DEVEREUX, Richard (by 1513-47), of Carmarthen, Carm. and Lamphey, Pemb.

Family and Education

b. by 1513, 1st s. and h. app. of Walter Devereux, 3rd LordFerrers of Chartley, 1st Viscount Hereford, by 1st w. Mary, da. of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset; bro. of William and half-bro. of Edward Devereux. m. settlement 1 July 1536, Dorothy, da. of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, 2s. inc. George 3da. KB 20 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 279-80; DWB (Devereux fam.).

Offices Held

Bailiff, Carmarthen 1534 – 35, mayor 1536 – 37; commr. for tenths of spiritualities, St. David’s diocese 1535; dep. steward, lordships of Arwystli and Cyfeiliog, Mont. in 1537; dep. justice and chamberlain of South Wales temp. Hen. VIII; j.p. Card. and Pemb. 1543, Glos. and Mon. 1547; custos rot. Carm. 1543; member council in the marches of Wales Mar. 1547.Cal. Sheriffs etc. of Carmarthen (NLW ms 5586B), 7; J. E. Lloyd, Carm. ii. 467; LP Hen. VIII, viii, xii; SP1/117/230–1; APC, ii. 62, 448; C193/12/1; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 83, 86.

Parlimentarian

DEVEREUX, Richard (by 1513-47), of Carmarthen, Carm. and Lamphey, Pemb.

Main residences: Carmarthen, Carm.; Lamphey, Pemb.

Author

P.S.E.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DEVEREUX, Richard (by 1513-47)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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