Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir Walter Devereux† of Bodenham, Herefs. by his w. Maud. m. by Nov. 1382, Agnes (1371-3 Feb. 1436), da. and h. of Thomas Crophill of Weobley, 1s. 1da. Kntd. by 1391.CPR, 1367-70, p. 367; 1381-5, p. 184; CCR, 1381-5, p. 324; CIPM, xv. 958-63.
Offices Held
Constable of Builth castle, Rad. 8 Feb. 1382-c.1394.
Commr. of arrest, Herefs. Feb. 1382, Salop Feb. 1382, Herefs. Apr. 1401; inquiry Feb. 1385 (murder), Feb. 1391 (alienation of Eaton Tregoes), Aug. 1401 (murder); array Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Dec. 1399; to resist the Welsh rebels and relieve Abergavenny May 1401; make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Herefs. May 1402.
J.p. Herefs. 9 Nov. 1385–99, 16 May 1401 – d.
Sheriff, Herefs. 16 May-8 Nov. 1401.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Weobley, Herefs.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
DEVEREUX, Sir Walter (-d.1402)
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Oxford 1644
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