Walter Reynell (died 1478)


Walter Reynell of Malston in the parish of Sherford, Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1454/5.

Origins

He was a son of Walter Reynell a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1404, by his second wife Margaret Stighull, daughter and heiress of William Stighull of Malston and East Ogwell, by his wife Elizabeth Malston, daughter and heiress of Robert Malston of Malston. His younger brother was John Reynell, a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1427/8, who married Agnes Chichester, a daughter of the Chichester family then recently seated at Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon.

Marriage and children

He married Joane Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme in Devon. This marriage is symbolised on the base of the monument in East Ogwell Church to the couple's great-grandson Richard Reynell, MP, namely an heraldic escutcheon on the base of his chest tomb displaying the arms of Reynell impaling Walrond. By his wife he had children including: