William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny

Coat of arms of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny

William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny (* between 1330 and 1340; † May 8, 1411 ) was an English nobleman .

In 1376 King Edward III took him . as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter . In 1383 he was captain of the city fortress Calais .

In the childless death of his maternal relative, John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke , he received the Honor and Lordship of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire , including Abergavenny Castle, from his estate in 1389 . In 1392 he was appointed to Parliament by King Richard II's Writ of Summons and thereby elevated to hereditary Baron Bergavenny . In 1399 he held the offices of Justiciars of South Wales and Governor of Pembroke . On the occasion of the threat from the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr , he had Abergavenny Castle reinforced with a new gatehouse around 1400 .

According to his will, he was to be buried in the Dominican monastery in Hereford .

From his marriage to Lady Joan FitzAlan (1375–1435), daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel , he had two children:

Elizabeth Beauchamp († 1430) ⚭ James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde ;
Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester , 2nd Baron Bergavenny (around 1397–1422).

Individual evidence

^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 4.

Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 13.
George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs (Ed.): The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant . Volume 1, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 2000, p. 24 ff.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Bergavenny 1392-1411	Richard Beauchamp

personal data
SURNAME	Beauchamp, William, 1st Baron Bergavenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman and military leader
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1330 and 1340
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1411