Walter Devereux (1387-1420)
| Walter Devereux of Bodenham | |
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| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Maud Bromwich |
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Issue
Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley | |
| Father | Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley |
| Mother | Agnes Crophull |
| Born | 1387 |
| Died | 1420 |
Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham was a prominent knight of Herefordshire. He is the ancestor of the Devereux Earls of Essex and Viscounts of Hereford.
Childhood and Ancestry
Walter Devereux was born on Christmas 1387,[1][2] and was 15 years old at the death of his father, Walter Devereux of Weobley. He inherited only part of the lands of his father, and his mother, Agnes Crophull,[lower-alpha 1] held the majority of his estates in dower during his lifetime.[3]
His arms were: Argent a fesse gules, in chief three torteaux.
Career
He was knighted in 1403 (4th year of Henry IV).[lower-alpha 2] Walter Devereux was among 14 men below the rank of baron who had been retained for life by Prince Henry (the future Henry V).[4] He fought at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 along with his brothers, Sir John Devereux[5] and Sir Richard Devereux.[6]
Walter Devereux, the son of Sir Walter Devereux, acquired some tenements in Lyde Muscegros, Lyde Godfrey, Lyde Saucy, and Lyde Prior.[7] These tenements would remain in the possession of the Devereux family for the next 100 years.
In 1418 John Walwyn died holding a moiety of the manors of Wellington and Adesor, and left a widow and three underage daughters who became the wards of Walter Devereux. Walwyn’s widow died in 1419, and the next year the eldest daughter, Elena wife of Richard Monington, proved her full age before the escheator and jurors.[8]
Death
Walter Devereux died in 1419, and the escheator of Hereford and the adjacent march of Wales was ordered to take his lands in hand on 20 November 1419.[1][9]
Marriage
Walter Devereux married about 1409 to Elizabeth Maud Bromwich, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromwich.[10][1][11] They had at least one son, Walter Devereux his heir, in 1411, and a daughter, Elizabeth.[12][13][lower-alpha 3]
General Reference
- Brydges, Sir Egerton. "Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time." (London: F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son; J. Nichols and Co.; T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson; J. Walker, Clarke and Sons; W. Lowndes, R. Lea, J. Cuthell, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co.; White, Cochrane, and Co.; C. Law, Cadell and Davies; J. Booth, Crosby and Co.; J. Murray, J. Mawman, J. Booker, R. Scholey, J. Hatchard, R. Baldwin, Craddock and Joy; J. Fauldner, Gale, Curtis and Co.; Johnson and Co.; and G. Robinson, 1812). Volume VI, pages 1 to 22, Devereux, Viscount Hereford
- Duncumb, John. "Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford." (Hereford: E.G. Wright, 1812). Part I of Volume II, page 37 and 49, Broxash Hundred
- Mosley, Charles (editor). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999. Page 1378
- Robinson, Charles J. "A History of the Castles of Herefordshire and their Lords." (Woonton: Logaston Press, 2002). pages 125 to 129, Lyonshall Castle
Specific References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charles Mosley (editor). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999. Volume 1, pages1378-80
- ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV. (London: Mackie and Co). Walter Devereux, knight. 701, Writ 24 April 1403
- ↑ , Calendar of the Fine Rolls, Henry VI, Volume 17, 1437-1445. London. 1936. Pages 31-33 (22 March 1438, membrane 9)
- ↑ Gwilym Dodd (editor). Henry V: New Interpretations. (Great Britain: CPI Group LTD, 2013). Page 51
- ↑ Harris Nicholas. The History of the Battle of Agincourt; and of the Expedition of Henry the Fifth Into France: To which is Added, The Roll of the Men at Arms, in the English Army. London: Johnson, Brooke Street, Holbern, 1827. Page 88
- ↑ UK National Archives, [21 March 1421 – 20 March 1422] Reference: E 101/70/735, Description: Parties to Indenture: Indentures between the king and the following for service in France. Richard Devereux, Date: 9 Henry V
- ↑ , Abstract of Feet of Fines. CP 25/1/83/53, number 8.
- ↑ Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford in continuation of Duncumb’s History. Hundred of Grimsworth. By William Henry Cooke. London: John Murray, Albermarle Street. 1892, Page 172, Grimsworth Hundred
- ↑ , Calendar of the Fine Rolls, Henry V, Volume 14, 1413-1422. London. 1934. Pages 274 and 275 (28 March 1419, membrane 36)
- ↑ Evelyn Philip Shirley. Stemmata Shirleiana. (Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1873). page 103
- ↑ 'Arnall', Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: volume 2: Republished with large additions by John Throsby (1790), pp. 231-234. devereux ferrers. Date accessed: 06 August 2014.
- ↑ William Henry Cooke. Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford in continuation of Duncumb’s History. Hundred of Grimsworth. London: John Murray, Albermarle Street. 1892, Page 51 and 58, Grimsworth Hundred
- ↑ Charles Robinson. A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire. (London: Longmans and Company, 1872). page 56
Notes
- ↑ On 10 April 1436 - Inquest taken at Kyrkeby Kendale for Agnes, who was the wife of John Parr, Esquire, deceased. Agnes died 9 February 1436. Walter Deverous is her kinsman and next heir, viz. son of Walter Deverous, knight, son of the same Agnes, aged 24 years.
- ↑ When Walter Devereux's lands were taken into the kings hand upon his death in 1419 he was referred to as "esquire."
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, 106th Edition, records her as being his daughter, but the description on her tomb records her as a daughter of his father