Ida (Longespée) de Beauchamp (abt. 1208 - bef. 1270)

Born about 1208 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1270 before about age 62 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

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Disambiguation: According to Douglas Richardson, William Longespée and his wife Ela Countess of Salisbury had two daughters named Ida: one who married Walter Fitz Robert, and a second who married Ralph de Somery and William de Beauchamp.^[1][2] Not everyone agrees. See the Research Notes below. The relationships currently shown on Wikitree follow Douglas Richardson's view.

Biography

Ida Longespée was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Birth and Parentage

Ida, or Idonea as she is sometimes recorded, was the daughter of William Longespée and Ela, Countess of Salisbury.^[3] Her birth date is uncertain but when her parents married in 1198 her mother was probably only about eight^[3], so Ida was probably born in about 1208.

Marriages and Children

Her first husband was Ralph de Somery. He died before 1220, when she remarried,^[3] so she must have been married to Ralph de Somery while she was a child. They appear to have had no children.

In 1220 she married William de Beauchamp^[3][4], the Latin form of whose last name is de Bello Campo, so she is referred to as "de Bello Campo" in some records. They had seven children:

• Simon^[5]
• William^[5]
• John^[5]
• Joan^[5]
• Maud^[5]
• Ela^[5]
• Beatrice^[5]

William de Beauchamp died on the Sunday after 15 August (the feast of the assumption of the Virgin Mary) 1261.^[6]

Property

In July 37 Henry III [1253], Little Linford manor co Buckingham, was held of Sir William de Bellocampo Bedeford and Idonea his wife of the honour of Neuport Paynel.^[7] A later Writ of 1266 makes it clear that Little Linford was dower property from her first marriage to Ralph de Somery.^[8]

The Inquisition at Dilewyk was held in response to a writ dated 22 October 46 Henry III because of a petition from Ida de Bello Campo, and it found Lady Ida de Bello Campo held Delewyk manor for life by fine made in the King's court between her and the said William.^[6]

Dispute over Newnham Priory

In 1247 Ida and her second husband were involved in a dispute involving Newnham Priory, Bedfordshire. Her husband claimed "wardship" over the Priory following the death of the previous prior. While he was overseas a new prior was elected without his consent. Isabel and her seneschal are said to have laid waste its lands. The dispute was finally resolved in 1254 when William de Beauchamp compelled the prior to request installation from him and Ida, following which William led him by the hand to the choir and personally installed him.^[4]

Death

Ida was alive in 1266/1267^[5], when she received a royal gift of oaks for fuel^[9] but died before 1269/70^[5], when her executors appointed an attorney to act for them as they were about to depart on pilgrimage.^[9]

Research Notes

As noted above, according to Douglas Richardson there were two daughters of William de Longespée and Ela, Countess of Salisbury who were called Ida. The Annals and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey gives only one^[10], as does the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for William^[11]: both of these give only one daughter called Ida, with Walter FitzRobert as her first husband and William de Beauchamp as her second.

There does not seem to be conclusive evidence on this. There is some discussion in a 2013 thread, Ida Longespee vs. Ida Longespee??, in soc.genealogy.medieval.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol. II, p. 650 #7 - p.651
2. ↑ 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), Vol. II, pp. 205-206, FITZ WALTER 2
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol. 12A, p. 111
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for 'Beauchamp, William de (William de Beauchamp of Bedford)', print and online 2004, available online via some libraries
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, Vol. II, p. 577, MOWBRAY 4
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. I, Henry III, HMSO, 1904, p. 146, entry 516: writ dated 6 October 46 Henry III (1461/2)
7. ↑ Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. I, Henry III, p. 73, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. I, Henry III, p. 205, entry 656, Internet Archive
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} C Gore Chambers and G Herbert Fowler. The Beauchamps, Barons of Bedford, in 'Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Society', Vol. 1, 1913, pp.15-16, Internet Archive
10. ↑ William Lisle Bowles and John Gough Nichols. Annals and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey, pub. John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, 1835, pp. 162-164, Internet Archive
11. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - 'Longespée [Lungespée], William, third earl of Salisbury', 2004, revised online 2010, available online via some libraries

• 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:
  • Vol. I, p. 354
  • Vol. I. pp. 448-9
  • Vol. II, pp. 650-651, #7, Walter Fitz Robert
  • Vol. III, p. 607
  • Vol. IV, p. 673
• Chambers, Gore and Fowler, G Herbert. The Beauchamps, Barons of Bedford, in 'Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Society', Vol. 1, 1913, pp.15-16, Internet Archive
• Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. I, Henry III, HMSO, 1904