John Devereux KG (abt. 1351 - 1393)

Born about 1351 in Bodenham, Herefordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (de Vere) Devereux — married about 17 Jun 1379 in England

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1393 at about age 42 in London, England

Biography

John was the son of William Devereaux and Anne Barre. He married Margaret de Vere, daughter of Sir John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, Master Chamberlain of England and Maud de Badlesmere, on June 17, 1378. They were the parents of:

• Sir John Devereux (1379-1396)
• Joan Devereux (1380-1409)
• Margaret Devereux (1382

John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux, KG, was a close companion of Edward, the Black Prince, and an English peer during the reign of King Richard II.

Knight of the Garter, Knight of Lyonshall, Dorstone and Whitechurch Maund in Bodenham, Herefordshire, of Dinton, Buckinghamshire. Seneschal of Rochelle, Constable of Leeds Castle, Captain of Calais, Steward of the King's Household, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Sir John was present with Prince Edward at the capture of Limoges in 1370, taken prisoner at the Battle of Chize in Poitou in 1373, assisted John, the Duke of Brittany in his Brittany campaign in 1375. The Prince of Wales awarded John with 200 marks for life. John was summoned to Parliament 1384 to 1392 and titled Lord Devereux. In 1385 he bought the castle of Kilpeck, Herefordshire for £1000 from Sir Robert Hereford and his wife, Elizabeth, the late wife of James, Earl of Ormond. In 1390, King Richard II granted him the castle and manor of Lyonshall, recently forfeited by Simon de Burley.

Sir John died 22 Feb 1393, leaving a will dated June 1385, proved 23 Feb 1393. Margaret died 15 June 1398, buried with her first husband, Henry de Beaumont, also Greyfriars, London.

Titles of John Devereux, K.G., 1st Lord Devereux (Royal Ancestry):

Seneschal of Rochelle (France)

Constable of Leeds Castle

Captain of Calais (France)

Steward of the King's Household

Constable of Dover Castle

Warden of the Cinque Ports

Birth

ABT 1320 Bodenham, Herefordshire

Death

22 Feb 1392/3 London

Burial

Church of the Greyfriars (Newgate), London

Occupation

2nd Baron Devereux; Governor of Calais, and served in the French wars in Aquitaine

Notes

Wikipedia says his father was William Devereux.

Ancestor of Hannah Corbet, wife of Henry Acton (Nancy Redman), and of John Alston of North Carolina (possibly Smith Patterson).

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