Beauchamp (noble family, Worcester)

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The Beauchamp family was an Anglo-Norman aristocratic family who were the leading aristocratic family in Worcestershire from the 12th century and who inherited the office of sheriff of Worcestershire. It is to be distinguished from the Beauchamp family from Bedfordshire , whereby a relationship between the two is suspected, but has not yet been proven.

In 1267 William (V) de Beauchamp inherited the title of Earl of Warwick , which was traditionally associated with the possession of Warwick Castle . In 1444 Henry de Beauchamp was raised to the rank of Premier Earl of the Realm and was thus - after the Duke of Norfolk - the second highest peer in the kingdom. On April 14, 1445, he was appointed Duke of Warwick , but he died two months later, on June 11, 1445 without a male heir, whereby the duke title and the male line of the Beauchamp expired.

Another William de Beauchamp was appointed Baron Bergavenny (now Abergavenny) in 1392 , his son Richard was appointed Earl of Worcester in 1421 , and this title was soon lost (1422) due to a lack of male heirs.

In both cases (Warwick and Abergavenny), the Beauchamp family was inherited by the Nevill family .

The Beauchamp of Elmley

  1. NN (? Hugh de Beauchamp (* probably 1050/60; † probably 1114); ∞ Matilda)
    1. Walter (I.) de Beauchamp (* probably 1080/95; † between 1130 and May 1133) of Elmley Castle , Worcestershire [1114 - around 1130 Sheriff of Worcestershire]; ∞ before August 1114 NN (Emmeline), daughter of Urse d'Abetot [sheriff of Worcestershire around 1069–1108] and Adelisa
      1. William (I.) de Beauchamp († 1170), buried in Worcester , [Sheriff of Worcestershire]; ∞? Bertha de Briouse, probably daughter of NN de Briouse (probably William (II.) ( House of Braose ) and Bertha of Hereford) [after 1166 heiress of Brecon (Brecknock), Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye , daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford ] ( House of Pitres )
        1. William (II.) De Beauchamp († 1197) [Sheriff of Worcestershire]; ∞ Amice [de Salwarpe, sister of Odo de Salwarpe]
          1. William (III.) De Beauchamp (* probably 1194/96; † probably 1210/11)
          2. Walter (III.) De Beauchamp (* probably 1195/97; † April 14, 1236) [Sheriff of Worcestershire 1217-1233]; ∞ (1) after 1212 Joan Mortimer († 1225), daughter of Roger (III.) De Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers; ∞ (2) Angharad († probably 1280/83)
            1. (1) William (IV.) De Beauchamp († 1269, probably between January 7 and April 12) Sheriff of Worcester [1236–1269], buried in the Franciscan Church of Worcester; ∞ Isabel Mauduit († after January 7, 1269), daughter of William (IV.) Mauduit of Hanslope, Berkshire, and Alice of Warwick [sister of William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick ]
              1. William (V.) de Beauchamp (* probably 1237/41; † June 5 or 9, 1298 in Elmley), follows his maternal uncle as 9th Earl of Warwick in 1267 , followed his father in Elmley in 1268 and as hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire , buried in the Franciscan Church in Worcester; ∞ before January 7, 1269 Matilda FitzJohn († April 16/18, 1301), daughter of John Fitz Geoffrey of Shere (Surrey) [Justiciar of Ireland] and Isabel Bigod (daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk ), widow by Gerard de Furnivalle, buried in the Franciscan Church of Worcester - descendants see below
              2. John de Beauchamp († between 1261 and January 7, 1269) of Holt
              3. Walter de Beauchamp († after January 7, 1269) of [Powick and] Alcester, steward of King Edward I ; ∞? Alice de Tosny, daughter of Raoul (VI.) De Tosny and Pernel de Lacy ( Tosny House ) [descendants: the Barons Beauchamp of Powick (1447–1503)]
              4. Joan de Beauchamp († after 1298); ∞ (betrothal on September 8, 1254) Bartholomew de Sudeley († June 29, 1280 or earlier) son of [Ralph] de Sudeley and Imenia
              5. Isabel de Beauchamp († after January 7, 1269)
              6. Margaret de Beauchamp († after 1284); ∞ (marriage contract 1249) Hubert Hussey (Hose, Husee; † before July 12, 1275), son of Henry Hussey
              7. Sibylla de Beauchamp († after January 7, 1269)
              8. Sarah de Beauchamp († after July 1317); ∞ after January 7, 1269 Richard (VI.) Talbot (* probably 1249/50; † before September 3, 1306), son of Gilbert Talbot [of Linton and Credenhill] and Gwenllian of Dinefwr [daughter of Rhys Mechyll and Matilda de Braose ]
                1. Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (* 1276; † 1346)
            2. (1) James de Beauchamp († 1296, probably late September, early October)
            3. (1/2) Thomas, Walter and John de Beauchamp († before 1283)
            4. (2) Hugh de Beauchamp († after 1283)
          3. ? (illegitimate, mother unknown) Juliana
        2. Robert de Beauchamp († after 1209)
        3. Peter de Beauchamp († probably after 1194/95)
        4. John de Beauchamp
        5. ? Walter de Beauchamp
        6. ? Emma de Beauchamp († after September 1192); ∞ Ralph de Sudeley († before September 29, 1192), son of John deSudeley and Grace de Tracy
      2. ? Walter (II.) De Beauchamp († after 1166)
      3. Matilda de Beauchamp; ∞ Robert Marmion (V.) († probably before 1217) [Sheriff of Worcestershire], son of Robert Marmion (IV.)
    2. William Peveril (I.) de Beauchamp († probably 1151/57); ∞ NN
      1. William Peveril (II.) De Beauchamp († after 1166)

The Earls of Warwick

  1. William (V.) de Beauchamp (* probably 1237/41; † June 5 or 9, 1298 in Elmley), follows his maternal uncle as 9th Earl of Warwick in 1267 , followed his father in Elmley in 1268 and as hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire , buried in the Franciscan Church in Worcester; ∞ before January 7, 1269 Matilda FitzJohn († April 16/18, 1301), daughter of John Fitz Geoffrey of Shere (Surrey) [Justiciar of Ireland] and Isabel Bigod (daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk ), widow by Gerard de Furnivalle, buried in the Franciscan Church of Worcester - ancestors see above
    1. Guy de Beauchamp (* probably 1270/71; † between July 28 and early August 1315), 1298 Earl of Warwick, buried in Bordesley Abbey ; engaged (papal dispensation May 11, 1297) to Isabel de Clare , daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester , and Alice de Lusignan , the marriage did not take place; ∞ 1310, probably between January 12th and February 28th, Alice de Tosny, daughter of Raoul VI. de Tosny and Mary ( Tosny House ), widow of Thomas de Leyburn, she was third married to William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Mortimer
      1. Matilda de Beauchamp († July 28, 1369), buried in the Dominican Church in London; ∞ (1) Geoffrey de Say, Lord Say (* probably 1305; † June 26, 1359), son of Geoffrey Le Say and Idonia de Leyburn; ∞ (2?) Edmund († before October 30, 1369), buried in the Dominican Church in London
      2. Elizabeth de Beauchamp; ∞ Thomas de Astley, Lord Astley († after May 3, 1366), son of Giles de Astley and Alice
      3. Thomas de Beauchamp (born February 14, 1314, † November 13, 1369 in Calais ), 1316 Earl of Warwick, buried in St Mary's in Warwick; ∞ (Papal dispensation April 19, 1319) Katherine de Mortimer († 1369, probably between August 4 and September 6), daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March , and Joan de Geneville (Joinville), granddaughter of Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville , Justiciar of Ireland , buried at St. Mary's in Warwick
        1. Joan de Beauchamp; ∞ 1338, probably in May, Ralph Basset (* probably 1334/35; † May 10, 1390), son of Ralph Basset, Lord Basset (of Drayton), and Joan de Gray, buried in Lichfield Cathedral
        2. Guy de Beauchamp († April 28, 1360 in France), buried in Vendôme ; ∞ before 1353 Philippa de Ferrers († before August 10, 1384), daughter of Henry de Ferrers, Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Isabel de Verdun
          1. Katherine de Beauchamp (* probably 1352/53; † after April 1, 1400), nun in the Gilbertine priory in Shouldham
          2. ? Margaret de Beauchamp († after September 26, 1359), nun in the Gilbertine priory in Shouldham
          3. Elizabeth de Beauchamp (* after September 26, 1359, † after August 4, 1369)
        3. Thomas de Beauchamp (* before May 16, 1339 - † April 8, 1401), 1369 Earl of Warwick, buried in St. Mary's in Warwick; ∞ before April 1381 Margaret de Ferrers († January 22, 1407), daughter of William de Ferrers, Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Margaret de Ufford
          1. Richard (born January 25 or 28, 1382; † April 30, 1439 in Rouen ), 1401 Earl of Warwick, May 19, 1419 Comte d'Aumale , July 16, 1437 Lieutenant-général et Gouverneur de France et de Normandie, buried at St. Mary's in Warwick; ∞ (1) before October 5, 1397 Elizabeth Berkeley (* after 1385; † December 28, 1422), Baroness Berkeley, Baroness Lisle, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley and Margaret, Baroness Lisle, buried in Kingswood Abbey ; ∞ (2) November 26, 1423 at Hanley Castle Isabel le Despencer (born July 26, 1400 in Cardiff , † December 27, 1439 in the Minorite Convent London), daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester , and Constance of York , Widow of Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (see below)
            1. (1) Margaret (1404 - 14 June 1467), buried in St Paul's, London ; ∞ September 6, 1425 at Warwick Castle John Talbot, Lord Talbot (* around 1387; † July 17, 1453 in the Battle of Castillon ), 1441 Earl of Shrewsbury , son of Richard Talbot, Lord Talbot and Ankaret Lestrange Baroness Strange, buried in St. Alkmund's, Whitchurch (Shropshire) [whose descendant John Dudley was named Earl of Warwick and later Duke of Northumberland ]
            2. (1) Eleanor (born September 1408 in Wedgnock (Warwickshire), † March 6, 1467 in Baynard's Castle ); ∞ (1) Thomas de Ros, Lord de Ros (born September 26, 1406 at Belvoir Castle , † August 18, 1430 in France), son of William de Ros, Lord de Ros , and Margaret Arundel; ∞ (2) probably 1431/35 Edmund Beaufort, Earl of Somerset (* probably 1406 - 22 May 1455 in the First Battle of St Albans ), son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret de Holand ( House Plantagenet ); ∞ (3) Walter Rokesley
            3. (1) Elizabeth (* 1417; † 1480); ∞ (1) George Nevill, Lord Latimer († 1469); ∞ (2) Thomas Wake
            4. Henry (born March 21, 1425 at Hanley Castle; † June 11, 1446 the.), 1439 Earl of Warwick, Comte d'Aumale, April 5, 1445 Duke of Warwick, buried in Tewkesbury Abbey ; ∞ 1434 Cicely Neville († July 28, 1450), daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury , and Alice Montagu, 5th Countess of Salisbury , buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, she was second married to John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
              1. Anne (February 1444 in Cardiff , † January 3, 1449 in Ewelme ), 1446 Countess of Warwick, buried in Reading Abbey
            5. (2) Anne (* 1426 probably in April in Caversham ; † before September 20, 1492), 1449 Countess of Warwick; ∞ 1434 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (22 November 1428 - 14 April 1471 at the Battle of Barnet ), 1449 Earl of Warwick, 1460 Earl of Salisbury, son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury , and Alice Montagu, 5th Countess of Salisbury , buried in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire ( House Neville )
        4. Matilda de Beauchamp († 1403, probably January / February); ∞ Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford (July 10, 1333 - July 13, 1389), son of Robert (II.) De Clifford, Lord Clifford , and Isabel de Berkeley
        5. Philippa de Beauchamp; ∞ Hugh Stafford († 1386), 1372 Earl of Stafford, son of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , and Margaret de Audley, buried in Stone Priory
        6. William de Beauchamp († May 8, 1411), 1392 Lord Abergavenny, buried in the Dominican Church in Hereford ; ∞ Joan FitzAlan (* 1375, † November 14, 1435), daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel , and Elizabeth de Bohun [daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton ], buried in the Dominican Church in Hereford
          1. Richard , (probably 1397 - March 18, 1422), 1411 Lord Bergavenny, February 1421 1st Earl of Worcester, buried in Tewkesbury Abbey; ∞27. July 1411 in Tewkesbury Abbey Isabel Le Despencer (* posthumously July 26, 1400 in Cardiff , † December 27, 1439 in the Minorite Convent London), daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester , and Constance of York , she was married in second marriage Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (specified above)
            1. Elizabeth (born September 16, 1415 at Hanley Castle, † June 18, 1448) 1422 Baroness Abergavenny, buried in the Carmelite Church in Coventry ; ∞ before October 18, 1424 Edward Nevill , Lord Abergavenny, de iure uxoris († October 18, 1476), son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort ( House of Neville )
          2. Joan and Elizabeth de Beauchamp, 1408 attested
        7. Alice de Beauchamp († after August 4, 1369)
        8. Margaret de Beauchamp († after August 4, 1369); ∞ (Papal dispensation July 1347) Guy de Montfort († before 1370), son of Piers (III.) De Montfort, Lord Montfort, and probably Margaret de Furnivalle
        9. Isabel († September 29, 1416), March 21, 1382 nun, buried in Campsey Priory ; ∞ (1) after September 6, 1369 John Le Strange, Lord Strange (* probably 1352/53; † August 3, 1375), son of John Le Strange, Lord Strange, and Mary FitzAlan of Arundel; ∞ (2) June 12, 1376 or earlier William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (* probably 1339; † February 15, 1382), son of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk , and Margaret de Norwich, buried in Campsey Priory
        10. ? Elizabeth de Beauchamp; ∞ Thomas de Ufford († before November 4, 1369), son of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk , and Margaret de Norwich
      4. John de Beauchamp (1315–2 December 1360), 1344 founding member of the Order of the Garter , 1350 Lord Beauchamp, buried in St Mary's in Warwick
    2. other sons
    3. Isabella de Beauchamp († 1306); ∞ (1) Patrick de Chaworth († before July 7, 1283), son of Patrick de Chaworth and Hawise of London ; ∞ (2) probably 1286 Hugh le Despenser (* 1261; † executed 1326), 1295 Lord le Despencer, 1322 Earl of Winchester, son of Hugh Le Despenser and Aline Basset
    4. 2 daughters [Anne and Amy de Beauchamp] (both † after September 14, 1296), nuns in the Gilbertine priory in Shouldham

Web links

  • Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Untitled English Nobility A - C, Beauchamp ( online , accessed July 27, 2020)
  • Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, England, Earls created 1067–1122, Earls of Warwick 1263–1449 (Beauchamp) ( online , accessed July 28, 2020)

Remarks

  1. ↑ see Beauchamp (family, Bedford)
  2. ↑ Information in square brackets does not come from the specified sources, but from associated Wikipedia articles
  3. ↑ Cawley suspects a relationship with the Peverel family