England 1526 -5 -25
JP, Gloucestershire 1528
JP, Herefordshire 1528
JP, Shropshire 1531 1532
JP, Staffordshire 1531 1532
JP, Gloucestershire 1531 1532
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
JP, Herefordshire 1531 1532
Constable, Cardiganshire 1536
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Staffordshire 1536
JP, Gloucestershire 1537
JP, Worcestershire 1537 1540
Steward, Montgomeryshire 1537 -5 -24
JP, Herefordshire 1538
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Staffordshire 1538
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Warwickshire 1539
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Oxfordshire 1540 1541
JP, Staffordshire 1540
JP, Worcestershire 1542 1545
JP, Warwickshire 1542 1545
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 1545
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1545
JP, Herefordshire 1543 1544
JP, Shropshire 1543
JP, Cheshire 1543 1544
JP, Leicestershire 1543 1544
JP, Monmouthshire 1543 1544
JP, Herefordshire 1547
JP, Gloucestershire 1547
JP, Warwickshire 1547
JP, Staffordshire 1547
JP, Worcestershire 1547
JP, Shropshire 1547
Privy Councillor, England 1549/50 -1 1553 -07
JP, Staffordshire 1554
JP, Worcestershire 1554
JP, Shropshire 1554
JP, Gloucestershire 1554
JP, Herefordshire 1554

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Chartley, Staffordshire

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • London (city-county)
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire
  • Wales
  • Warwickshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Ferrers' Entertainers
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Lord Ferrers' Minstrels
Performance - Grimley Manor, near Worcester, Worcestershire Lord Ferrers' Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Viscount Hereford's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Ferrers' Players Devereux, Walter (1489 - 1558) Players 1
Lord Ferrers' Minstrels Devereux, Walter (1489 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Ferrers' Entertainers Devereux, Walter (1489 - 1558) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Viscount Hereford's Players Devereux, Walter (1489 - 1558) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.