William Devereux (MP)

Sir William Devereux (c. 1525-1579) was an English landowner and MP.[1]

Biography

William was the younger son of Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and his first wife Mary Grey.[1] He was probably born at Ludlow, where his father was steward of Princess Mary's household, or at one of his father's properties in South Wales.[2]

As a result of his family's local standing, he was chosen to sit for Cardiganshire in the parliament of 1547.[1][3] During this parliament his father granted him an interest in the house and site of Merevale Abbey, leading him to establish himself in Warwickshire.[3]

He sat for Staffordshire in the parliament of March 1553, apparently following a contested election.[3]

Following the execution of his maternal uncle Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, he purchased from the Crown his forfeited manor of Atherstone, Warws.[3]

He was knighted at Kenilworth Castle on 21 August 1565, during the royal progress.[4]

He sat for Warwickshire in the parliament of 1572, but is not recorded as having sat on any committees.[1] In 1573 the Free Grammar School at Atherstone, for which he had obtained the licence and helped to endow, was established.[5] He died in September 1579.

He married Jane, daughter of John Scudamore of Holme Lacy, Herefordshire. and widow of John Warnecombe (d. 1552) of Lugwardine, Herefordshire.[1][6] They had 2 daughters:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "DEVEREUX, Sir William (c.1525-79), of Merevale, Warws". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  2. ^ "DEVEREUX, William (by 1525-79), of Merevale, Warws". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Constituencies 1509-1558: Cardiganshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  4. ^ Shaw, W. A. (1906). The Knights Of England. Vol. 2. p. 72.
  5. ^ Austin, John D. (1998). Merevale Church and Abbey. p. 17.
  6. ^ "WARNECOMBE (WARMECOMBE), John (1516/18-52), of Lugwardine and Hereford". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  7. ^ Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley. Vol. 1. 1878. p. 80.
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