DEVEREUX, George (d. 1683), of Vaynor, Berriew, Mont.

Family and Education

b. 1st s. of Sir George Devereux of Sheldon Hall, Warws. and Blanche, da. and h. of John Ridge of the Ridge, Chirbury, Salop.W.V. Lloyd, ‘Sheriffs of Mont.’, Mont. Colls. xxvii. 196, 198. educ. M. Temple 31 Jan. 1635.M. Temple Admiss. m. (settlement 10 May 1633, with £1,500; settlement 25 Sept. 1633), Bridget (bur. 18 Apr. 1673), da. and h. of Arthur Price of Vaynor, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.C7/415/38; NLW, Vaynor Park Estate Recs. Ms 599; BRL, 3375/434086; Berriew BT; PROB11/377, ff. 296-302; T. Jones, Hist. Brec. iii. 96; Lloyd, ‘Sheriffs of Mont.’, 200-6. suc. fa. May 1665.Sheldon par. reg. bur. 29 June 1683.Berriew par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: dep. lt. Mont. 21 Feb. 1645–?, Jan. 1674–?d.CJ iv. 56b; LJ vii. 219b; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 115. Commr. sequestration by Dec. 1646;NLW, Wynnstay ms K2/3, item 80. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660,A. and O. 1672, 1677, 1679; Warws. 1672, 1677, 1679. 1657 – 58SR. Sheriff, Mont., 11 Nov. 1672–12 Nov. 1673;NLW, Glansevern Estate Recs. Mss 13624, 13684; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 263; Lloyd, ‘Sheriffs of Mont.’, 192. Warws. 1671–2.CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 34. J.p. Mont. 19 Dec. 1676–20 Apr. 1680.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 150–1.

Parlimentarian

DEVEREUX, George (d. 1683), of Vaynor, Berriew, Mont.

: of Vaynor, Berriew, Mont.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DEVEREUX, George (d. 1683), of Vaynor, Berriew, Mont.

Will

3 Aug. 1682, pr. 28 Jan. 1684.PROB11/377, f. 296.

Estates

the Devereux estate reckoned to be worth more than £2,000 p.a. bef. the civil war.C5/471/97. Upon Devereux’s marriage in 1633, his father settled on him manors of Alcott and Lyndon, a capital messuage and other property in Sheldon, manor of Shustoke and messuages and lands in Shustoke, messuages and lands in Yardley and Bickenhill, Warws. and messuages and lands in Meadowtown, Priest Weston and Wilmington, Salop – in all, said to be worth about £500 p.a.BRL, Ms 3375/434086; C7/415/38. At his d. in 1683, Devereux’s estate inc. his ‘dwelling house at Vaynor’; manor of Over Gorther and other property that he had recently purchased in Chirbury, Churchstoke, Forden, Priest Weston, Thornbury and Worthen, in Mont. and Salop; mansion house of Nantcribba, in the parish of Forden; messuages, mills, rents and tithes in the parishes of Berriew and Hyssington, Mont.; messuages and lands in the parishes of Llanfyllin, Llanwnnog, Llanwyddelan and Manafon, Mont.; a messauge and lands in Yardley, Worcs.; and messuages and lands in Aston, Coleshill, Bickenhill and Sheldon, Warws.PROB11/377, ff. 296-302.

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