John DEVERE

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Source: History of West Virginia and It's People, (Volume 2. Charleston, WV: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913.).
Sir Andrew Luttrell, son of Sir John Luttrell, married Elizabeth, relict of Sir John de Vere, son of the Earl of Oxford. She was the second daughter of Hugh, Earl of Devon, one of the companions in arms of Edward the Third, and one of the original Knights of the Garter, he was also the head of the noble house of Courtenay. Her mother Margaret was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England, the flower of knighthood, and the most Christian knight of the knights of the world, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward the Third. Her eldest brother, like her father, was one of the original Knights of the Garter, a second became Archbishop of Canterbury, a third Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and a fourth Governor of Calais. It was through this Lady Luttrell that Dunster Castle came into the possession of the Luttrell family by a purchase from the widow of Lord Mohun. She was also for a time in the retinue of her cousins, Edward the Black Prince, and his wife, who had been known as the Fair Maid of Kent. This Sir Andrew Luttrell had by his wife Elizabeth a son, Sir Hugh.
ANDREW LUTTRELL, son of Sir John and Joan, established the fortunes of his family by his marriage with Elizabeth, relict of Sir John de Vere, son of the Earl of Oxford, a lady of the most illustrious lineage. Her father, Hugh, Earl of Devon, one of the companions in arms of Edward the Third, and one of the original Knights of the Garter, was head of the noble house of Courtenay. Her mother, Margaret, was daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England, the flower of knighthood and the most Christian knight of the knights of the world, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of King Edward the First. Her eldest brother was, like her father, an original Knight of the Garter; a second brother became Archbishop of Canterbury; a third Lieutenant of Ireland, and a fourth Governor of Calais. Through her sisters, she was closely connected with the Lords Cobham and Harington.
Lady Elizabeth Vere was a widow in 1350. On the occasion of her marriage to Andrew Luttrell, in the summer of 1359, Edward the Third gave them an annuity of 200£ for their lives, in aid of the maintenance of their social position. In 1361, Sir Andrew Luttrell and his wife went on pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Santiago de Compostella, with a retinue. of twenty-four men and women and as many horses. The lady was for some time in the service of her cousins, Edward 'the Black Prince' and. :the 'Fair Maid of Kent,' his wife. The annuity of 200£ was confirmed by Richard the Second in 1378, and renewed in favour of Lady Luttrell in 1381, her husband having died in the interval. In the meanwhile, Lady Luttrell had, with part of her savings bought the reversion of the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk, and Moulton, Debenham and Waldingfield in Suffolk. A charter of free warren therein was issued in her favour 1373. She also acquired the right of appointing two of the canons of the priory of Flitcham.
The most important pecuniary transaction of this Lady Luttrell was, however, her purchase of the reversion of the castle of Dunster, the manors of Kilton, Minehead and Carhampton and the hundred of Carhampton, of five thousand marks. As she predeceased the vendor, she never obtained actual possession of this valuable property. Dying at Bermondsey on the 7th of August 1395, she was buried; by her own desire, in the Benedictine Church of St. Nicholas at Exeter. Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter, in August of that year, ordered public prayers to be offered throughout his diocese for the souls of Margaret Cobham and Elizabeth Luttrell, sisters of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and, by way of encouragement, promised an indulgence of forty days to the faithful who should pray for them.
Burke, John., A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 1. London: Henry Colburn, n.d., Call Number: R929.725 B95 v.1, Page 142.
SIR ANDREW LUTTRELL, of Chilton, who had married in the lifetime of his father, Lady Elizabeth Courtenay, second daughter of Hugh, EARL OF DEVON, and widow of Sir John Vere, knt. son of Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford, an alliance which connected the Luttrells with the ROYAL HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET. The son of this marriage, SIR HUGH LUTTRELL, resided at Dunster Castle, which his mother, Lady Elizabeth, had purchased from the family of Mohun.
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Title: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Publication: Volume 4, Richmond, Virginia, n.p. 1915.
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Title: A History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell
Author: Lyte, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell
Publication: London : St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1909
Call Number: 942.38/D1 H2L, DA690.D85 L8
Media: Book
Page: Page 77
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