John Devereux , 2nd Baron Devereux John Devereux , 2nd Baron Devereux , KG , was a politician of the reign of King Richard II of England . He was the son of William Devereux . From 1384 he was summoned frequently to Parliament , and in 1377 he was appointed to the King 's council , in 1378 he was made constable of Leeds Castle for life , and from 1380 the Captain of the city of Calais . In 1387 he succeeded Simon de Burley as Constable of Dover Castle and made a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports , also having been with the lords appellant at Waltham Cross . In 1386 he was one of the Council of 11 appointed to govern England . From 1386 to 1390 ( and perhaps longer ) he was steward of the King 's household . In 1394 John Devereux died in possession , by the right of his wife , of the manor of Penshurst , Kent . He was also lord of the manor of Donyngton in Buckinghamshire . Preceded by : Sir Simon de Burley Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1387–1392 Succeeded by : The Lord Beaumont Further Reading : Project Gutenberg 's Chaucer 's Official Life , by James Root Hulbert . This biography of a peer or noble of the United Kingdom , or its constituent countries , is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : 1394 deaths | Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports | British nobility stubs Sir Simon de Burley Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1387–1392 The Lord Beaumont 