John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1463 – 3 May 1501) was an English peer.
Family
He was the eldest son and heir of Anne Ferrers, 7th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley by her husband and consort Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley.[1]
His mother died of natural causes on 9 January 1468/9, but his father remained the jure uxoris Baron for the remainder of his life.[1] John Devereux served as Justice of the Peace with his father in 1483 and 1484.,[2] and on 1 August 1483 they were assigned to assess and appoint collectors of the subsidies granted by Parliament from aliens in Herefordshire.[3] His father died in the Battle of Bosworth Field (22 August 1485)[1] fighting for Richard III of England under John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Richard III was killed in the battle and his opponent succeeded him as Henry VII of England causing the Devereux lands to be forfeited.
On 4 March 1485/6 John Devereux was granted special livery, without proof of age, of his mother's lands.[1] He was summoned to Parliament on 1 September 1487 for the first time.[1] At his second Parliament on 13 January 1488/9 his petition for reversal of his father's attainder and forfeiture was granted,[1][4] and he was thereby able to inherit his father's lands. He would remain loyal to Henry VII for the rest of his life.
Marriage
He was first married to Cecily Bourchier. She was a daughter of William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier and Anne Woodville.[1] William Bourchier was a son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabel of Cambridge. Anne Woodville was a daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
The Baron and his first wife would have two children:
- Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (1488 – 17 September 1558).[1][5]
- Ann Devereux (born c. 1490). Married first Henry Clifford and secondly David Owen. She was mother of Walter Clifford, Nicholas Clifford, Joan Clifford, Dorothea Clifford, Lettice Clifford, Henry Owen, John Owen and Elizabeth Owen.[5]
His first wife died in 1493.[1] He married secondly to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Langham,[5] and possibly had two sons.
General Biographical References
- Brydges, Egerton. Collins’s Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical in 9 Volumes. London: Rivington, 1812. Volume 1, Page 6
- Cokayne, G.E. Complete Baronetage. (New York; St. Martin's Press, 1984). Volume V, page 321 to 333, Ferrers
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 G.E. Cokayne. Complete Baronetage. (New York; St. Martin's Press, 1984). Volume V, page 321 to 333, Ferrers
- ↑ Great Britain Public Record Office. Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III, 1476-1485. (London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1901). Page 561
- ↑ Great Britain Public Record Office. Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III, 1476-1485. (London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1901). Page 394, membrane 24d, 1 Aug 1483
- ↑ 'Henry VII: January 1489', Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. devereux ferrers. Date accessed: 06 August 2014.
- 1 2 3 Evelyn Philip Shirley. Stemmata Shirleiana. (Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1873). page 103
External links
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by Anne Ferrers Walter Devereux (jure uxoris) |
Baron Ferrers of Chartley 1485–1501 |
Succeeded by Walter Devereux |