Edward III of England the Good Parliament were reversed. Edward did not have much to do with any of this; after around 1375 he played a limited role in the government of the realm. Around 29 September 1376 he fell ill with a large abscess. After a brief period of recovery in February 1377, the king died of a stroke at Sheen on 21 June. He was succeeded by his ten-year-old grandson, King Richard II, son of the Black Prince, since the Black Prince himself had died on 8 June 1376. The middle years of Edward's reign were a period of significant legislative activity.
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