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Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1539-09-16
Death Date: 1576-09-22

Notes

Sailed for Ireland (to colonize Ulster) 19 July 1573; returned to England Oct. 1575; returned to Ireland 23 July 1576; died in Dublin

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1560
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married between this year and 1565, when rumours of Lettice's affair with Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester began

Siblings

Male

Female

  • Devereux, Elizabeth ( - )

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Viscount Hereford
  • 18th Earl of Essex

Titles

  • 2nd Viscount Hereford
    Assumed: 1558-09-27
    Vacated: 1576-09-22
  • 5th Baron Ferrers
    Assumed: 1558-09-27
    Vacated: 1576-09-22
  • 8th Baron Bourchier
    Assumed: 1570/1-01-28
    Vacated: 1576-09-22
  • 18th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1572-05-04
    Vacated: 1576-09-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1572-04-23
    Vacated: 1576-09-22

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 24 June 1571

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Receiver & Steward, Brecknockshire 1558 -11 -8
Receiver, Steward & Surveyor, Carmarthenshire 1558 -11 -8
Steward, Staffordshire 1558 -11 -8
Steward of Welsh Courts, Cardiganshire 1558 -11 -8
Steward of Welsh Courts, Carmarthenshire 1558 -11 -8
JP, Staffordshire 1564
JP, Pembrokeshire 1564
JP, Cardiganshire 1564
Chief Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1569
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1569 -11 -18
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1569 -11 -18
Bailiff & Chief Steward, Montgomeryshire 1570 -5 -17 1576 -09 -22 For life
Constable, Carmarthenshire 1570 -5 -17 1576 -09 -22 For life
Capt-gen, Ireland 1573 -7 -24
Governor, Ireland 1573 -7 -24
Chamberlain & Chief Justice, South Wales 1574 -7 -16
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1574 -6
Earl Marshal, Ireland 1574/5 -3

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Lamphey, Pembrokeshire
  • Chartley, Staffordshire

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Essex
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Essex: Marks Hall Manor
    Acquired: 1571
    Granted
  • Huntingdonshire: Keyston Manor
  • Ireland: The Farney, County Monaghan
    Acquired: 1576-05-09
    Granted
  • Staffordshire
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Wiltshire
    Divested: 1576
    Sold
  • Yorkshire
    Divested: 1576
    Sold

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Jesters
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Musicians
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Musicians
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Viscount Hereford's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Viscount Hereford's Minstrel Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Jesters Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Musicians 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Musicians 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.