Hugh Devereux of Chanston

Hugh Devereux of Chanston (Vowchurch) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman living during the reign of Edward I of England. The Devereux were a prominent knightly family along the Welsh Marches[1] during the thirteenth century, and Hugh would play an integral role in attempts to control the Welsh Marches.

Hugh Devereux of Chanston
Borncirca 1245
Diedcirca 1307
Issue
Nicholas Devereux
John Devereux
Parson Hugh Devereux
FatherNicholas II Devereux of Chanston
MotherIsabel

Ancestry

Hugh Devereux was born about 1245, the son of Nicholas II Devereux of Chanston[2] and a woman named Isabel.[3] His grandfather was a member of the retinue of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath,[4][5][6] and on his death the fealty of the Devereux estates of Chanston were transferred to Walter's granddaughter, Margaret de Lacy, and her husband, John de Verdon.[7] His father had gone over to the Baronial cause towards the end of the Second Barons' War, but by this time Hugh was established in his own right and remained loyal to the king.

Career

Following his father's death probably at the Battle of Evesham, Hugh Devereux was granted safe conduct by the king on 4 May 1266 lasting through midsummer to allow him to come to court.[2]

Between 1276 and 1277 Edward I suppressed a minor rebellion in Wales. On 18 August 1277 Hugh Devereux was provided protection with a clause volumus until Michaelmas (29 September) as he was already on the king's service in Wales.[8]

On 2 January 1290 Devereux, John Pychard, and Robert de Hauford acknowledged owing a 7 marks debt to Thomas de Tuberville with collateral being their lands and chattels in Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire.[9] He was identified as Lord of Chanston on 8 December 1293 when recorded as taking a loan of 4 pounds and 7 shillings from Richard, son of Roger de Orleton, a merchant of Herefordshire.[10]

On 9 March 1299 Richard Swinefield, Bishop of Hereford, requested that the King order the sheriff of Hereford (Miles Pichard) to eject armed men led by Hugh Devereux and his sons, and Richard Dansey who had taken possession of Turnastone Church, and the chapel and rectory of Saint Leonard's in county Herefordshire. They were in the Golden Vale, and a short distance from his manor of Chanston. Following resolution of this event, a John Devereux[lower-alpha 1] was inducted into the living on 24 November 1300 on presentation by Richard Dansy.[11][12]

About 1304 Hugh granted his son, Nicholas III Devereux and his heirs, 1/3 of the manor of Chanston as tenant for a term of three years. The land in the village of Aynaldestone had been part of the agreed upon dower for Hugh's mother, Isabel, upon her marriage to Nicholas II Devereux as his first wife.[3]

About 1305 Hugh made grants of land from the manor of Chanston to his half-brother, John Devereux, and John's wife, Eva. John Devereux was the son of Nicholas II Devereux and his second wife, Joan. Around this time Hugh Devereux also granted 5 acres of Chanston manor to David le Seriaunt to be held for 2 years, and as part of these transactions there were issues with the rent owed by the John and Sarah Raguns and the control of 12 acres of meadow in the hands of Maud le Bret.[3]

Marriage

Hugh Devereux married an unknown woman, and they had children:

Death

Hugh Devereux died about 1307.

In 1308 Hugh's eldest son, Nicholas III Devereux, and his co–parceners David le Seriaunt, John and Sarah Ragun with their son John, and Maud (widow of Richard le Bret) were called to court to provide evidence for their claim to portions of Chanston manor. Part of the manor had previously been granted in court by Hugh Devereux to his brother, John Devereux and his wife Eva. In 1308/9 John and Eva Devereux filed a writ to compel these individuals to turn over the rights to these lands for which they held the reversion as granted by Hugh Devereux. Nicholas III Devereux claimed his father had granted him these lands prior to the grant of reversion to John and Eva. The defendants were allowed not to attorn due to one of the co-parceners not being an adult, and therefore he could not be disinherited while under age.[3]

Notes
  1. This probably was Hugh Devereux’s son, John. He would be replaced in Turnastone on 2 February 1301, and placed in the rectory of Hope Mansel (Herefordshire) on 21 October 1301
  2. Nicholas III Devereux married a woman named Lucy, probably the daughter of Thomas Corbet of Tasley, and would have two legitimate sons, Nicholas IV Devereux of Chanston and Walter Devereux, and an illegitimate son, John Devereux. Nicholas III Devereux died about 1311. Nicholas IV Devereux of Chanston is probably the Nicholas Devereux that posted bond for the good behavior of William Devereux of Frome (1314-1384), and would have a son, Hugh Devereux of Chanston, who was alive in 1350
  3. Hugh Devereux entered the clergy, and was parson of the Church of Kinardesly who was granted a clause volumus by the king and restoration of the church on agreement to pay a yearly fee

Specific References
  1. Brock W. Holden. Lords of the Central Marches. (Oxford; Oxford University Press, 2008). page 92
  2. H.C. Maxwell Lyte (editor). Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry III. (London: Mackie and Co., 1910). Volume 5, Page 593, 4 May 1266, Northampton, membrane 17. accessed 6 January 1216
  3. F.W. Maitland. Year Books of Edward II, Volume 1, 1 & 2 Edward II, 1307-1309. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1903). Page 75 to 77
  4. The Deputy Keeper of Records. "Liber Feodorum. The Book of Fees Commonly Called Testa de Nevill, Reformed From the Earliest Mss; Part 1, AD 1198 - 1242." (London: Published by his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920). Pages 631-2
  5. W. Holden Brook. "Lords of the Central Marches: English Aristocracy and Frontier Society, 1087-1265." (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). Pages 101, 113
  6. H.C. Maxwell Lyte (editor). Calendar of Patent Rolls, Volume 5. (London: Public Record Office, 1900). Page 53. 1340, November 14, Reading, membrane 24 & 25.
  7. N.M. Herbert (editor). A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7. (Oxford, 1981), pp. 61-69, Eastleach Turville. accessed 7 January 2016
  8. H.C. Maxwell Lyte (editor). Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1272 to 1281. (London: Public Record Office, 1901). Volume 1, Page 221
  9. HC Maxwell Lyte (editor). Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I, Volume 3, 1288-1296. (London: Public Record Office, 1904). Page 118, 2 Jan 1290
  10. The U.K. National Archives, Kew. Reference Number: C 241/22/71.
  11. The UK National Archives, Kew. Reference Number: SC 8/331/15595
  12. George Marshall. Turnastone Church. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. Hereford Public Library Local Collection, 1916.
  13. , Medieval Genealogy Website. Abstracts of Feet of Fines. CP 25/1/82/38, number 34.
  14. , Medieval Genealogy Website. Abstracts of Feetof Fines. CP 25/1/82/37, number 10.
  15. The UK National Archives, Kew. Reference number: C 241/50/219
  16. H.C. Maxwell Lyte (editor). Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I, Volume 3. (London: Public Record Office, 1895). Page 284. 1297, membrane 9d
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