'Devereux2'
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Families covered: Devereux of Essex, Devereux of Hereford
| Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (d 27.09.1558) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Grey (d 22.02.1534, dau of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Devereux (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Richard Devereux (dvp 13.10.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothea Hastings (dau of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex (b c1553, d 22.09.1576) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lettice Knollys (b 1539/40, d 25.12.1634, dau of Sir Francis Knollys) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 3rd Viscount Hereford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b 19.11.1566, d 25.02.1601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1590) Frances Walsingham (d 1631, dau of Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford (bpt 22.01.1591, d 14.09.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1605, div 1613) Frances Howard (dau of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1631) Elizabeth Powlett (d 1656, dau of Sir William Powlett of Eddington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Devereux (b 05.11.1634, dpv 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| Robert was probably the Earl who had the following natural daughter ... | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jane Devereux (d c1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.06.1623) Sir Alexander Radclyffe of Ordsall (b 27.04.1608, d 14.04.1654) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Frances Devereux (d 24.04.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1616) Sir William Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, 2nd Duke of Somerset (b 1588, d 24.10.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Dorothy Devereux (d 30.03.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.08.1616) Sir Henry Shirley, Bart of Ettington (Stanton-Harold) or Astwell (d 08.02.1632-3) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1634) William Stafford of Blatherwick | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Walter Devereux (dsp 1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dakyns (dau of Arthur Dakyns) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Dorothy Devereux (d 03.08.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.1583) Sir Thomas Perrott of Haroldston (d 02.1593/4) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1594) Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (b 04.1564, d 05.11.1632) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Penelope Devereux (d 07.07.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10/1.1581, div 11.1605) Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (b 12.1559, d 24.03.1618/9) | |||||||||||||||
| p/m2. (26.12.1605) Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire (b c1562, d 03.04.1606) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1564) John Vernon of Hodnet (b c1546, d 1592) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir William Devereux of Mirevale Abbey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Scudamore (dau of John Scudamore of Holme Lacy) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Barbara Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Edward Cave of Ingarsby (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Edward Hastings of Leicester Abbey (d 1603) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Garneys (d 1599, dau of John Garneys of Kenton) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Bart of Castle Bromwich (d 22.09.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Arden (d 20.11.1627, dau of Edward Arden of Park Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford (bur 08.11.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Bayspoole (dau of Sir Robert Bayspoole of Aldeby) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Knightley (dau of Thomas Knightley of Borough Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| Walter & Elizabeth's 5 sons are named in Visitation (Worcestershire, 1634, 'Devereux'). Some details on the eldest son, Essex, come from TCP ('Hereford'). | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Essex Devereux 'of Leigh Court' (b c1615, dvp 20.02.1639/40) | ||||||||||||||
| m1.?? | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Devereux probably of this marriage (not shown as dau of Anne Courteen) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Courteen (dau of Sir William Courteen) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Leicester Devereux, 6th Viscount Hereford (b 1617, d 01.12.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.06.1642) Elizabeth Withipole (bur 27.01.1669, dau of Sir William Withipole) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Frances Devereux (b c1659, d 20.03.1687/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1679) William Tracy, 4th Viscount of Rathcoole (b c1657, d 18.04.1712) | |||||||||||||||
| A descendant of this marriage successfully claimed the barony of Latymer through Frances's mother Elizabeth. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.04.1670) Priscilla Catchpole (dau of John Catchpole of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Leicester Devereux, 7th Viscount Hereford (b c1674, d 03.1682-3) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford (dsp 09.08.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1690) Elizabeth Norborne (d 11.1742, dau of Walter Norborne) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leicester Martin | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Martin (d 26.08.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.03.1720-1) Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford (b 09.06.1694, dsp 29.07.1748) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Walter Devereux of Butley Abbey & Glemham Hall (d before 06.01.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton' (Robert C. Winthrop Jr., 1897, 'Forth of Butley', p120). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c1648) Anne Forth (dau/coheir of William Forth of Butley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Leicester Devereux (dvp c1680) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Devereux (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.04.1682) John Clyatt of Butley (dsp before 27.09.1694) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Carolina Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Batteson of Bourton-on-the-Hill | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Frances Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Villett (clerk) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Edward, John | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir George Devereux of Sheldon Hall (d 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Blanch Ridge (dau of Sir John Ridge of Ridge) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Devereux of Vaynor (d 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Price (dau of Arthur Price of Vaynor) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Price Devereux (b c1637, dvp 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Lettice Robinson of Gwersyllt (d 1659) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1662) Damaris Sherar (d 12.1663, dau of Richard Sherar of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1664) Mary Stephens | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford (d 03.10.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Sandys (dau of Samuel Sandys of Ombersley Court) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Price Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford (b 09.06.1694, dsp 29.07.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.01.1720-1) Elizabeth Martin (d 26.08.1735, dau of Leicester Martin) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.07.1740) Eleanore Price (d 13.06.1763, dau of Roger Price of Rhiwlas) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Price of Rhiwlas | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Vaughan Devereux of Munlyn (d 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Fox | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Arthur Devereux of Nantcribbs (d 1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bridget Glyn (d 1706, dau of Evan Glyn of Glyn) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Arthur Devereux (dsp 1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Brown | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Meredith | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elisabeth Glyn (d 1746, dau of Richard Glyn of Maesmawr) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford (d 20.08.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.04.1738) Catherine Mytton (d 22.02.1748-9, dau of Richard Mytton of Garth) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Devereux, 12th Viscount Hereford (b 19.02.1740-1, dsp 01.08.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1774) Henrietta Charlotte Tracy-Keck (d 26.03.1817, dau of Anthony Tracy-Keck) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford (b 25.04.1744, d 31.12.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.12.1768) Marianna Devereux (d 1811, dau of George Devererux of Tregoyd) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Fleming Lea Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford (b 09.12.1777, d 31.05.1843) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.12.1805) Frances Elizabeth Cornewall (d 20.02.1864, dau of Sir George Cornewall, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Marianna Devereux (d 09.12.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1801) Sir James Cockburn, Bart of Langton (d 26.02.1852) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Chatlotte Henrietta Marianna Devereux (d 09.12.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1809) Henry Wellington of Hay Castle (d 20.09.1868) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Juliana Stratford Marianna Devereux (d 1850) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1820) Henry Eyre of Botleigh Grange (d 18.08.1830) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Catherine Eliza Marianna Devereux (d 1856) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1806) Walter Wilkins of Maeslough Castle (d 05.1830) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Richard Stretton (d 1868) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | son | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Bridget Devereux (d 1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1760) Price Jones | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catherine Devereux (d 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.10.1793) Rev John Acland of Broadclyst | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Bridget Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Mytton | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Baldwin | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. E. Glynne | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Devereux probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Valence Sacheverell of New Hall & Callow | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret or Mary Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Hugh Wrottesley (d 1633) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Leighton of Watlesborough | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Howard Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dilke of Maxstoke Castle | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Edward (d unm), Henry (dsp), Grace | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Katherine Devereux | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Baskerville of Erdisley (dsp 1573) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Hereford), BE1883 (Devereux of Essex)
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