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Walter Devereux, Sir , 1st Earl Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford

Walter Devereux, Sir , 1st Earl Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford

Male 1539 - 1576  (37 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Walter Devereux, Sir , 1st Earl Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford was born on 16 September 1539 in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, , Wales, (son of Sir Richard Devereux and Lady Dorothy Hastings); died on 22 September 1576 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, , Ireland,.

    Walter married Lettice Knollys (Dudley), Lady , Countess Essex & Leicester about 1560 in Nethwood, Hereford, England. Lettice was born on 8 November 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England; died on 25 December 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Penelope Devereux was born in January 1563 in Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England; died about 1607 in Strand, City of Westminster, Greater London, England; was buried in City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Richard Devereux was born in 1516 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England (son of Walter Devereux and Mary Grey); died on 13 Oct 1547 in All Hallows, London, Middlesex, England.

    Sir married Lady Dorothy Hastings about 1536 in Bedenham, Herefordshire, England. Lady was born in 1520 in Huntington, Herefordshire, England; died in 1566 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lady Dorothy Hastings was born in 1520 in Huntington, Herefordshire, England; died in 1566 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Walter Devereux, Sir , 1st Earl Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford was born on 16 September 1539 in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, , Wales,; died on 22 September 1576 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, , Ireland,.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Walter Devereux was born in 1488 in Chartley, Staffordshire (son of John, 1st Viscount Hereford, 8th Baron Ferrers Devereaux and Baroness Ceily Bourchier); died on 17 Sep 1558 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England.

    Walter married Mary Grey on 15 Dec 1503 in Leicestershire, England. Mary was born in 1490 in Groby, Leicestershire; died on 22 February 1538 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Grey was born in 1490 in Groby, Leicestershire; died on 22 February 1538 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Richard Devereux was born in 1516 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England; died on 13 Oct 1547 in All Hallows, London, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John, 1st Viscount Hereford, 8th Baron Ferrers Devereaux was born in 1459 in Chartley Hall, Staffordshire, England (son of Walter De Vereux and Anne De Ferrers); died on 7 May 1501 in Chartley Hall, Staffordshire, England.

    John, married Baroness Ceily Bourchier in 1477 in Chartley, Herefordshire.. Baroness was born in 1464 in Tickhill, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Feb 1493 in Chartley Hall, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Baroness Ceily Bourchier was born in 1464 in Tickhill, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Feb 1493 in Chartley Hall, Staffordshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Walter Devereux was born in 1488 in Chartley, Staffordshire; died on 17 Sep 1558 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England.