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William de Beaumont was born about 1139, the first son and heir of Roger de Beaumont and Gunreda de Warenne. [1] He succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick in 1153[2] but did not play a part in politics and his name is not mentioned in any royal charters.[1] William founded the hospital[3] and chapel of St John the Baptist at Warwick, was a benefactor of the Templars, ratified gifts to monastic bodies and gave a grant to the Burgesses of Swansea.[1]
Marriages
William married firstly Margaret or Margery D'Eiville, daughter of John D'Eiville, [4] however Medlands states that Margery's identity has not been confirmed by a primary source.[4] His second marriage was before 28 December 1175 Maud or Matilda, daughter of William de Percy. He left no issue from either marriage. William died in the Holy Lands on 15 November 1184.[5]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 George E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom : Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910) Vol. XII part 2, p. 362
↑ Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville Warwick, Warwick Castle and Its Earls, from Saxon Times to the Present Day, vol. I (London: Hutchinson, 1903), p.61.
↑ 4.04.1 Cawley, Charles. “Medieval Lands : A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,” WILLIAM Earl of Warwick
↑ George E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom : Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910), Vol XII part 2, p.363 footnote (d).
See also:
Annales de Waverleia, p. 235.
Beaumont, Edward T. The Beaumonts in History A.D. 850 - 1850. Oxford, c1929, chapter 3. [1]
Cawley, Charles. “Medieval Lands : A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,” [2]
Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom : Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Vol. XII/2, p.363.
Collins, A. & Brydges, E. (1812). "Percy, Duke of Northumberland." Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Vol. II. pp. 225. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son. Google Books.
Jones, William Henry. History of Swansea and the Lordship of Gower (W. Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen , Wales, 1920) Page 263: "William, temp. Henry II.; 3rd earl (who granted the first charter to Swansea), died 1184."
Cawley, Charles. “Medieval Lands : A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,” WILLIAM Earl of Warwick
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