Emmeline (Abitot) de Beauchamp (abt. 1076)

Born about 1076 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Walter (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp — married before Aug 1114 in England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in England [uncertain]

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Biography

She was a daughter of Urso d'Abitot, constable of the castle of Worcester and hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire (who was brother of Robert le Despenser, steward to the Conqueror).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

That her name was Emmeline was first noted by Dugdale in his work of the 17th century.^[1] There are, however, no primary sources which verify her name was Emmeline.

She married Walter de Beauchamp.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]}

Children:

• William de Beauchamp/de Bellocampo^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]} (may have married Berta or Maud, daughter of William Braose^[3][4]; succeeded his father as dispencer before 1133^[8])
• [uncertain] Walter de Beauchamp^[8]

Regrading her son William:

Willelmus de Bello campo omnibus ministris suis et ballivis de Wirecestre scira salutem, Sciatis me concessise et confirmasse donationem illam, quam pater meus Walterus fecit Priori et Monachis de Wirecestria de una virgata terrae quam Elfredus capellanus Ursonis de Abbetot avi mei tenuit. Et volo, ut teneant eam liberam et quietam de geldis et omnibus secularibus exactionibus, sicut elemosinam patris mei et matris meae. [Confirmation by William de Bellocampo of a gift made by his father Walter of land held by William's grandfather Urso Abbitot].^[10]

Regarding Walter:

In 1166 a Walter de Bellocampo held half a fee in Worcestershire of the Abbey of Westminster.^[9]

Lands

Elmley Castle was the caput of the Worcestershire honour of the Beauchamps. The chief part of the honour descended to them from Urse the Sheriff, but Elmley Castle came to them from Robert, Urse's brother. The honour seems to have consisted of the land which Urse held of the Bishop of Worcester in 1086, and was held in 1166 and in the 13th century by the Beauchamps for fifteen knights' fees.^[7]

The manors of Wick, Holt and Little Witley, in Worcestershire, were held by Urso D'Abitot and passed to the Beauchamps.^[11]

Urso D'Abitot's lands at Redmarley, Worcestershire, passed to his descendants the Beauchamps, who continued as mesne lords until they acquired the manor at the beginning of the 15th century.^[12]

Death

Her year of death is unknown.

Her husband died between 1130 and 1133.^[9]

Research Notes

According to Baker^[3] Walter de Beauchamp had a son Stephen de Beauchamp who married Isolde, daughter of Robert Ferrers. However, Isolde was said to be a widow in 1185, with a son aged four and five daughters.^[13] In Medlands^[8], Stephen was placed as a son of a Richard de Beauchamp.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Dugdale, W. The Baronage of England. Published London, 1675-1676, p 226 Link.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Clutterbuck, R. The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford. Vol 1, 1815, p 358 Beauchamp Pedigree Family Search.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Baker, G. History and Antiquities of The County of Northampton. Vol. II, 1844, pp 218-219 Internet Archive.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. 1866, pp 29-30 Google Books.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Bund, J W W. The Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the County of Worcester: From their commencement in 1242 to the end of the 13th century. The Worcestershire Historical Society. 1894, p viii Google Books.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ellis, A S. On the Landholders of Gloucestershire named in Domesday Book. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol IV, 1879-1880, pp 86-198 (see pp 183-184) Internet Archive.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} 'Parishes: Elmley Castle', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3 (London, 1913), pp. 338-346. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp338-346 [accessed 24 January 2024].
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Medieval Lands: Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire FMG.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Keats-Rohan, K S B. Domesday Descendants. A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166. II. Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. 2002, p 315.
10. ↑ Hale, W H. Registrum sive Liber Irrotularius et Consuetudinarius Prioratus Beatae Mariae Wigorniensis. 1865, 92a Internet Archive.
11. ↑ 'Parishes: Holt', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3 (London, 1913), pp. 401-408. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp401-408 [accessed 28 January 2024].
12. ↑ 'Parishes: Redmarley d'Abitot', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3 (London, 1913), pp. 481-486. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp481-486 [accessed 29 January 2024].
13. ↑ 'Parishes: Barnwell All Saints', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1930), pp. 173-176. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/northants/vol3/pp173-176 [accessed 24 January 2024].