Individual Details
Sir Walter "7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley" Devereux KG
(1432 - 22 Aug 1485)
[[Category:Knights Companion of the Garter]]
[[Category: Battle of Bosworth Field]]
[[Category: Battle of Towton]]
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== Biography ==
Walter Devereux was the son of Sir Walter Devereux and Elizabeth Merbury.Shirley, E P. Stemmata Shirleiana, or the Annals of the Shirley Family. 1873, p 104 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029787250/page/n125/mode/2up Archive.org].
=== Birth ===
:: 23 Aug 1432 Weobley, Herefordshire, England
===Honours===Walter was knighted on 29 March 1461by Edward IV at the Battle of Towton. [https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland02shawuoft/page/n21 Knights of England Page 13] He was made a Knight of the Garter (Number 205) in 1472. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knights_and_Ladies_of_the_Garter Wikipedia: List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter]
=== Death ===
:: 22 Aug 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England
== Sources ==
* Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. ''[[Space:The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485|The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485]]'' (A. Constable and Co., ltd., Westminster, 1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=38sxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT313 Plate LXXVII]
* [[Wikipedia:Walter_Devereux,_Lord_Ferrers_of_Chartley]]
* [[Wikipedia:Baron_Ferrers_of_Chartley]]
[[Category: Battle of Bosworth Field]]
[[Category: Battle of Towton]]
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== Biography ==
Walter Devereux was the son of Sir Walter Devereux and Elizabeth Merbury.Shirley, E P. Stemmata Shirleiana, or the Annals of the Shirley Family. 1873, p 104 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029787250/page/n125/mode/2up Archive.org].
=== Birth ===
:: 23 Aug 1432 Weobley, Herefordshire, England
===Honours===Walter was knighted on 29 March 1461by Edward IV at the Battle of Towton. [https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland02shawuoft/page/n21 Knights of England Page 13] He was made a Knight of the Garter (Number 205) in 1472. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knights_and_Ladies_of_the_Garter Wikipedia: List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter]
=== Death ===
:: 22 Aug 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England
== Sources ==
* Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. ''[[Space:The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485|The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485]]'' (A. Constable and Co., ltd., Westminster, 1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=38sxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT313 Plate LXXVII]
* [[Wikipedia:Walter_Devereux,_Lord_Ferrers_of_Chartley]]
* [[Wikipedia:Baron_Ferrers_of_Chartley]]
Events
| Birth | 1432 | Weobley, Herefordshire, England | |||
| Birth | 23 Aug 1432 | Weobley, Herefordshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 25 Oct 1446 | Anne Ferrers | |||
| Burial | 1485 | Bosworth Battlefield Grave Pits, Dadlington, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England | |||
| Death | 22 Aug 1485 | Leicestershire, England | |||
| Death | 23 Aug 1485 | Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England | |||
| Alt name | Baron Walter Devereux XIII of Charley | ||||
| Reference No | 287348 | ||||
| Reference No | 302937 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Anne Ferrers (1438 - 1499) |
| Child | Elizabeth Devereux (1452 - 1516) |
| Father | Sir Walter Devereux (1411 - 1459) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Merbury (1412 - 1459) |
| Sibling | Anne Devereux (1424 - 1486) |
| Sibling | Richard Devereux (1426 - ) |
| Sibling | John Devereux (1434 - ) |
| Sibling | Sibil Devereux (1440 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Devereux (1442 - ) |