Henry Beaufort (1436 - 1464)

Born 26 Jan 1436 in London

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 15 May 1464 at age 28 in beheaded by the Yorkists at Hexham, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Titles of Sir Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset: (Royal Ancestry)

3rd Duke of Somerset

Marquess of Dorset

Earl of Somerset

Earl of Dorset

Lieutenant and Warden of the Isle of Wight 1457

Captain of Calais 1459

Captain of Guines 1459-60

joint Captain of Bamborough Castle 1462

of Corfe Castle, Dorset

Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset^[1]

single; d. May 1464^[1]

Parents

Edmond Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp dau. Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick

Mistress

Joan Hill. Issue:^[1]

• Charles Somerset (c.1460-1526). Later legitimized and titled Earl of Worcestor^[1]

Occupation

• Lancastrian commander^[1]

• 1423: Duke of Somerset^[2][3]

Death

(Royal Ancestry) He commanded the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Hexham in Northumberland 15 May 1464, where he was defeated and captured. Henry Beaumont, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was beheaded by the Yorkists at Hexham the same day as his capture. His mistress Joan Hill, was granted an annuity of 10 marks by King Henry VII in 1493.

(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) henry Beaufort's eldest son, Henry, fought with the victorious Lancastrian army at Wakefield in 1460, and the defeated Lancastrians at Towton the following year. He escaped from Towton to Bamburgh Castle, but later surrendered to Edward IV. In 1464, the duke raised an army to support the restoration of Henry VI, but was defeated at Hedgeley Moor in Northumberland (25 April) and Hexhm, also in Northumberland (10 May). Henry Beaufort was executed after the battle of Hexham and buried in the priory church. There is no record of a monument, although a brass matrix recorded in the eighteenth century may have come from his tomb.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Wikipedia: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
2. ↑ Burke, 1864
3. ↑ Title went extinct in 1471 (Burke, 1864)

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. IV p. 657-658
• Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 P. 248
• Burke, B. (1864). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising & Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, (pp.63). Harrison and Sons. Google Books.
• Wikipedia: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset

Acknowledgements

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Henry Beaufort appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Mary Johanna Somerset to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. IV, pages 38-55 SOMERSET). This trail needs further development by the Magna Carta Project and is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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