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1547–1582. The rolls for the years 1547–1582 were published in calendar form in 19 volumes, under the title Calendar of the Patent Rolls, between 1924 and 1986. 1582–1603. In the late 1980s, the Public Record Office suspended its programme of scholarly publication, and the initiative passed to the List and Index Society. Between 1990 and ...
William Devereux was born on 1 November 1314, the son of William Devereux of Frome (died 1336) [2] [3] and his wife, Miss Lacy. After his mother’s death, his father married Margaret de Mortimer of Richard’s Castle as his second wife about 1335.
William Devereux of Frome [1] [a] was a member of a prominent Herefordshire family during the reign of Edward II and Edward III. He was an important retainer of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Queen Isabella , and a knight of the Bath.
William Devereux was born about 1315, [2] the second son of Stephen Devereux of Bodenham and Burghope [3] and a woman named Cicely. [b] [4]Rising debt related to the terms of the Dictum of Kenilworth led his great-grandfather, Baron William Devereux, to financial arrangements permitting the alienation of Lyonshall Castle, the caput of the Barony.
The first surviving Close Roll was started in 1204 (in the reign of King John), under the Chancellorship of Hubert Walter, though the actual practice may reach back to 1200, or even before. [4] Copies of the texts of the letters were written on sheets of parchment, which were stitched together into long rolls to form a roll for each year. [5]
His brother and son, Walter Devereux, both probably participated in Edward III's wars in Scotland and France. By 1340, Stephen had gained enough royal trust to be assigned on 20 April the task of collecting the ninth of lambs, fleeces, and sheaves in Herefordshire granted by Parliament to pay for the King's military actions on the continent. [28]
He is recorded on 13 September 1360 as crossing the Channel with letters from the Black Prince to Edward III. [15] On 8 June 1361, Edward III granted him an annuity of £50 “for long service”. [16] Nicholas' role in the Black Prince's household was rewarded in 1361 by a payment of £26.13s.4d and also an income of 100 marks per year for life.
Walter Devereux died sometime after March 1383. [41]Provided is an excerpt from Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire [42] describing his home, and burial in the church of Bodenham Devereux: The manor-house, formerly called “Devereux Court” and now the “Moat,” is situated near the Church, and is a timber mansion of great antiquity.