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DEVEREUX, Sir John (c.1356-1419), of Staunton, Glos. and Winterborne Steepleton, Dorset.

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b. c.1356, s. and h. of John Devereux of Winterbourne Steepleton by Joan, sis. of Sir Thomas Fichet† (d.1367) of Spaxton, Som., wid. of Sir Thomas Gournay of East Harptree, Som. m. by 1385, Joan Hurst, wid. of Sir John Bitton of Oldland, Glos., 1s d.v.p. 2da. Kntd. bef. 1379.Hylle Cart. (Som. Rec. Soc. lxviii), 64; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. vi. 183; CFR, ix. 348; Dorset Feet of Fines, 270.
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Commr. to make proclamation of the King’s right of presentation to a benefice, Dorset Mar. 1404; of array, Som. 1405.

Main residences: Staunton, Glos.; Winterborne Steepleton, Dorset.
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He has been distinguished from John, Lord Devereux (d. 1393) and the latter’s son Sir John (d. 1396) who married one of the gddas. and cohs. of Guy, Lord Bryan: CP, iv. 299-300; CPR, 1391-6, p. 400.

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Commons 1386-1421
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DEVEREUX, Sir John (c.1356-1419)

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DETHICK, Sir William (d.1408/10), of Dethick and Radbourne, Derbys. and Mattersey, Notts.

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s. and h. of John Dethick (d. by c.1373) of Dethick and Mattersey. m. Alice, at least 7s. (1 d.v.p.). Kntd. by Oct. 1386.CCR, 1374-7, pp. 68, 69, 72; CPR, 1408-13, p. 213; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 419; Belvoir Castle deed 4471; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xvi. 55; xvii. 111, 114. According to J.C. Cox (Notes on Churches Derbys. ii. 54), Dethick was married to Cecily, da. and h. of Thomas Curson, and thus acquired the manor of Beardsall, but other evidence remains wanting. The pedigrees of the family given in Top. et Gen. ed. Nichols, i. 351, 358 and Vis. Derbys. 30, 31, are inaccurate and omit several of Dethick’s children.
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Collector of a tax, Derbys. Nov. 1377, Dec. 1384.

Commr. to make arrests, Derbys. June 1380, Feb. 1388, Nov. 1391; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1387 (attacks on the property of John of Gaunt); array June 1388; inquiry Nov. 1390 (upkeep of the highway at Baslow), Oct. 1395 (wastes at Bolsover castle).He never received this commission (CCR, 1396–9, p. 405).

J.p. Derbys. 14 Apr. 1386 – July 1389.

Main residences: Dethick and Radbourne, Derbys.; Mattersey, Notts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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DETHICK, Sir William (-d.1408/10)

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Oxford 1644
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