Sybil Baskerville

• Sybil Devereux1
• F, #30486, b. circa 1440, d. before 1499
• Father Sir Walter Devereux, Sheriff of Herefordshire & Gloucestershire, Constable of Wigmore, Keeper of Leominster b. c 1412, d. 22 Apr 1459
• Mother Elizabeth Merbury b. c 1412, d. b 1459
• Sybil Devereux was born circa 1440 at of Weobley, Herefordshire, England. She married Sir James Baskerville, son of Sir John Baskerville and Elizabeth Touchet, in 1454. Sybil Devereux died before 1499.
• Family Sir James Baskerville b. c 1436, d. 22 Jan 1499
• Children
  • Sir Walter Baskerville+ b. 1462, d. 4 Sep 1508
  • Elizabeth Baskerville+2 b. c 1464
  • Sir James Baskerville3 b. c 1465, d. a 1499
  • (Miss) Baskerville3 b. c 1467
  • (Miss) Baskerville3 b. c 1468
  • Philip Baskerville3 b. c 1470
  • Richard Baskerville3 b. c 1471
  • Henry Baskerville+ b. c 1473
  • Edmund Baskerville3 b. c 1474
  • Johanna Baskerville3 b. c 1476
  • Thomas Baskerville3 b. c 1477
  • Ralph Baskerville3 b. c 1479
  • John Baskerville3 b. c 1490
• Citations
• 1.[S9419] Unknown author, Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 16; Wallop Family, p. 57.
• 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 3.[S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 16.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1015.htm#... __________________
• Catherine DEVEREUX
• Born: ABT 1438, Weobley, Herefordshire, England
• Died: ABT 1499
• Father: Walter DEVEREUX (Sir)
• Mother: Elizabeth MERBURY
• Married: James BASKERVILLE (son of John Baskerville and Elizabeth Touchet) ABT 1464
• Children:
  • 1. Walter BASKERVILLE
  • 2. Phillip BASKERVILLE
  • 3. John BASKERVILLE
  • 4. Elizabeth BASKERVILLE
  • 5. James BASKERVILLE
  • 6. Dau. BASKERVILLE
  • 7. Henry BASKERVILLE
  • 8. Edmund BASKERVILLE
  • 9. Thomas BASKERVILLE (m. Alice Milbourne)
  • 10. Ralph BASKERVILLE
  • 11. Joan BASKERVILLE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DEVEREUX.htm#Catherine DEVEREUX1 __________________
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and ... By John Burke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=J...
• Pg. 90
• SIR JOHN BASKERVILLE, knt. of Combe, b. 12 February, 1408. He espoused Elizabeth, daughter of John Touchet, Lord Audley, and had issue,
  • I. JAMES (Sir), his successor.
  • II. John, who wedded Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Thomas Holcot, of Wotton, and became possessed of that estate in right of his wife. He was father of ....
  • III. Henry.
  • IV. Humphrey.
  • V. Sibill, m. to Richard Rowden, of Rowden.
• Sir John d. 23rd December, 1455, and was s. by his eldest son,
• SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, knt. of Erdisley, sheriff of Hereford, 38th HENRY VI. 4th EDWARD IV. and 14th HENRY VII. which office had been frequently filled by his ancestors. This gentleman espoused Sibill, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, of Chartley,* and had issue, .... _________________________
• Walter Devereux (1411 – 22 April 1459) was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1449 to about 1451.
• Family
• He was born in Bodenham, Herefordshire to a senior Walter Devereux (or Deverois, c. 1387–1420) and his wife Elizabeth Bromwhitch. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Bromwich, Lord Justice of Ireland and Catherine Oldcastle.
• His paternal grandparents were an elder Walter Devereux (c. 1357–1403) and Agnes Crophull. Agnes was mother of Sir Thomas Parr by a second marriage to John Parr of Kendal; and paternal grandmother of William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal, a noted courtier under Edward IV of England and grandfather of Queen Catherine Parr.
• The elder Walter was a son of Sir William Devereux (c. 1332–1376) and Anne Barre. His paternal grandparents were John Devereux, 2nd Baron Devereux and Margaret de Vere. Margaret was married previously to Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont and was mother by him of John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont. She was herself daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and his wife Maud de Badlesmere.
• Marriage
• He married Elizabeth Merbury. She was a daughter of Sir John Merbury, Chief Justice of South Wales and his wife Alice Pembridge. They had the following children:
  • Richard Devereux. (born c. 1426).
  • Thomas Devereux. (born c. 1428).
  • Anne Devereux (c. 1430 - after 1486). Married William Herbert, 1st Earl of **Pembroke (1468 creation).
  • Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431 - 22 August 1485).
  • John Devereux (born c. 1434).
  • Katherine Devereux (born c. 1438). Married Sir James Baskerville.
  • Isabel Devereux (born c. 1440).
• Lord Chancellor
• He was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1449. His term was brief and likely uneventful. In 1451, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appointed his son, the 8-year-old Edmund, Earl of Rutland, as the new Lord Chancellor. Since Rutland was under age, his duties were taken over by Deputy Chancellor Edmund Oldhall.
• Devereux was granted land in Drogheda and was a supporter of the Duke of York for the remainder of his life.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Devereux_(1411%E2%80%931459) ______________________
• Elizabeth Merbury (c. 1412) was an English noblewoman.
• Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir John Merbury, by his first wife, Alice Pembridge. She was married to Walter Devereux (1411–1459) about 1432 in Herefordshire, England. Together, they had several children:[1]
  • Anne Devereux
  • Richard Devereux (c. 1426, Chartley, Herefordshire, England)
  • Thomas Devereux (c. 1428, Chartley, Herefordshire, England)
  • Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
  • John Devereux (c. 1434, Weobley, England)
  • Katherine (Sibyl) Devereux (c. 1438). Married firstly James Baskerville about 1464
  • Isabel Devereux (c. 1440, Weobley, England)
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Merbury _____________________
• THIS UPDATED BIO OMITS THE CHILDREN RICHARD, THOMAS, JOHN & KATHERINE DEVEREUX (WIFE OF SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE).
• Sir Walter Devereux (1411 – 22 April 1459) of Bodenham and Weobley was a loyal supporter of the Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York during the Wars of the Roses. He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1449 to about 1451.
• Walter Devereux was born in 1411 in Bodenham, Herefordshire to a senior Walter Devereux (or Deverois, 1387–1420) and his wife Elizabeth Bromwich.[1] His maternal grandparents were Thomas Bromwich, Lord Justice of Ireland and Catherine Oldcastle.
• His paternal grandparents were an elder Walter Devereux (c. 1361–1402) and Agnes Crophull.[a] Agnes was mother of Sir Thomas Parr by a second marriage to John Parr of Kendal; and paternal grandmother of William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal, a noted courtier under Edward IV of England and grandfather of Queen Catherine Parr. Agnes Crophull's third husband was John Merbury, the father of Walter Devereux's wife by a previous marriage as indicated below.
• His arms were: Argent a fesse gules, in chief three torteaux.
• He married Elizabeth Merbury. She was a daughter of Sir John Merbury,[2] Chief Justice of South Wales and his wife Alice Pembridge. They had the following children:
  • Anne Devereux (c. 1430 - after 1486). Married William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1468 creation).[1]
  • Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431 - 22 August 1485).[1]
  • Isabella Devereux (born c. 1435). Married Rowland Lenthall (o.s.p., 1422 to 12 May 1488).[3]
  • Sir John Devereux (born c. 1438).[1][b]
• His first residence was Bodenham and the .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Devereux_(1411%E2%80%931459)
• _____________________
• THIS IS A DIFFERENT KATHERINE/SYBIL DEVEREUX & SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE
• Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford (1488 – 17 September 1558) was an English Peer.
• He was born in either Chartley Castle or the Chartley Manor which replaced it as the residence of the Barons Ferrers of Chartley following the Wars of the Roses. He was a son of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Cecily Bourchier.
• His paternal grandparents were Anne Ferrers, 7th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley and her husband Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley. His maternal grandparents were William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier and Anne Woodville.
• William Bourchier was a son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabel of Cambridge. Anne Woodville was a daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg.
• On 5 March 1501, his father died and Walter succeeded him as the 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He served with distinction in the War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516) and the Italian War of 1521-1526.
• In 1523, the Baron was created a Knight of the Garter by Henry VIII of England alongside diplomat Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire. In the late 1520s he came into increasing conflict with Welsh magnate Rhys ap Gruffydd, after King Henry granted Devereux major powers in Wales. This reached a head when Rhys with a gang of armed supporters threatened Ferrers with a knife in 1529. The two men were allowed to air their grievances, but Rhys' family continued to stir up trouble. Eventually Rhys was charged with treason, convicted and executed. The consolidation of Devereux's position in Wales helped prepare the way for the reformation.[1]
• He served as Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire from 1543 to his death.
• He was created Viscount Hereford in 1550.
• He was first married to Mary Grey (1491- 22 February 1538) on 15 December 1503. She was a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and his second wife Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville. Cecily Bonville was the daughter and heiress of William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington by his wife Katherine Neville. Her maternal grandparents were Alice Montagu, 5th Countess of Salisbury and her consort Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris). By Mary Grey he had three children:
  • 1.Sir Richard Devereux (d. 13 October 1547). Married Dorothea Hastings. She was a daughter of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford. They were parents to Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex.
  • 2.Sir William Devereux of Mirevale Abbey. Married Jane Scudamore, daughter of John Scudamore. The marriage produced two daughters, Barbara Devereux and Margaret Devereux.
  • 3.Henry Devereux, died unmarried.
• In 1539, he married secondly Margaret Garneys, daughter of John Garneys of Kenton. They had two children:
  • 1.Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich. Married Catherine Arden. They were parents of Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford, fourth-generation ancestors of Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford and fifth-generation ancestors of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford.
  • 2.Katherine Devereux. Married Sir James Baskerville.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Devereux,_1st_Viscount_Hereford ____________________________
• THIS IS A DIFFERENT KATHERINE/SYBIL DEVEREUX & SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE
• Walter Devereux, jure uxoris 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1431 – 22 August 1485) was a minor member of the English peerage and a loyal supporter of the Yorkist cause during the Wars of the Roses. He was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, fighting for Richard III.
• Walter was born in Weobley, Herefordshire. His parents were Walter Devereux, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1449 to about 1451 and his wife Elizabeth Merbury.
• His mother was the daughter and heiress of Sir John Merbury, Chief Justice of South Wales.
• At the age of only thirteen, Walter married Anne Ferrers, 7th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley - who predeceased him by seventeen years - and became Baron Ferrers of Chartley in right of his wife in 1462. They had at least five children:
  • John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1463 - 3 May 1501).
  • Elizabeth Devereux. Married first Sir Richard Corbet of Morton Corbet and secondly Sir Thomas Leighton of Watlesborough.[citation needed]
  • Anne Devereux, who married, as his first wife, Sir Thomas Tyrrell (c.1453–1510?), son of Sir William Tyrrell, slain at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, and his wife Eleanor Darcy.[1][2]
  • Isabel "Sybil" Devereux. Married Sir James Baskerville.[citation needed]
  • Sir Richard Devereux.[citation needed]
  • Sir Thomas Devereux.[citation needed]
• He was knight of the shire for Herefordshire .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Devereux,_7th_Baron_Ferrers_of_... ______________________

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6171/BASKERVI... (December 20, 2016; Anne Brannen, curator)