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Devereux, Walter (1411 - 1459)

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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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Merbury, Elizabeth ( - 1438)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1432
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Herefordshire -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
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
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1459
    Patrimony
  • Weobley Castle, Herefordshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1420
    Divested: 1459
    Patrimony

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

Event Naming Patron

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

Patronized Troupes

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

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Weobley Castle Herefordshire Private Residence

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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • 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