Richard Beauchamp is in a trail badged by the Magna Carta Project to surety barons Henry de Bohun and Robert de Vere (see text below).
Note: Richard Beauchamp, K.B., Earl of Worcester, is the cousin of Richard Beauchamp, K.G., K.B., Earl of Warwick. They both married Isabel le Despenser, and both had daughters named Elizabeth (see below).
Richard Beauchamp, K.B., Earl of Worcester, Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches, Captain of Coutances, Dreux, Neufflé, and Gizors[1] and 2nd Lord Abergavenny (1411).[2]
Vitals
Richard was born about 1397 (aged 14 in 1411). He married Isabel le Despenser at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on 27 July 1411 and they had one daughter, Elizabeth. Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, was killed at the Siege of Meaux in France on March 18, 1421/2 and was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.[1][2]
Parents
Father:William Beauchamp, K.G., 1st Lord Bergavenny,[3] fourth son of Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G., Earl of Warwick, by Katherine de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer[2] by Joan, daughter of Peter de Geneville (or Joinville), Knt.[1]
Mother:Joan Arundel, daughter of Richard de Arundel, K.G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, by Elizabeth, daughter of William de Bohun, K.G., 1st Earl of Northampton,[1] by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere.[3][4]
Wife
Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, K.G., Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord le Despenser, by Constance of York, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., Duke of York, (fifth son of King Edward III of England)[1] by Isabel, younger daughter and co-heiress of Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile and Léon,[4][5] married Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, on July 27, 1411 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.[1]
Daughter
Elizabeth, born at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, on September 16, 1415[2] (aged 18 in 1436), married Sir Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny, youngest son of Richard Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Lord Neville of Raby, by his second wife, Joan Beaufort, legitimized daughter of John of Gaunt, K.G., (son of King Edward III).[1]
Research Notes
Isabel's second husband was her first husband's cousin. She married first to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, and second to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.6 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume 1, page 166, BERGAVENNY #8
↑ 4.04.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume 2, page 191, FITZ ALAN #7.iv; page 78, DESPENSER 9.ii.
↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013) Vol. II, page 453, DESPENSER #14.
Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: 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, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1910-). See also WikiTree's source page.
Lloyd, Jacob. The History of Powys Fadog, (London: T. Richards, 1881), online at GoogleBooks, Vol. 1, page 392.
Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire]. (London: Henry Colburn, 1839), page 7 retrieved 15 Jan 2020.
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Medieval Land Project has Isabel married to two Richard Beauchamps but lists the fathers as either "Henry" or "Thomas" Beauchamp. Otherwise it all tracks. Did William Beauchamp go by more than one name?
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 335 BERKELEY 8a.
Child of Thomas Berkeley, Knt., by Margaret Lisle:
Elizabeth Berkeley, married Richard Beauchamp, KG.K.B.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 297 BEAUCHAMP 13.
Richard Beauchamp, married (1st) Sept. 1392 but before 5 October 1397 Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, by Margaret, daughter of Warin de Lisle. She was born about 1386-7. They had three daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Elizabeth. He married (2nd) 26 Nov. 1423 Isabel Le Despenser, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one son, Henry (or Harry), and one daughter, Anne.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 319 BERGAVENNY 13.
Richard Beauchamp, born about 1397. He married Isabel Le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Thank you!
On 5 May 2013 at 21:52 GMT J Pictet wrote:
Warning: she married two cousins with identical names.
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#IsabelDespencerdied1439
Thomas is the father of Richard, Earl of Warwick. See that Richard's MedLands' entry: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#RichardWarwickdied1439
Child of Thomas Berkeley, Knt., by Margaret Lisle:
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 297 BEAUCHAMP 13.
Richard Beauchamp, married (1st) Sept. 1392 but before 5 October 1397 Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, by Margaret, daughter of Warin de Lisle. She was born about 1386-7. They had three daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Elizabeth. He married (2nd) 26 Nov. 1423 Isabel Le Despenser, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one son, Henry (or Harry), and one daughter, Anne.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 319 BERGAVENNY 13.
Richard Beauchamp, born about 1397. He married Isabel Le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Thank you!
Warning: she married two cousins with identical names.