Walter Devereux (knight, 1411)
Sir Walter Devereux (* 1411 ; † April 22 or 23, 1459 ) was an English knight and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1449 to 1451 . At the beginning of the Wars of the Roses , he was a major supporter of the House of York in the Welsh Marches .
origin
Devereux came from an old Anglo- Norman gentry family from Herefordshire . He was the son and heir of his father of the same name, Walter Devereux (c.1387-1420) and a grandson of the grandfather of the same name, Walter Devereux . After the death of his father in 1420 he became heir to Weobley and Bodenham, among others . After the death of his father-in-law John Merbury in 1438, his wife inherited his extensive estate, which became the heir to the estates of the Crophill and Merbury families. In addition to estates in Herefordshire, the inheritance mainly included lands in Leicestershire , Lincolnshireand Nottinghamshire .
Life
As a vassal of Richard of York , Devereux took part in the campaign from York to Normandy in the final phase of the Hundred Years War in 1441 , where he held several commands and was knighted before 1442. In the 1440s he became one of York's confidants and advisers and eventually became the administrator of his extensive holdings in Wales. Starting in 1428, Devereux was repeatedly elected to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Herefordshire and in 1447 he served as sheriff of the county. As one of the leading country nobles from Herefordshire, he supported the resistance of York against the weak government of King Henry VI from 1450 . He tried to strengthen the influence of York in Herefordshire. For this he was accused of treason and charged, but pardoned in 1452. At the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in August 1456, he and his son-in-law William Herbert led a 2,000-strong force to West Wales to bring this region under the control of the House of York. They captured Carmarthen Castle , where Edmund Tudor , a half-brother of the king, was taken prisoner, and then Aberystwyth Castle . However, after the king's supporters regained the upper hand, Devereux had to answer in Hereford in 1457 for his campaign to Wales. He was arrested and temporarily held in the Tower of London before being pardoned.
Family and offspring
Devereux had married Elizabeth Merbury († 1438), the eldest daughter and heir to the rich landowner John Merbury from Herefordshire. He had several children with her, including:
- Walter Devereux, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (around 1432–1485)
- Anne ∞ William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
His son Walter became his heir.
Web links
- RA Griffiths: Sir Walter Devereux (1411-1459). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
- Sir Walter Devereux on thepeerage.com , accessed August 2, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Parliament online: DEVEREUX, Sir Walter (d.1402), of Weobley, Herefs. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
- ^ History of Parliament online: MERBURY, John (d.1438), of Lyonshall and Weobley, Herefs. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
- ^ Glanmor Williams: Renewal and Reformation. Wales c. 1415-1642 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993. ISBN 0-19-285277-9 , p. 180
- ↑ H. t. Evans: Wales and the Wars of the Roses . A. Sutton Pub., Stroud 1995. ISBN 0-7509-0922-6 , p. 80
- ^ Glanmor Williams: Renewal and Reformation. Wales c. 1415-1642 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1993. ISBN 0-19-285277-9 , p. 184
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Devereux, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1411 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1459 or April 23, 1459 |