Born about in Hereford, Hertfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hugh (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp
and Philippa (Trailli) de Beauchamp
Sister of
Oliver (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp, Hugh (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp and Miles (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp
Wife of
William (Malbank) Malbanc
— married
about 1169 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Philippa (Malbank) Basset and Auda (Malbank) de Vernon
Died after
after about age 30
in England
Profile last modified
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Biography
Alda Beauchamp was born circa 1155, aged 30 in 1185.[1]
She was the daughter of Hugh de Bellocampo [Beauchamp].[1]
Alda was married to William Maubanc before 1169, their eldest daughter was aged 16 in 1185.[1]
In 1185, King Henry II of England ordered a survey by a company of judges of the "ladies, boys and girls" who should be wards in the Lord King's gift which was used to compile Rotuli de Dominabus, a catalogue of widows, heirs and heiresses, describing their attributes of interest to a prospective spouse or custodian, such as age, pedigree, value of ward's holding and stock.[2] Alda, the daughter of Hugh de Bellocampo [Beauchamp], listed on the roll for Brerford (Barford) hundred, Bedfordshire, because she was the widow of William Maubanc [Malbank] and in the gift of the Lord King, was described as being 30 years, with 4 daughters, of whom the firstborn was 16 years, and in the custody of Hugh de Bellocampo. Cokesdune, Alda's maritagium, was worth £9 yearly, and with 3 turnplows, 100 sheep, 5 cows, 1 bull, 5 pigs and 1 boar, would be a strong £12.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus [1185], The Pipe Roll Society, XXXV being Part II of Volume XXXIV (1913), 30-31, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/piperollsociety35pipeuoft/page/30/mode/1up : accessed 15 November, 2022).
- ↑ Doris Mary Stenton, The English Woman in History, (London: Allen & Unwin; New York: Macmillan, 1957), 38-40, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/englishwomaninhi0000sten/page/38/mode/1up accessed 20 March, 2022).
- Collections for the History of Staffordshire (Staffordshire Record Society, 1881)
- Vol. 2, Page 7: "Alda Malbanc, who later in her widowhood resumed her maiden name of Beauchamp, was widow of William, the last Baron of Wich Malbanc. The latter inherited Great Sandon (Staffordshire), form his father and grandfather. The grandfather had received it soon after Domesday, from Hugh, Earl of Chester."
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Alda, who is the daughter of Hugh de Beauchamp and the wife of William Malbanc, is gifted by the King and is thirty years old; she has four daughters, the eldest is sixteen years old and in the custody of Hugh de Beauchamp. Cokesdune is her marigatum, its value is nine pounds. And it has three plows, one hundred sheep, five cows, one bull, fifty hogs and fifty boars that are worth twelve pounds.
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