1300–1400 in European fashion this period, the most dignified figures, like King Charles in the illustration, continue to wear long overgowns—although as the Royal Chamberlain, de Vaudetar was himself a person of very high rank. This abandonment of the gown to emphasise a tight top over the torso, with breeches or trousers below, was to become the distinctive feature of European men's fashion for centuries to come. Men had carried purses up to this time because tunics did not provide pockets. The funeral effigy and "achievements" of Edward, the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral, who died in 1376, show the military version of the
William Devereux (died 1376/7) in later records of this county. On 4 May 1371, Devereux and Richard de Norton were granted the marriage of Walter, son and heir of Walter de Ribbesford, a minor who was ward of the king. William Devereux was Sheriff of Herefordshire between 1362 and 1372. Along with John de Eynesford, Devereux was placed on the Commission of array for Herefordshire on 26 October 1366. On 28 March 1371 he was appointed to collect the subsidy from Hereford granted by Parliament to the king to support the wars in France. He was elected coroner for Hereford in 1371, but had