Devereux, Walter, first Baron Ferrers of Chartley
(c. 1432–1485)
- R. A. Griffiths
Extract
Devereux, Walter, first Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1432–1485), landowner and soldier, was of Herefordshire stock (at Weobley and Bodenham); his father was a retainer of Richard, duke of York, and he himself became Edward IV's councillor. The son of Sir Walter Devereux...