Thomas (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp KG (bef. 1339 - 1401)

Born before 16 Mar 1339 in Castle Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Ferrers) Beauchamp — married [date unknown] in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1401 after age 62 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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Thomas and Katherine (Mortimer) Beauchamp's son Thomas became the 12th Earl of Warwick. He married Margaret Ferrers, with whom he had a son, Richard, who became the 13th Earl of Warwick, and two daughters: Katherine and Margaret.^[1]

Biography

Prefix Sir Suffix 12th Earl of Warwick Born Bef 16 Mar 1338-1339 of, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location [7, 11] Died 8 Apr 1401 [1, 7, 12, 13] Buried Saint Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location [14] KINSHIP: Second, but 1st surviving son and heir male.

Birth and Marriage

He was the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer,^[2] a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and succeeded his father in 1369. He married Margaret Ferrers, daughter of Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Margaret d'Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk.

Father Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, b. 14 Feb 1313-1314, Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 13 Nov 1369, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location Mother Katherine de Mortimer, Countess of Warwick, of, , Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 4 Aug-6 Sep 1369 Married 19 Apr 1319

Family Margaret de Ferrers, d. 22 Jan 1406-1407 Married Bef Apr 1381 [11]

Children

1. Margaret Beauchamp, b. Abt 1370, d. Yes, date unknown
2. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, b. 28 Jan 1381-1382, of, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 30 Apr 1439, Roüen, Seine-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location
3. Catherine Beauchamp, d. Yes, date unknown
4. Elizabeth Beauchamp, d. Yes, date unknown^[3]

Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG (16 March 1338 – 8 April 1401[1]) was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.

Royal Service

Knighted around 1355,[2] Beauchamp accompanied John of Gaunt in campaigns in France in 1373, and around that time was made a Knight of the Garter. In the parliaments of 1376 and 1377 he was one of those appointed to supervise reform of King Richard II's government. When these were not as effective as hoped, Beauchamp was made Governor over the King. He brought a large contingent of soldiers and archers to King Richard's Scottish campaign of 1385.

Conflict with King Richard II

In 1387 he was one of the Lords Appellant, who endeavored to separate Richard from his favorites. After Richard regained power, Beauchamp retired to his estates, but was charged with high treason in 1397, supposedly as a part of the Earl of Arundel's alleged conspiracy. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London (in what is now known as the "Beauchamp Tower"), pleaded guilty and threw himself on the mercy of the king. He forfeited his estates and titles, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on the Isle of Man. The next year, however, he was moved back to the Tower, until he was released in August 1399 after Henry Bolingbroke's initial victories over King Richard II.

Restored by Bolingbroke

After Bolingbroke deposed Richard and became king as Henry IV, Beauchamp was restored to his titles and estates. He was one of those who urged the new King to execute Richard, and accompanied King Henry against the rebellion of 1400.

Death

He died on 8 April 1401.^[4] His heir was his son Richard.^[4]

Burial

Saint Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Research Notes

Richardson does not give any details in either Magna Carta Ancestry or Royal Ancestry about Thomas and Margaret's daughters.^[1][5]

From when this profile was for John Beauchamp: Burial 1361, St. Mary's, Warwick. The John Beauchamp who married Alice, daughter of Thomas and Katherine (Mortimer) Beauchamp, died without children in 1361.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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 I, pages 134-150 BEAUCHAMP.
2. ↑ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy:The Lords Appellant under Richard II, (University of Miami Press, 1971), 1.
3. ↑ Richardson does not show a daughter Elizabeth, although many online trees do (see Beauchamp-79 for details)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 447-509', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 155-167. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol18/pp155-167 [accessed 26 January 2022].
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume I, page 296 BEAUCHAMP 12.

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