William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont

William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (* 1438 in Edenham , Lincolnshire ; † 1507 ) was an English nobleman.

Life

William Beaumont was the only son of his father, John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont and Elisabeth Phelip. He was born on an unknown day in 1438 in Edenham, Lincolnshire , and was baptized there on April 23, 1438. In 1460 he inherited the English titles of 2nd Viscount Beaumont and 7th Baron Beaumont from his father , as well as the titles Vicomte de Beaumont and Comte de Boulogne , which were based on the part of France controlled by the English crown . In 1447 he inherited his grandmother's extensive estates in Norfolk and also claimed the title Baron Bardolf , which was historically related to this, created in 1299 and revoked from his great-grandfather in 1406 , without this being legally granted to him. He died on December 19, 1507 without a male heir.

Military and political career

Like his father, he was a firm believer in the Lancasters. In the Wars of the Roses , both father and son fought for the Kings from the House of Lancaster (red rose) against the pretenders and kings from the House of York (white rose). William Beaumont fought in the Battle of Northampton , in which his father fell, and in the Battle of Towton , so unfortunate for the House of Lancaster , in which William Beaumont was captured by the Yorkists. By parliamentary resolution ( Bill of Attainder ) of November 1, 1461 he was ostracized and stripped of his title; his lands were confiscated. After the House of Lancaster with King Henry VI. In 1470 came back to power, his property and his titles were restituted. But as early as 1471 the House of York regained the upper hand with King Edward IV . William Beaumont was outlawed again, but escaped to the island of St. Michael's Mount , which he successfully defended against the Yorkists with the Earl of Oxford for the House of Lancaster until December 1473. In 1474, however, he was captured again, but was then freed in 1485 by Henry VII of the House of Tudor , who had just come to power , the pretender of the House of Lancaster, and reinstated in all his rights and titles by parliamentary resolution of November 7, 1485 . Since he had no male heirs, the English Viscountcy and the French titles expired on his death, while his English baronies Bardolf and Beaumont in Abeyance between the grandchildren of his sister Joan Beaumont († 1466) from the line of descendants from her first marriage to John Lovel, 8. Baron Lovel fell.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Complete Peerage Volume II, p. 63, Alan Sutton, London 1982
2. ^ The Complete Peerage Volume II, pp. 63-66, Alan Sutton, London 2000

predecessor	Office	successor
John Beaumont	Viscount Beaumont 1460-1507	Title expired
John Beaumont	Baron Beaumont 1460-1507	Title dormant