Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 15
Troupes - 4
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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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

Siblings

Male

Devereux, George ( - )

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

Offspring

From Knollys, Lettice (1543 - 1634)

  1. Male offspring: Devereux, Robert (1565 - 1601) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Devereux, Penelope (1563 - 1607)
  3. Female offspring: Devereux, Dorothy (1564 - 1619)
  4. Male offspring: Devereux, Walter (b. 1569)

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
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1572-04-23
    Vacated 1576-09-22
  • 18th Earl of Essex
    Assumed 1572-05-04
    Vacated 1576-09-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Receiver & Steward, Brecknockshire 1558-11-8 n.d.
Receiver, Steward & Surveyor, Carmarthenshire 1558-11-8 n.d.
Steward, Staffordshire 1558-11-8 n.d.
Steward of Welsh Courts, Cardiganshire 1558-11-8 n.d.
Steward of Welsh Courts, Carmarthenshire 1558-11-8 n.d.
JP, Pembrokeshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1564 n.d.
JP, Cardiganshire 1564 n.d.
Chief Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1569 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1569-11-18 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1569-11-18 n.d.
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 n.d.
Governor, Ireland 1573-7-24 n.d.
Chamberlain & Chief Justice, South Wales by 1574-7-16 n.d.
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1574-6 n.d.
Earl Marshal, Ireland 1574/5-3 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 24 June 1571

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1574-1575 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Jesters
Performance 1573-1574 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Musicians
Performance 1575-1576 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Musicians
Performance 1572-1573 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1573-1573 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1573-1573 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1574-1574 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1574-1575 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1574-1575 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1574-1574 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1574-1575 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1575-1576 Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln , Lincolnshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1575-1576 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1576-1576 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1559-1560 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Viscount Hereford's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Essex's Jesters Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Musicians Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Musicians 2
Earl of Essex's Players Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Players 11
Viscount Hereford's Minstrel Devereux, Walter (1539 - 1576) Entertainers/Minstrels 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)