Lady Elizabeth DEVEREUX^{[1, 2]}

1452 - 1516  (64 years)

• Name	Elizabeth DEVEREUX  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Prefix	Lady
  Birth	1452	Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England   [3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Astley, Shropshire   [7]
  _FSFTID	LVL7-NHM
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVL7-NHM
  _UID	8F2E2FFBC1F347EE89801C28BAE105B16E12
  Death	1516	Shropshire, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	1516	St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street, Burford, Shropshire, England   [3, 4, 6]
  Person ID	I7615	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir. Walter IV DEVEREUX, Baron,   b. 1432, Bodenham, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 23 Aug 1485, Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Anna DE FERRERS, Baroness Of Chartley,   b. 1 Nov 1437, Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England d. 9 Jan 1469, Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	Bef 26 Nov 1446	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales   [3, 6, 8]
  	Child Groom at the age of 14 [3, 6]
  _STAT	Arranged Marriage
  Family ID	F4063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Richard CORBET, Sr.,   b. Abt 1448, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England d. 6 Dec 1493, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1469	Herefordshire, England   [3, 5, 6, 9]
  Children	1. Anne (Juliana) CORBET,   b. 1470, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. 1548, Burford, Shropshire, England (Age 78 years)   2. Elizabeth CORBET,   b. Abt 1472, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. 7 Apr 1547, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 75 years)   3. Sir Robert CORBET, Sheriff Of Shropshire,   b. 1472, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England d. 11 Apr 1513, Moreton, Corbet, Shropshire, England (Age 41 years)   4. George CORBET,   b. Abt 1479, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England d. 11 Apr 1513, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 34 years)   5. Katherine CORBET,   b. Abt 1481, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sir John CORBET,   b. 1483, Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England d. 1582, Spixworth, Norfolk, England (Age 99 years)   7. Margaret CORBET,   b. Abt 1483, Morton, Shropshire, England d. 1573, England (Age ~ 90 years)   8. Kathryn Margaret CORBET,   b. 10 Jan 1483, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England d. 1548, Burford, Shropshire, England (Age 64 years)   9. Maria CORBET,   b. Abt 1484, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. Yes, date unknown   10. Mary CORBET,   b. 4 Aug 1484, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England d. 7 Apr 1547, Willey, Shropshire, England (Age 62 years)   11. Miss CORBET,   b. Abt 1485, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. Yes, date unknown   12. Isabel CORBET,   b. 1486, Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 1538, Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire, England (Age 52 years)   13. Roger CORBET,   b. Abt 1487, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England d. 23 Aug 1487, Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England (Age ~ 0 years)   14. Edward CORBET,   b. 1487, Pitchford, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 44 years)   15. Thomas CORBET,   b. 1487, Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   16. Richard CORBET, Jr.,   b. Abt 1489, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Name Elizabeth Devereux [1] Note from the memorial inscription that the name was apparently pronounced "Devroke". [2] Birth Year Estimation She was born in 1452. Parents Elizabeth Devereux was the daughter of Walter Devereux, K. G., Lord Ferrers of Chartley, by his first wife Anne, daughter and heiress of William Ferrers, Knt, of Chartley, Staffordshire. [1][3] Ancestry of Elizabeth Devereux The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 4 October 1518 and proved 10 June 1519, of Thomas Trentham, the great-grandfather of Oxford's second wife, Elizabeth Trentham (d.1612). The testator married Elizabeth Corbet, the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet (b. 1451, d. 6 December 1493) and Elizabeth Devereux (d.1516), the daughter of Walter Devereux (c.1432-1485), 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley, slain at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485, and his wife, Anne Ferrers (1438-1469), the daughter and heir of Sir William Ferrers of Chartley, Staffordshire. [2] 1478 Marriage to Sir Richard Corbet Before 1478 Elizabeth Devereux married Richard Corbet, Knight, of Moreton Corbet and Shawbury, Shropshire. He was the son and heir of Roger Corbet. He was knighted at the Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471. [1] In 1469, in Chartley, shortly after her mother's death, and certainly before 1478, Elizabeth Devereux married Sir Richard Corbet. Sir Walter Devereux, father of Elizabeth Ferrers, was the guardian to Sir Richard Corbet, whom she married. [4] Elizabeth's mother was the only child of the then Lord Ferrars of Chartley, Sir Walter Devereux whom she married assumed the title in her right, and their daughter Elizabeth Ferrars of Chartley married the young Sir Richard Corbet ; but I find no date given. [4] 1483 Battle of Bosworth Field 1485. On 22 August 1485, at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Elizabeth's father Sir Walter Devereux was killed fighting for Yorkist King Richard III, who was defeated. Opposing him, on the side of Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII, was Elizabeth's husband Sir Richard Corbet. [5] 1493 Death of Husband and Remarriage Sir Richard Corbet died in 6 December 1493 in Moreton Corbet. [1] Elizabeth, his widow, then married Sir Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough, Sheriff of Shropshire. [4][1] Sir Richard's wife, Elizabeth Ferrars, outlived him for many years and remarried. Her second husband was Sir Thomas Leighton of Stretton-le-dale. 1516 Death and Burial In 1516 Elizabeth died and was buried in the church at Burford, Shropshire. [1] where the memorial tablet provides her death year. [2] Augusta Corbet gives her death date, in Moreton Corbet, as 1541, but this conflicts with the inscription, which she describes: "She died in 1541, and was buried in the beautiful Church of Burford, in Shropshire. Her tomb is on the floor in the north-east corner of the chancel. It bears her effigy in metal, and the inscription, which is rather elaborate, records that she was the daughter of Sir Walter Deverok of Weobley, lord Ferrars of Chartley— that she married first Sir Richard Corbet of Morton-Corbet, and secondly Sir Thomas Leighton. [4] After the death of Sir Richard Corbet (b. 1451, d. 6 December 1493) Elizabeth Devereux (d.1516) married, before 1495, Sir Thomas Leighton (1443-1519) of Wattlesborough in Shropshire, knight of the body to King Henry VII. She was interred in Burford church in Shropshire with this inscription[2]: Here lythe Elyzabethe Devroke, dowg'tur unto Sr Wa'ter Devroke off Webbeley Knygth off ye most noble order off ye Garter & Lorde Ferrers off Charteley, wch Elyzabethe was wyff unto Sr Rychard Corbet off Morton Tyrytte [sic] Knygth, & affter maryed unto Sr Thomas Lyghton Knygth off Stretton in le Dale, wch Elyzabethe dep'ted owte off thys transitorie worlde ye yere off owre Lorde God mccccc & xvj whose sowle Ihu have. One of Elizabeth's daughters, Anna or Juliana, lies buried in the same Church. She was the wife of Sir Thomas Cornwall, and was mother of the Sir Richard Cornwall who is the central figure on the beautiful Elizabethan triptych in that Church : the triptych forms one of the remarkable and interesting Cornwall monuments found in Burford Church. The central figure commemorates Anna's son, Sir Richard Cornwall, who died in 1568. On his right is his wife and on his left his son Edmund, who died in 1585 and who was known as the strong Baron. On the eastern wing of the lower panel is the record of Anna : " Dame Anne Cornwall lies here, the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet and the wife of Sir Thomas Cornwall." She died in 1548. On the other wing is a small figure of her husband. Sir Thomas. He died in 1537, and was buried, it appears, at Acton, near London. [4] Issue Children of Elizabeth Devereux and Richard Corbet Augusta Corbet notes that "The Pedigree gives Elizabeth and Richard several children, two sons. Sir Robert the eldest. Sheriff for Salop in 1501, who succeeded his father, and a son George, of whom no further mention is made. The daughters were Maria, who married Thomas Lacon, of Willey ; Anna or Juliana, married Sir Thomas Cornewall, of Burford ; Elizabeth, married Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury. " [4] Richardson notes that Richard and Elizabeth had two sons (Robert and George) and five daughters (Katherine, Margaret, Mary, Anne and Elizabeth. [1] The National Archives [6] reports that the children of Elizabeth Devereux and Richard Corbet, were enumerated in their son Robert's will which indicates that the testator Robert's parents, Sir Richard Corbet (b. 1451, d. 6 December 1493) and Elizabeth Devereux (d.1516) had two sons (the testator, and another son, George), and five daughters, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Margaret. Elizabeth Corbet, b. Abt. 1472, m. Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury. (d. 1518/9.) (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/19, f. 136); "The testator's sister, Elizabeth Corbet, and her husband, Thomas Trentham (d.1518/9), were the great-grandparents of Oxford's second wife, Elizabeth Trentham (d.1612)." [6] Sir Robert Corbet, b. 1477, Hatherton, Cheshire, England. Sheriff of Salop. He m. Elizabeth Vernon, daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon and Anne Talbot. He died 11 Apr 1513 at Morton Corbet and is buried there. Elizabeth - survived her husband by fifty years (d. 1563) and was called the "old Lady Corbet of Shawbury." Sir Robert's will indicates that he, "the testator was the eldest son and heir of Sir Richard Corbet (b. 1451, d. 6 December 1493) and Elizabeth Devereux (d.1516), the daughter of Walter Devereux (1432-1485), 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley, slain at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485. George Corbet, dsp., named in brother's will Mary Corbet, who married Sir Thomas Lacon (d.1536) of Willey, Shropshire (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/25, ff. 252-3); [6] Anne Corbet, who married Sir Thomas Cornwall (1468-1538) of Burford; [6] Katherine (or Catherine) Corbet, who married Thomas Onslow of Rodington; Margaret Corbet (d.1573), who married Richard Clyve (d. 22 May 1562) of Walford, Shropshire. [6] In addition, the following children who were not named in their brother's will are sometimes attributed to Elizabeth Devereux and her husband Richard Corbet: Richard Corbet, b. Abt. 1471 – not mentioned by brother Roger Corbet. (not named by brother's will) Dorothy Corbet. (not named by brother's will) Children of Elizabeth Devereux and Sir Thomas Leighton John Leighton, born, say, 1500. "Sir Thomas Leighton, Knt, of Wattlesborough and Stretton on le Dale, born in 1443; sheriff of Shropshire in 1405; M. P. for Shropshire, living after 1524. By his wife Elizabeth Devereux, he had John Leighton of Wattlesborough, M P for Shropshire, b. say 1500, who died in 1582." [7] Sources ? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everingham, Editor. By the author: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013. Volume II, page 294. ? 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-19_f_136.pdf; Entered by Randall Prouse-92 ? Shirley, E P. Stemmata Shirleiana, or the Annals of the Shirley Family. 1873, p 104 Archive.org. ? 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet, The Family of Corbet; its life and times (Volume 2). London: The St. Catherine Press, 1915, p. 248 ? Jorge H. Castelli, Argentina. "Bosworth.", Tudor Place. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/the_battle_of_bosworth.htm Accessed September 11, 2011 ? 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The National Archives Prob 11/17, ff. 214-5 accessed Sept 11, 2011 ? Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, p. 432 London: J. Russell Smith, 1872 Wikipedia:Walter_Devereux,_Lord_Ferrers_of_Chartley Elizabeth Devereux, d. 1541; m. (1) Sir Richard Corbet, Knight, b. 1451, d. 6 Dec 1493, son of Sir Roger Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Knight, d. 1467, by Elizabeth Hopton, d. 22 June 1498 (who m. (2) John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, and (3) Sir William Stanley) and grandson of Sir Robert Corbet, Sheriff of Shropshire and Margaret Mallory. [Ancestral Roots]

  
  

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