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Birth:          ABT 1266 of Lenhales, Herefordshire, England
Death:          1305 

Notes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Devereux_(died_1305)
Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham[1] was a member of a prominent knightly family in 
Herefordshire during the reigns of Edward I, and Edward II. He gave rise to the 
Devereux Barons of Whitchurch Maund, Earls of Essex and Viscounts of Hereford.
Ancestry and Childhood[edit]

Walter Devereux[2] was born about 1266, the son of Baron William Devereux of 
Lyonshall[3] and his first wife, Alice Grandison.[3][4] His mother died while he was still 
young, and his father married a second time to Lucy Burnell.[2] She gave birth to his 
half-brother, John Devereux of Frome,[2] whose descendants would later contend with 
his son, Stephen, over control of their patrimony.[4][a] His father spent his life 
struggling to regain control of the lands forfeited by Walter’s grandfather who had died 
in rebellion at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, and were subject to the Dictum of 
Kenilworth. Walter Devereux’s coat of arms was the same as his father: argent a fesse 
gules, in chief three torteaux.

Marriage[edit]

Walter Devereux married Margery de Braose[2][3] of Pipton and Brecon about 1287. 
[b] They had at least 2 children: Stephen Devereux of Bodenham and Burghope[1][2]
[3][5] about 1290, and John Devereux of Manne (Whitchurch Maund)[2][3][6] in 1302.

Career[edit]

During his father’s lifetime Walter Devereux was established in the ancestral Devereux 
manors of La Fenne (Bodenham) and Whitchurch Maund.[7] Large parts of Bodenham 
had been in the possession of his family since the Domesday Survey when they were 
held by a William Devereux. As a retainer of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of 
Hereford,[8] he probably participated in the private feud his lord had with the earl of 
Gloucester.

Walter acknowledged a debt of 77s 4d to Laurence Lodelawe on 8 May 1289.[9] 
Devereux was a knight prior to 1290 when he witnessed his father's grant to the Priory 
and Convent of St. Guthlac of Hereford.[10] He was listed among the knights 
witnessing Roger Ragun’s bond to pay John Pennebruge 40s yearly for life on 12 Nov 
1291.[11] Devereux was probably knighted for participation in the campaigns against 
the Welsh that his father, William Devereux, was involved in.

On 26 May 1296 Letters of Protection were issued for Walter Devereux who was to be 
serving in Scotland with Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.[12] Walter 
Devereux was identified as holding over 20L in lands and rents in Herefordshire in 
1297, and as such was summoned to perform military service beyond the seas.[13] He 
was instructed to muster at London on 7 July 1297. He fought under Humphrey de 
Bohun at Falkirk. A Walter de Bodenham was listed among the men that Edward I led 
in the invasion of Scotland in 1298, and who fought at the Battle of Falkirk.[14] He 
was identified among the horse belonging to the royal household, and as possessing a 
'runicum' (horse of lesser grade) which was spotted iron-grey with a white right front 
foot and valued at 12 marks.

At the inquiry post-mortem on 7 January 1299 following the death of Humphrey de 
Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, Walter Devereux held one knight fee of the honor of 
Brecknock.[15]

On the subsidy rolls for 1303 Walter Devereux is shown holding 1/2 fee in Bodenham, 
county Herefordshire. He was assessed 20 shillings.[16]

In 1304 he was listed as holding in custody some of the lands of the under-age Roger 
Mortimer, the future Earl of March. Roger was the son of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron 
Mortimer, who had died on 17 July 1304, and his widow, Margaret, Baroness de 
Mortimer, had filed suit against Hugh de Aldytheleye and Isolda his wife over various 
parts of the estate.[17] When being summoned to court on a follow up document 
dated 29 Sep 1305, Walter Devereux was identified as having died.[18]

A grant in 1317 by Thomas Swonild to Thomas de Hueton and his sons, Walter and 
Hugh, described the croft as lying in the town of la More between the land late of Sir 
Walter Devereus and the Tyne brook.[19] This was witnessed by his son, John 
Devereux.

Parents
D'EVEREUX William (ABT 1240 - 1314)
DE GRANDISON Alice (ABT 1240 - ABT 1268)

Siblings
D'EVEREUX Walter (ABT 1266 - 1305)

Marriage To DE BRAOSE Margaret (Margery) (1264 - )
    m. ABT 1287 Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Notes

Parents
DE BRAOSE Richard (BEF 1232 - BEF 18 Jun 1292)
LE RUS Alice (25 Dec 1245 - BEF 28 Jan 1301)

Children by DE BRAOSE Margaret (Margery) 1264 - 
D'EVEREUX John (1302 - 22 Feb 1393)

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