Devereux Family - Ourfolk



Sir Walter Devereux 1432 - 22 AUG 1485

Sir Walter was born on 1432 and died on 22 AUG 1485 in Bosworth Field .

Sir Walter was married to Agnes Ferrers (Devereux) on BEF 1446.

Agnes was born on 1438 and died on 9 Jan 1468-9 Jan 1469 .
She was the daughter of Sir William de Ferrers (1412 - 1450) and Elizabeth Bealknap (de Ferrers) .
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Sir Walter Devereux
 


- Agnes was born on 1438 and died on 9 Jan 1468-9 Jan 1469





-- Sir Walter --
1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley, K.G., M.P., who
was born in 1432 and died in battle on 22nd August 1485 at Bosworth Field in the famous battle of
the Roses in which Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III and succeeded to the English throne.
Sir Walter sided with Richard III (Yorkists) - bad move! Sir Walter had assumed the title of Baron
through his marriage to Anne Ferrers, whose father William, Baron Ferrers of Chartley had died
without male heir. They were married by 1446 (Anne being at most 7 years of age at the time of the
marriage). Anne died on 9th January 1468/9, and Sir Walter remarried to Jane (family name
unknown).


-- Agnes --
married by
1446 (thus Anne was at most 7 years of age at her marriage - Sir Walter was six years older).


- Sir Robert was born on 1477 and died on 11 APR 1513





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