Devereux, Walter (1411 - 1459)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1411
Death Date: 1459-04-23 (possibly died 22 April 1459)

Notes

Richard, 3rd Duke of York's tenant, retainer and councillor by the 1440s; indicted for treason July 1452; pardoned 8 Aug. 1452; arrested and imprisoned in the Tower 1456; pardoned 6 Jan. 1457/8. Granted wardship of the daughters of John Walwayn 1451

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1432
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Merbury, Elizabeth ( - 1438)

  1. Female offspring: Devereux, Anne (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Circa 1441 (possibly knighted 1442)
    Vacated 1459-04-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Herefordshire n.d. -04-23 Held by a grant of Richard, 3rd Duke of York; held office unitl death
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1 1450/1
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1447-11-9 1448-11-9
Keeper, Herefordshire 1447/8-2 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1459 Held office until death
JP, Gloucestershire 1455 1459 Held office until death
Sheriff, Gloucestershire 1455-11-4 1456-11-17

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bodenham, Herefordshire
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1459
  • Weobley Castle, Herefordshire
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1459

Lands

  • Herefordshire
    Divested: 1459
  • Leicestershire: Branston, Cottesbach, Newbold Vernon
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1459
    Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire: Market Rasen
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1446
    Patrimony; conveyed to son Walter upon marriage

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1448 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Sir Walter Devereux's Minstrel
Performance 1447-1448 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Sir Walter Devereux's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Walter Devereux's Minstrel Devereux, Walter (1411 - 1459) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Walter Devereux's Minstrel/s Devereux, Walter (1411 - 1459) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Weobley Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Roskell, J.S., Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe, eds. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386–1421. 4 vols. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for The History of Parliament Trust, 1992.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.
Whetter, James. The Bodrugans: A Study of a Cornish Medieval Knightly Family. St Austell: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1995.