Cecily (Vivonne) de Beauchamp (abt. 1257 - 1321)

Born about 1257 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp — married before 1274 in England

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1321 at about age 64 in Stoke-Under-Hamdon, Somerset, England

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Cecily de Vivonne is a descendant of surety baron William Malet (see text below).

Biography

Cecily de Vivonne, born about 1257, (age 2 in 1259), was the 4th daughter and co-heiress of Sir William de Forz (or de Vivonne), by Maud de Ferrers (aka Maud de Kyme).^[1][2]

Through her mother she had holdings in the county of Kildare and petitioned the king to make an allowance for her for the lands and rent in 1307.^[2] In 1318 she petitioned the king for compensation for her lands in Kildare after she was ousted when the king granted the entire county to Thomas Fitz John.^[2]

In 1318 she was granted a weekly market and yearly fair at her manor of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.^[1][2]

Marriage and Known Issue

Cecily married John de Beauchamp, Knt., second son of Robert de Beauchamp and Alice de Mohun.^[1] The date and place of their marriage is unknown and is estimated.

Cecily and John had two sons:

• John, Knt., 1st Lord Beauchamp of Somerset, born 25 July 1274, died 1 January 1336/7, married Joan [?Chenduit] and had issue^[1]
• Robert, King's valet, died before 10 June 1304^[1]

And two daughters:

• Eleanor, died after about 1346, married Sir Fulk Fitz Warin and had issue^[1]
• Beatrice, died 28 August 1347, married first to Peter Corbet, 2nd Lord Corbet and second to Sir John de Leybourne (or Leyburne)^[1]

Death

Cecily died at Stoke-under-Hamden, (also known as Stoke-Under-Hamdon) ^[3] Somerset, England on 10 January 1320/1.^[1][2] Her husband, John, was buried there 31 October 1283.^[1]

It is believed that Cecily was buried in the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin in Stoke sub Hamdon with her husband.

Research Notes

Unproved Children

The following children were previously attached as children of Cecily and were detached in March 2020 as (1) they are not named by Richardson and (2) no other relaible source connects them.

• Walter
• Maud
• William

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. 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, vol. III, pages 103-105, MALET 4, Cecily de Vivonne.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. IV, pages 611-614, SEYMOUR 10, 11, 12.
3. ↑ University of Portsmouth, "History of Stoke-Under-Hamdon in Somerset" map and description in A Vision of Britain through Time. Online at VisionofBritain.org.

See also:

• Margaret Schooling. "13th Century Marriages Between the Anglo-Norman and Poitou Families of Vivonne, Ferrers and Rochechouart". Foundations (2012) 4: 21-35. Online pdf, accessed 24 Mar 2020.
• Buck, J. Orton, et al. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants. Vol. III. (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972).

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project ~ Thiessen-117 16:26, 24 March 2020 (UTC).

Cecily (Vivonne) de Beauchamp appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet, to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• William Clopton: badged 2022, see trail [Clopton-42#Magna_Carta_Trails|HERE]].
• Anna Cordray (MCA II:459-460 IREMONGER): badged in 2015. This trail is set forth HERE.
• William Farrar: trail badged Nov 2022. This trail is set out HERE.
• Henry Fleete: developed in 2015 and badged in April 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Iremonger Gateways (Martha, William and Francis) (MCA II:459-460 IREMONGER): badged in 2015. The trail is set forth HERE.
• Henry Isham: trail badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Kempe Gateways (Richard, Edward, Edmund and Matthew): badged 2022. Trail can be viewed HERE.
• Randolph Gateways (William and Henry): badged in 2015, needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Rodney Gateways (William and John) (MCA III:96-114 MALET): trail is outlined HERE.
• Dorothea Scott: badged in 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Wyatt Gateways (Hawte and Francis) (MCA IV:375-376 WYATT): badged in 2015, re-reviewed Apr 2020. See the trail HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".