Roger Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Bletso
Roger Beauchamp | |
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| Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe | |
Sir Roger Beauchamp Philip de Beauchamp Margaret de Beauchamp | |
| Father | Roger de Beauchamp |
Roger Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of
Family
Roger de Beauchamp, perhaps born about 1315, was the son and heir of Roger de Beauchamp,[3] a younger son of Walter de Beauchamp (Steward to Edward I) and Alice de Tosny, daughter of Roger de Tosny of Flamstead, Hertfordshire.[4][5]
Career
Beauchamp was a
He died 3 January 1380. In his will, dated 19 December 1379 and proved 26 February 1380, he requested burial at the Blackfriars, London, beside his first wife.[1][2]
Marriages and issue
Beauchamp married firstly, before 15 March 1337, Sibyl de Patteshull (d. before 1375), heiress of Bletsoe, one of the four daughters and co-heiresses of Sir John de Pateshull (c.1291–1349)[7] of Bletsoe,[8] by his wife Mabel de Grandison, a daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, by whom he had two sons and a daughter:[1][2]
- Sir Roger Beauchamp (d. before 15 May 1374), who married Joan de Clopton, widow of Sir Walter de Walcote, and daughter of William de Clopton. Sir Roger had a son—perhaps by an unknown first wife[9]—Roger Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe (1362–1406), the grandfather of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, grandmother of Henry VII.[2][10] He also had a daughter, Margaret Beauchamp, who married Robert Mauteby, esquire.
- Philip de Beauchamp (born c. 1338), Archdeacon of Exeter. He was a godson of Philippa of Hainault.[10]
- Margaret de Beauchamp, who married, firstly, Sir John de Blanchminster of Wighill, Yorkshire, and, secondly, Sir Gilbert Talbot of Wadley, Berkshire.
He married secondly Margaret de Carew (died c. 2 October 1394), sister of William de Carew, and widow of Thomas de Grandison, 4th Baron Grandison (d. 1375), by whom he had no issue.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Richardson III 2011, p. 471.
- ^ a b c d e Cokayne 1912, pp. 44–5.
- ^ Roger has sometimes been presented to be a younger son of Giles de Beauchamp, son of Walter de Beauchamp. However, this is not possible, as Roger was active in the mid- to late 1330s, implying a date of birth earlier than that of Giles's eldest son. See note at the medievalgenealogy.org.uk website for further details. (Accessed 2020-03-02).
- ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 470.
- ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 239.
- ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 470–1.
- ^ "Pateshull, Simon de (D.1274)".
- ^ 'Parishes: Bletsoe', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 40-43. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/beds/vol3/pp40-43
- ^ George Edward Cokayne, edited by Peter W. Hammond (1998). The Complete Peerage Vol. 14 (Addenda and Corrigenda), p.75
- ^ a b Richardson III 2011, p. 472.
References
- Cokayne, George Edward (1912). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. II. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 44–5.
- ISBN 978-1449966386.)
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External links
- Stirnet: Beauchamp02 (URL points to Sir Roger's position on the page) (subscription required)