172:(1072 to 1104). Other sources indicate he confirmed the grant of a hide in Herefordshire to St. Peterâs Abbey at Gloucester in the tenth year of Henry I (1110). During the time of Abbot William (1113 to 1130) a woman named Hawise, identified as the widow of William Devereux, appeared on a list of donations as giving the land called Hyde, and that Walter de Lacy had given this to her upon her marriage. The gift of William Devereux of one hide of land to the abbey was confirmed again by King Stephen in 1138, the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1139 and 1148, and King Henry II about 1174.
168:(Church of St. Peter in Gloucester). In 1086 William the Conqueror issued a charter to the abbey confirming the land it possessed, and William Devereux was identified as giving 1 hide of land. During the time of King William Rufus in 1096 he was identified as granting a hide in Herefordshire, and two tenths (duas decimas) from 'Leech and Hadrop'. A list of donations to the abbey showed William Devereux giving one hide of land in Jerchenfeld, Westone, and tithes from Haythrop, in the time of Abbot
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William
Devereux and his wife also made further grants to the church of his chapel at Putley, stating in the charter "Know all present and to come, that I, William Devereux, with the assent and advice of my wife, and my heirs, have given and granted God and St. Mary and St. Ethelbert all of my rights
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Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Friaries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, With Their Dependencies in England and Wales. Originally Published in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, knight, Volume the 6th part III. London: Published for the Proprietors
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of
Lyonshall, would contest the ownership of this Chapel and lose when the Canons produced the original charter. The final accord was published in: Monasticon Anglicanum. by Sir William Dugdale, knight, Volume the 6th part III. London: Published for the Proprietors by James Bohn, 12, King William
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with his brother, but was discovered and banished in 1095. When de Lacy was exiled
Lyonshall castle came under the direct control of the Devereux family, and eventually they became its chief lords. With his feudal lord's banishment William Devereux transferred his feudal allegiance to
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His son, Robert
Devereux, was a benefactor to Brecknock priory in the reign of Henry I. He was identified on the same charter as Walter Devereux of Lyonshall. He died in 1130, and his son, Reginald, claimed his lands in Cornwall (Pipe Roll, 31 Henry I, Michaelmas
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F.W. Maitland (editor). Bractonâs Note Book. A Collection of Cases
Decided in the Kingâs Courts During the Reign of Henry the Third, Annotated by a Lawyer of that Time, Seemingly by Henry of Bratton, Volume II. London: CJ Clay & Sons, 1887. Page 182, Case
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William
Devereux probably would have attended the king as he spent Christmas of 1080 at Gloucester. Devereux would have been expected to participate in king Williamâs movement into Wales in 1081, which may have been a military raid to quell local resistance.
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Devereuxâs son, Walter Devereaux, began training as a knight about 1084 in the retinue of Walter de Lacy. Following Walter de Lacyâs sudden death on 25 March 1085, the allegiance of the family was transferred to Walter de Lacyâs son, Roger de Lacy.
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William II lost men and horses on a foray into Wales, and again led an expedition in 1097 that failed to bring the Welsh to battle. William Devereux would have been expected to participate in these ongoing Welsh border battles.
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of
Lyonshall, whose widow Cecilia, contested the ownership of these estates. Although, Cecilia lost her suit (Curia Regis Roll, 13 John, Michaelmas Term, membrane 6), some of East Leach was in the hands of the Devereux family,
142:. Walter de Lacy, and probably William Devereux as part of his retinue, played a critical role in preventing the earl of Herefordâs forces linking up with the other rebels, which lead to the collapse of the revolt.
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whose wife, Cecilia, is cited in the multiple litigations involving the Devereux lands around 1200. Following this Stephen's death, his widow would make many grants to the Abbey of Lacock which included lands in
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Charles Homer Haskins. Norman Institutions. Harvard Historical Studies. Published Under the Direction of the Department of History. Volume XXIV. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918). Page 88, 108-9
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Richard Stone. Marches Archeology, The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Lyonshall, Herefordshire. (Shropshire: Marches Archeology, 2003). Section 4: Archeological and Historical Background, Lyonshall
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and the Welsh on Hereford. In 1069, Walter de Lacy countered an attack and then led a retaliatory raid into Wales. Eadric the Wild burned Shrewsbury, but unsuccessfully besieged its castle. Late in 1069
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218:, Herefordshire, to Walter de Longchamp. Another witness to this document, Baldwyn de Boulers, was married by 1102, and signed a charter of Henry I to Shrewsbury Abbey in 1121.
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Street Court (so named from its position on the old Roman road) was held under the Lady Cecily Devereux by Thomas de Street, in the reign of Edward I. Cecily was the widow of
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in the chapel of Putley." This would be confirmed by a later Dean of Hereford, 'Ralph Murdac,' who confirmed the grant, "which William Devereux, has given my predecessor."
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This is thought to be the Devereux land later identified as Chanston, and it remained in their hands as late as 1308 when its ownership was contested between the sons of
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. Page 350
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. Page 226
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. Page 223
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863, page 118
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. Page 88
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucesteriae, Volume 2. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863, page 40
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Charles Johnson and HA Cronne (editors). Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1066-1154; Volume II Regesta Henrici Primi, 1100-1135. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. Page 410
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William Henry Hart (editor). Historia et Cartularium Monaterii Sancti Petri Gloucestriae, Volume 1. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863, Page 334
431:, and may be the location of the 'Woods of Huggesleg' granted by William Devereux's descendant, Roger Devereux, to the Abbey at the time of his death as referenced in
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Collections Historical & Archeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and its Borders, Vol. XXVII. (London: Charles J. Clark, 1893). page 192
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The Marches Archeology report describes an annotation on the domesday manuscript indicating that the Walter holding Lyonshall was 'de Ebrois'
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Charles Johnson and HA Cronne (editors). Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, volume II. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956). Entry 599
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J.H. Round. Bernard, the King's Scribe. The English Historical Review, volume 14. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co, July 1899). page 417
110:, William Devereux was granted lands along the Welsh Marches in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Gloucester as a member of the retinue of
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At Domesday in 1086 William Devereux held lands along the Welsh Marches. Lyonshall was held by William's son, Walter Devereux, and
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Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford in continuation of Duncumbâs History, Hundred of Radlow.
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Hatherop appears to have passed to Stephen Devereux and his wife, Constance de Leigh. Stephen Devereux was the brother of
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led the local forces in defeating Eadric the Wild at the Battle of Stafford, and forcing his submission in 1070.
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The Chapel at Putley was granted to the canons of Hereford by William Devereux. Cecilia Devereux, widow of
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Street, Charing Cross. 1846, page 1217. Cecelia Devereux still held Putley in the Testa de Nevil in 1242.
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window, showing Bernard de Neufmarche surrounded by 12 knights, and one bore the Devereux shield.
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Between 1101 and Michaelmas 1102 William Devereux witnessed a charter of
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842:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Gloucester: Roger de Lacy, fief 39, entry 14.
814:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Gloucester: Roger de Lacy, fief 39, entry 13.
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by James Bohn, 12, King William Street, Charing Cross. 1846, page 1216
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This small piece of land is the closest of the Devereux grants to the
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1024:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 17.
996:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 72.
955:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 41.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office
1055:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 6.
927:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 4.
886:(Chichester: 1975-1992). Hereford: Roger de Lacy, fief 10, entry 1.
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Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Cleveland, Duchess of Cleveland,
435:(London; Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1890) in volume 1, page 277, B.673.
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Part of the maund grants were held later as Whitechurch Maund by
586:(London: 1779). Volume VI, page 1, Devereux Viscount of Hereford
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Gilbert Devereux, chaplain to the King and Treasurer of Normandy
475:(De Banco Roll, Easter, 2 Edward II, No. 176, r. 51, Hereford).
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was an Anglo-Norman nobleman living during the reigns of kings
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854:âWilliam Devereuxâ, Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England,
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Castle was constructed at the direction of his overlord,
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Battle Abbey Roll, with some account of the Norman Lines
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Walter Devereux, Lord of Lyonshall, and a benefactor to
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A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire.
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of Lyonshall, great-great-grandson of William Devereux
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11th and 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman in England
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Landholdings in the Domesday Book of William Devereux
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broke out against King Williamâs rule. It was led by
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