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John Devereaux II
- Preferred Name: John Devereaux II[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Alternate Name: walter Devereux Baron Devereux
- Gender: M
- Occupation: Sir KnightBEF 1377 in England with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
- Occupation: Sheriff of Herefordshire1376 in Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.1344 LONG: E2.7492 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
- Birth: 1350 in Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England at LATI: N1.7927 LONG: E0.8907 with note: No UK until 1810
- Burial: AFT 22 FEB 1393 in Grey Friars, Newgate, London, Middlesex, England at LATI: N1.5128 LONG: E0.088
- FSID: 9SD6-QJV
- MilitaryService: Battle of Nájera3 APR 1367 in Nájera, La Rioja, Spain at LATI: N2.4161 LONG: E2.7296 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
- MilitaryService: Battle of Chizé21 MAR 1373 in Poitou, France at LATI: N6.6486 LONG: E0.2478 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
- Estate: 23 FEB 1393 in London, England with note: Description: probated
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- Death: 22 FEB 1393 in London, Middlesex, England
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: sir
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord (Baron) Devereux28 SEP 1384 in England with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
- Notes:
=== Burkes Peerage p 1314 ===
Burkes Peerage p 1314
=== !Plantagenet Ancestry of the Seventeenth ===
!Plantagenet Ancestry of the Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris First Edition !LDS Family History Library
=== 1. SIR JOHN DEVEREUX, or DEVEROSE of Lyo ===
1. SIR JOHN DEVEREUX, or DEVEROSE of Lyonshall, Dorstone, and Whitechurch Maund in Bodenham, co. Hereford, and Dinton, Bucks. His parentage is unknown, but he was probably a younger son of William DEVEROSE, of Bodenham who died in 1376/7. He joined the expedition of Bertrand du Guesclin to assist Don Enrique of Trastamara against Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile, but was recalled in 1366, with the other English subjects, by the Prince of Wales. He distinguished himself at the battle of Najera, 3 April 1367. Seneschal of the Limousin, 1369 to 1371. He was at the capture of Limoges by the Prince of Wales in Sep. 1370. Appointed Seneschal of Rochelle in 1372. Was defeated and taken prisoner by DU Gueselin at the battle of Chizé in Poitou, 21 March 1372/3. He assisted the Duke of Brittany in his campaign in that province in 1375. On 20 May 1377 the Prince of Wales gave him 200 marks a year for life, for his services during the Prince's journey into Spain and in the wars in Guienne. On the accession of Richard II he was appointed a member of the Council constituted to act during the King's minority, 20 July 1377. Was appointed Constable of Leeds Castle, Kent, during the King's pleasure, 1 March 1377/8, and for life, 13 March following. The Duke of Brittany granted him 100 marks a year for life, in 1379 or 1380. He was appointed Captain of the town of Calais, 17 January 1379/80, supervisor of the castles and fortalices in the parts of Calais and Guienes, 17 April 1381, and a commissioner to treat with the King of France, 20 May and 16 December 1381. He had licences, 24 March 1381/2 and 11 April 1382, to acquire for life, with remainders to his wife and two children, the priories of Frampton, Panfield, and Wells, from the Abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, and the priory of Newent from the Abbey of Cormeilles, paying therefor £246 13s 4d. [370 marks] yearly to the Exchequer during the war with France. He was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Count of Flanders and the Flemings, 1 June 1383, and with the King of France and the Count of Flanders, &c., 4 November 1383. He was summoned to Parliament 28 September 1384 to 23 November 1392, by writs directed
Johanni Devereux, whereby he is held to have become LORD DEVEREUX. The payment of 310 of the 370 marks mentioned above was remitted 10 September 1385, because the King had made him a banneret and placed him at the Standard. In November 1385 he bought, for £1,000 from Sir Robert Hereford and Elizabeth [Darcy] his wife, late the wife of James, Earl of Ormond [d.18 Oct 1382], the castle of Kilpeck, co. Hereford (parcel of her dower lands), to hold during her life. He was appointed a commissioner to treat for a truce with the King of France, 22 January 1385/6, and with the King of France, the Count of Flanders, &c., 26 November 1388 and 8 April 1390. Steward of the King's Household, February 1387/8 till his death. Was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports during the King's pleasure, 3 January, and for life, 12 March 1387/8. K.G. in or before April 1389. On 9 December 1390 til King granted him, in fee, the castle and manor of Lyonshall, co. Hereford, lately forfeited by Sir Simon de Burley. He had licence to crenellate his manor-house of Penshurst, Kent, 21 September 1392. He married Margaret, daughter of John (DE VEER), EARL OF OXFORD, by Maud, sister and coheir of Sir Giles DE BADLESMERE, of Badlesmere and Chilham, Kent, and 2nd daughter of Sir Bartholomew DE BADLESMERE, of the same [LORDS BADLESMERE]. She had married, 1stly, Sir Henry DE BEAUMONT, of Falkingham, co. Lincoln [LORD BEAUMONT], who died 25 July 1369, and was buried in Sempringham Priory: and, 2ndly, as 2nd wife, Sir Nicholas DE LOVEIN, of Penshurst, Kent, who died s.p.m. in 1375, and whose will, dated at Poplar, 20 September 1375, was proved in the manor of the Bishop of Winchester at Southwark, 25 November following. Lord Devereux died, suddenly, 22 February 1392/3, and was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars, London. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 25 February 1393/4. She died 15 June 1398, and was buried with him.
[Complete Peerage IV:296-9, XIV:258]
=== 17-31, 79-32. Weis. ===
17-31, 79-32. Weis.
=== http://library.monterey.edu/merrill/fami ===
http://library.monterey.edu/merrill/family/dorsett6/d0113/I9730.html John DEVEREUX (Sir) BIRTH: ABT 1320, of Hereford,,Hereford,England DEATH: 1394 TITLE: Sir REFN: 9SWH-ZS Father:Walter DEVEREUX (ABT 1280 - ) Mother:Margery de BRAOSE (ABT 1280 - ) Family 1: Margaret VERE (ABT 1325 - ) MARRIAGE: ABT 1355, of Hereford,Hereford,England 1.William DEVEREUX (ABT 1340 - 1376) _William DEVEREUX _ _William DEVEREUX _| | |_Alice GRANDISON __ _Walter DEVEREUX ___| | | ___________________ | |_Alice ____________| | |___________________ | |--John DEVEREUX | | ___________________ | ___________________| | | |___________________ |_Margery de BRAOSE _| | ___________________ |___________________| |___________________
=== V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees ===
V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 62
=== Name Suffix: Sir !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-D ===
Name Suffix: Sir !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists"; by FrederickLewis Weis; 5th Edition; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985; pg 62,line 79, item 32
- Notes:
Description: dated
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Family 1: Margaret de Vere, b. 1340 in Earls Colne, Essex, England d. 15 JUN 1398 in Newgate, Greater London, England
- m. 1377
- m. 17 JUN 1379 in England, UK
Sources:
- Title: John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux (1351-1393), Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1038.htm#i31173 index to pedigrees [citations]
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1038.htm#i31173;
Note: Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux, Seneschal of Rochelle, Constable of Leeds & Dover Castles, Captain of Calais [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]
Last Edited 5 Mar 2014
M, #31173, b. circa 1351, d. 22 February 1393
Father Sir William Devereux, Seneschal of Limousin [5,9,12] b. c 1330, d. 1376
Mother Anne Barre [5,9,12] b. c 1330, d. 1377
Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux, Seneschal of Rochelle, Constable of Leeds & Dover Castles, Captain of Calais was born circa 1351 at & Whitechurch Maund in Bodenham, Herefordsshire, Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Margaret de Vere, daughter of Sir John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, Master Chamberlain of England and Maud de Badlesmere, on 17 June 1379; They had 1 son (Sir John, 2nd Lord Devereux) and 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir Walter, 4th Lord FitzWalter & of Sir Hugh, 2nd Lord Burnell). [14,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13] Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux, Seneschal of Rochelle, Constable of Leeds & Dover Castles, Captain of Calais left a will in June 1385. [5,9,12] He died on 22 February 1393; Buried Church of the Grey Friars, London. [15,14,5,9,12] His estate was probated on 23 February 1393. [2,5,9,12]
Family: Margaret de Vere b. b 1336, d. 15 Jun 1398
Children:
Sir John Devereux [5,12] b. c 1377, d. 13 Nov 1396
Joan Devereux+ [16,17,18,3,4,5,8,10,11,12] b. c 1380, d. 10 May 1409
Margaret Devereux+ [7,19] b. c 1382
Citations:
1. [S9578] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 296-299; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 64.
2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 158-159.
3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 269-270.
4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 213-214.
5. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 40-41.
6. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 270.
7. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 271.
8. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 441-442.
9. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 310-312.
10. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 37-38.
11. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 657-658.
12. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 619-620.
13. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 259.
14. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 85.
15. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 298.
16. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 481.
17. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 173.
18. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 329.
19. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 369.
Page: Relationships and 19 sources
- Title: John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux - Wikipedia
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux,_1st_Baron_Devereux;
Note: John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux was the son of John Devereux of Manne (Maune or Maund, Bodenham) and his wife Margaret Barre. A renowned soldier, he began his campaigns when he joined the expedition of Bertrand du Guesclin to assist Don Enrique of Trastamara against Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile. He was recalled in 1366 by the Prince of Wales, but joined Edward, the Black Prince, when he led an expedition to Spain in 1367 to restore the now deposed King Pedro of Castile, and John Devereux distinguished himself at the victorious Battle of Nájera in northern Castile on 3 April 1367. John Devereux was fighting again beside him in Gascony (1368) when the province rose in revolt against the Prince, and was present in September 1370 when Edward besieged the city of Limoges and massacred 3,000 inhabitants at its fall. He was appointed Seneschal of Limousin in 1369/70, and in 1372 Seneschal of La Rochelle. After the Black Prince returned to England in 1371, John Devereux (already a knight by this time) served under Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan, on a naval expedition in June 1371. Devereux campaigned in France during 1372, and was taken prisoner when the English were defeated by Bertrand du Guesclin at the Battle of Chizé on 21 March 1373 in Poitou. John Devereux was sheriff of Herefordshire in 1376. He was appointed Constable of Leeds Castle in Kent (1 March 1377/8), Captain of Calais (17 January 1379/80), and supervisor of the castles and fortalices in the parts of Calais and Guînes (17 April 1381). John served as a Commissioner to treat with the King of France on 20 May and 16 December 1381, 4 November 1383, 22 January 1385/6, 26 November 1388, and 8 April 1390. John Devereux was a Commissioner to treat with the Count of Flanders on 1 June and 4 November 1383, 26 November 1388, and 8 April 1390. From 12 March 1387/8 to 1392 he was Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and from February 1387/8 until his death Steward of the King’s Household. He married about 1377 Margaret de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford,[21] and Maud de Badlesmere, as her third husband. They had two children. John Devereux was created a knight bachelor before 1377. He was subsequently summoned to Parliament on 28 September 1384 as Lord (Baron) Devereux. John Devereux was further honoured on 10 September 1385 by his creation as a knight banneret and placement at the Standard, and honoured still further by his creation as a Knight of the Order of the Garter in April 1389. John Devereux died suddenly on 22 Feb. 1392/3, and was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars in London. His Will was dated June 1385 with codicil 22 Feb. 1392/3, proved 23 Feb 1392/3 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Page: Biography with sources
- Title: John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux in The Peerage
Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 18 Jan 2020), Margaret de Vere; http://thepeerage.com/p11990.htm#i119893
Publication: Name: http://thepeerage.com/p11990.htm#i119893;
Note: Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux [1]
M, #119893, d. 22 February 1392/93
Last Edited=8 Feb 2009
Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux married Margaret de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Badlesmere, after 1375.[1] He died on 22 February 1392/93. [2] He was buried on 23 February 1392/93 at Grey Friars, Newgate, England [G.1]
He gained the title of 1st Lord Devereux. [2]
Children of Sir John Devereux, 1st Lord Devereux and Margaret de Vere:
Joan Devereux+ [3] d. 11 May 1409
John Devereux, 2nd Lord Devereux [4]
Citations:
1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 61. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 78. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 435.
4. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV, page 126.
- Title: John Devereux, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TPMT : 16 December 2021), John Devereux, ; Burial, London, City of London, Greater London, England, Christ Church Greyfriars Churchyard; citing record ID 86562034, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TPMT;
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