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Birth:          1302 Bodenham, Herefordshire, England
Death:          22 Feb 1393 London, England
Burial:         1393 Grey Friars, London, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Devereux_of_Manne
John Devereux of Manne (Whitchurch Maund) was a member of a prominent knightly 
family in Herefordshire during the reigns of Edward II, and Edward III. He fought at the 
Battle of Crecy, and gave rise to the Devereux Barons of Whitchurch Maund.
Childhood and Ancestry[edit]

John Devereux was born in 1302, the son of Walter Devereux of Bodenham,[1] and 
Margery de Braose.[1][2] His family had experienced the loss of their patrimony 
including Lyonshall Castle, and his father did not retain the barony granted to his 
grandfather, William Devereux. John’s youth was spent in close alliance with his older 
brother, Stephen Devereux of Bodenham and Burghope, in trying to revive the family 
fortunes.

The ancestral arms of the Devereux family, and that of the Devereux of Bodenham 
were: Argent, a fesse and in chief three roundlets Gules. To distinguish themselves, 
the Devereux family of Whitchurch Maund added a muliet Or.

Career[edit]

John Devereux is identified as a witness to a grant of a croft in 1317 in the town of la 
More (Hereford) by Thomas Swonild to Thomas de Houton (and his sons, Walter and 
Hugh) between the lands of his father, Sir Walter Devereux, and the Tyne brook.[3] 
On 11 December 1323 a commission of oyer and terminer was called to investigate a 
complaint by Richard de Portes that ‘John Deueres’ was among a group of men that 
assaulted him at Gloucester, and broke the gates and doors of his houses at 
Bromesberwe (Yockeford), and Dunhampton (county Gloucester), cut down his trees 
and carried them and other goods away.[4]

He came of age in 1323,[2] and was a witness at the inquisition regarding the ongoing 
Mortimer insurrection on 22 January 1324.[5] He was listed among a number of 
Hereford men who testified about the actions of Mortimer’s men and accomplices, and 
the complicity of the Bishop of Hereford in their action. His brother, Stephen 
Devereux, was listed among the jurors.

On March 6, 1327 John Devereux was described as the king’s yeoman. He was 
granted the bailiwick of the ‘chace of Cors’ in county Gloucester.[6] On 26 July 1327 
Hugh fitzThomas and Hugh fitzSymond recognized a debt of 30 shillings to John 
Devereux.

On 20 September 1332 a grant for three years was given to William de Leversete and 
John Deveroys of the right to take customs specified in the letters patent on goods for 
sale brought to the town of Ideshale and Welynton, county Salop, and passing 
through those towns or along the highway between them, for repairing the causeway.
[7] This was renewed on 8 December 1335 for another 3 years.[8] Also in 1335, John 
Devereux along with Stephen Devereux[a] and Roger Devereux[b] witnessed land 
transactions in Whitchurch Maund, and Rosemaund in the parish of Bodenham.[9]

John Devereux participated in Edward III’s invasion of France in 1346 as part of the 
retinue of Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and was present at the Battle of 
Crécy.[10][c] He died shortly after this time.

Marriage[edit]

John Devereux married Margaret Barre,.[2][11] They had a son:
John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux [2]

Parents
D'EVEREUX Walter (ABT 1266 - 1305)
DE BRAOSE Margaret (Margery) (1264 - )

Siblings
D'EVEREUX John (1302 - 22 Feb 1393)

Marriage To DE VERE Margaret (ABT 1340 - 15 Jun 1398)
    m. 17 Jun 1379 

Notes

Parents
DE VERE John (ABT 12 Mar 1312 - 24 Jan 1360)
DE BADLESMERE Maud (1310 - May 1366)

Children by DE VERE Margaret ABT 1340 - 15 Jun 1398
D'EVEREUX Joan (1379 - )

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