John Beauchamp (1384 - 1412)

Born 1 Aug 1384 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Edith (Stourton) Shottesbroke — married before 1410 in England

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1412 at age 27 in England

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Biography

John Beauchamp, Knt., de jure 3rd Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe, of Bletsoe and Keysoe, Bedfordshire, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, and Ashmore, Dorset.^[1] He had livery of his lands 1406-07.^[2]

Birth and Parentage

John was born 1 August 1384,^[3] son and heir of Roger Beauchamp, Knt., de jure 2nd Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe.^[4] The maiden name of John's mother, Mary, is not known.^[1]

Marriages

First Marriage to Margaret Holand

Married shortly before 23 January 1405/6 Margaret Holand, daughter of John Holand, Knt., by his 2nd wife Margaret (no issue).^[1]

Second Marriage to Edith Stourton

Married before 1410 Edith Stourton,^[1] sister of William and John Stourton,^[5] "daughter of John Stourton, Knt., of Stourton, Wiltshire, Escheater of Somerset and Dorset, presumably by his 2nd wife, Alice",^[1] but possibly by his 1st wife Lettice.^[6][7]

Children

John and Margaret had no children. By Edith, he had one son and one daughter:^[1]

• John Beauchamp (c1411-20 July 1420), died unmarried^[8]
• Margaret Beauchamp (c1410-1482),^[9] married (1) Oliver St John, Knt. (died 1437); (2) John Beaufort, K.G., Duke of Somerset (died 1444); (3) Lionel Welles, K.G., 6th Lord Welles (died 1461)^[10]

Will and Death

Sir John Beauchamp left a will dated 21 February 1411/12, proved 10 December 1414.^[1] He died 13 April 1412.^[11][2]

In his will, John^[12]

• described himself as son and heir of Roger Beauchamp
• left £40 for the marriage of his sister Catherine
• left £20 to his daughter Margaret
• appointed his wife Edith executor

Remarriage of Edith & Her 2nd Husband

John's widow Edith married (as his first wife) Robert Shottesbrook, Knt., before 28 March 1421.^[11]

Their daughter, Eleanor Shottesbrook, married c1439 John Cheyne, Knt. (c1410-1467). John and Eleanor had eight sons and one daughter. Eleanor died before November 1487.^[11]

Edith died 13 June 1441, and Robert married (2), before 1449, Isabel _____, widow of John Barton the younger of Thornton, Buckinghamshire. Isabel died 1457. Robert died before 3 July 1474. Robert and Isabel had no issue.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume III, pages 472-475 SAINT JOHN 8, 9.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, II:45, XIV:75.
3. ↑ GenMedieval list, post by Douglas Richardson, 11 July 2019, updating his file on John Beauchamp with birth date: "1 August 1384 (aged 21 on 1 August 1405)". The file still shows Edith as "presumably" the daughter of Alice.
4. ↑ John's birth location is not given by Richardson. His father Roger was "born at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire in Sept. 1362 (aged 13 in 1375, aged 17 in 1380)... died 3 May 1406." (Magna Carta Ancestry, III:472-475 SAINT JOHN 8, 9.
5. ↑ The History of Parliament Online: Sir Roger Beauchamp (1362-1406); Edith's brother William Stourton ( -1413)
6. ↑ From Edith's profile: "Edith is said to have been daughter of Lettice", according to ThePeerage.com: Edith Stourton, which cites
   • G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 44.
     

   The archive.org copy does not mention Edith's mother (II:44). Research is continuing (see this G2G discussion). ThePeerage.com is not considered a reliable source (see "Databases" on the Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page).

7. ↑ On page 300, footnote f, The Complete peerage : or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times v. 12, part 1 (1953): "...18 Mar. 1374... for John de Stourton and Alice his wife... his wives Lettice and Alice", implying he was married to Alice by 1374 and that Lettice was his previous wife. Considering John Beauchamp's birth estimate of c1385, it seems unlikely that Edith would have been born prior to 1374.
   

   See also this Rootsweb page, which has a transcription of the CP entry/footnote just cited (XII/1:300).

8. ↑ Richardson's Royal Ancestry, IV:528 SAINT JOHN 14.ii.
9. ↑ Aged 11 in 1421; she was heiress to her brother in 1420. She died "shortly before 3 June 1482". (Richardson, Royal Ancestry, IV:528-529 SAINT JOHN 15.)
   

   Note: Richardson's 2011 Magna Carta Ancestry says Margaret was his heiress in 1421. In his 2013 Royal Ancestry, the date has changed to 1420, but Margaret's "aged 11 in 1421" remains. (Magna Carta Ancestry, III:475 SAINT JOHN 10; Royal Ancestry, IV:528 SAINT JOHN 15.)

10. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, III:475 SAINT JOHN 10.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, IV:527 SAINT JOHN 14.
12. ↑ Nicholas Harris Nicolas. Testamenta Vetusta, Vol. I, Nochils and Son, 1826, p. 178, Internet Arcgive

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910-. See WikiTree's source page for The Complete Peerage.

See also the following sources (not recommended for Magna Carta Project profiles without corroboration - see the Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page):

• Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999.
• Frederick Lewis Weis, The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999.

Acknowledgements

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Magna Carta Project

John Beauchamp appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors Elizabeth and Thomas Boteler/Butler to Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun (vol. I, pages 218-220 BLETSOE). The trail from Elizabeth to Bohun was badged by the Magna Carta Project in September 2019 by Noland-165 and Thomas’s in 2020. The trail is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of Elizabeth Boteler's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".