369358. Earl Richard Beauchamp & 369359. Countess
Elizabeth Berkeley
2/1381, Richard de Bello Campo born in Salwarpe, Worcester,
England, heir & s/o 738716. Thomas
Beauchamp & 738717. Margaret Ferrers. [Richard’s godfather was King
Richard II.]
1390, Elizabeth born in England, heir & d/o 738718. Thomas Berkeley & 738719.
Margaret Lisle.
9/1392, Richard married by covenant to Elizabeth.
[––Richard &
Elizabeth––]
Bef. 10/5/1397, Richard married Elizabeth.
9/29/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
Richard created a Knight of the Bath at the ceremony.
4/8/1401, Richard’s father died, Richard succeeding as earl
of Warwick. [Richard received 'a bed of silk, embroidered with bears, and his
arms from his father.]
2/13/1402, Richard did homage and received livery of his
lands.
1/26/1403, Richard jousted at the coronation of Queen Joan
of Navarre.
1403, Richard, earl of Warwick, fought in Wales, defeating
Owen Glendower and capturing his banner. Richard’s forces were 100 men-at-arms
and 300 archers. John Lord Audley was his subordinate in charge of arraying the
men of Warwickshire.
7/21/1403, Richard fought in the forces of King Henry IV
against the Percy’s of Northumberland at the battle of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
The first occasion where massed troops armed with the longbow were pitted against
each other on English soil. The Percys had about 14,000 men, King Henry is
believed to have had more. The royaists lost more men. Henry “Hotspur” Percy
and his brother Thomas were killed. [7000 horse were said to be looted after
the battle.]
1403, Richard appointed Knight of the Garter.
1/22/1406, Richard’s mother died.
1406, Petitioner: Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. The
earl requests a commission of oyer et terminer to Thirnyng and others to punish
the insurrections and riots made by Standish and many others ... (S) UKNA.
1407, Richard at the siege of Aberystwyth castle,
Ceredigion, Wales.
1/1/1408 at Warrewike, Richard de Bello Campo earl of
Warrewyk to Thomas de Cruwe … Quitclaim with warranty of the manors of
Budbroke, Grove, … co. Warrewyk, Preston Capes co. Norhampton and Shenley
Maunselle co. Bukingham, … (S) CCRs.
1408, Elizabeth had her father’s chaplain and secretary,
John Walton, translate Boëthius [A martyred Roman Senator, died 524 AD, who composed
“Consolation of Philosophy”].
1408, Richard, after receiving leave from the King, began a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He participated in a tournament against Pandolfo
Malatesta at Verona. From Venice, Richard took a ship to Jaffa, then on to
Jerusalem.
1410, Richard returned through Lithuania, Prussia, and
Germany.
7/24/1410, [Richard Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick in a council
at Westminster. (S) UKNA.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded as King of England.
4/1413, Reynold de Grey, lord Hastings, to Richard
Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, steward: petition to be chief napier at the king's
coronation. (S) UKNA.
4/9/1413, Coronation of Henry V, Richard the Lord High
Steward.
5/31/1413, Richard the English envoy to the coronation of
Sigismund as Holy Roman Emperor at Aachen, Germany.
1414, Richard helped suppress the Lollard rebellion. [Sir
John Oldcastle was plotting to overthrow the monarchy, seize or kill the king
and his brothers, and introduce sweeping religious and social reforms according
to his beliefs associated with the writings of John Wycliffe.]
7/14/1414, Documents relating to the appointment of
Chamberlains, Deputy Chamberlains and other officers in the Exchequer. Indenture
between Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, chamberlain, and Nicholas Calton,
appointing the latter as deputy: ... (S) UKNA.
1415, Elizabeth a legatee of her father’s will: his
Daughter, the Countess of Warick, he thereby gave his best pair of Mattins, as
also one gilt Cup with twenty pound contained therein.
4/1416, Richard, Captain of Calais, received Holy Roman
Emperor Sigismund 'with such courtly magnificence as to earn from him the title
of the "Father of Courtesy."
5/21/1416, Richard at the Blackfriars in London.
1416, Lease by Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick to John
Throckmorton for his good service of rents in Bishampton and Fladbury. (S)
UKNA.
7/13/1417, Elizabeth’s father Thomas died. ‘Elizabeth, Wife
of Richard Earl of Warwick, is his Daughter and next Heir, aged Twenty-six
Years and upwards.’ Held the Manor of Aure, Castle and Manor of Berkeley, … (S)
Journals of the House of Lords, V60, 1828, P494. [Leaving no male heirs, the
inheritance would involve lawsuits for 2 centuries. The estate was divided
between Elizabeth and his nephew James Berkeley.]
8/20/1417, IPM of Thomas de Berkeley, Knight. Devon: … He
died on 13 July last, Elizabeth his daughter and heir is aged 30 years and
more. … Cornwall: … Wiltshire: … Northampton: … Oxford: … Berkshire: …
Buckingham: … He held the manor of Wingrave by the courtesy of England after
the death of Margaret his wife, of the inheritance of Elizabeth his daughter. …
London: … He held a mansion called ‘Berkeleys In’ in the parish of St. Andrew
in Castle Baynard ward, … Leicester: … Bristol: Long list of small rents from
messuages and shops … Somerset: … Gloucester: … (S) CIsPM.
8/1417, Richard, a commander along with King Henry V, and
Thomas, Duke of Clarence, of the 50,000 strong army laying siege in France to
Torques [surrendered 8/3], Caen [captured 9/5, Richard, earl of Warwick
appointed to negotiate capitulation], Villers-Bocage, Creully, and
Thury-Harcourt. [Caen held by the English until 1450.]
7/1417, Elizabeth and her cousin James heirs to her father.
[Leaving no male heirs, the inheritance would involve lawsuits for 2
centuries.] To Elizabeth went lands worth £725 a year, comprising the Lisle
lands (£600 a year) and the manors of Awre and Bedminster with their hundreds
(£125 a year). To nephew James went an estate worth £1,000 a year consisting of
the lordship of Berkeley, and Portbury manor and hundred. (S) UKNA, Berkeley
Castle Muniments.
9/21/1418, Court of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, and
Elizabeth his wife. (S) UKNA.
1419, Richard created Earl of Aumale in France.
1419-20, Richard a commander at the sieges of Melun and
Mantes, France.
5/21/1420, Treaty of Troyes. The treaty arranged for the
marriage of Charles VI's daughter, Catherine of Valois, to Henry V, who was
made regent of France and acknowledged as successor to the French throne.
1421, Calais, France. The soldiers of Calais complain that a
large sum of money is due to them for unpaid wages. Person mentioned: [Richard
Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick. (S) UKNA.
8/1422, Richard at the death of Henry V, and an exector of
his will; and bequeathed the care of his infant son.
8/31/1422, Henry VI succeeded as King of England.
12/28/1422, Elizabeth died; buried at Kingswood abbey.
[––Richard––]
9/10/1423, James lord of Berkeley to Richard de Bello Campo
earl of Warrewyk. Recognisance for 10,000 marks, to be levied etc. in
Gloucestershire. Condition … arbitrators … indentures between the parties … except
a dispute between their men and servants concerning an affray at Hamersmyth co.
Middlesex and an assault and battery there … (S) CCRs.
11/1423, Richard married Isabel le Despenser; widow of
Richard Beauchamp, s/o William s/o 624678. Sir Thomas de Beauchamp &
624679. Katherine de Mortimer.
10/6/1425, Arbitration of Richard [Beauchamp] earl of
Warwick and James de Berkeley, lord of Berkeley. (S) UKNA.
1/1426, Grant by William Hoton of Hardwick to Richard
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick: lands in Barnard Castle. (S) UKNA.
1426, Richard sent to France to protect Cherbourg against
Brittany insurrectionists.
6/1/1428, Richard appointed the king’s Governor and Master,
to instruct the king in maners, courtesy, letters and language, horsemanship,
swordplay, and tilting.
1428, De Ricardo Beuchamp, comite Warrewici, pro un. f. m.
quod tenet in Kybworth Beauchamp, … subsidium, vj.s. viij.d. (S) Feudal Aids,
1904, P123.
6/10/1429, Arbitration of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
and Aumale, Lord de Lisle, Captain of Calais in matter depending between Hugh
Coksey and Richard Archer. (S) UKNA.
11/6/1429, Richard took his ward Henry VI to his coronation.
1430, Richard argued against war with France; in opposition
with the earl of Gloucester.
1431, Richard captured Poton de Xaintrailles near Beauvais
in France.
1431, Richard took 9-year-old King Henry VI to visit Rouen,
the center of English controlled France.
5/30/1431, Joan of Arc, imprisoned at Rouen, executed.
5/31/1431, Richard, in residence at Rouen: many persons
invited to meals that day were involved in the trial of Joan of Arc. It is
documented that Richard had sent his doctor to see her before her death. (S)
Personal records of the Earl of Warwick.
12/16/1431, Richard with King
Henry VI at his coronation as King of France at Notre Dame, Paris. [The only
English king to be crowned king in England and France.]
6/2/1433, Draft letters of Henry VI granting to Reginald
Demesville, Merchant in the town of Soissons; James Boisseau of St Georgio de
Montagu; safe conduct ... [Richard Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick, ... (S)
UKNA.
1437, Petitioners: Richard Plantagenet, duke of York;
Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; lords, knights, esquires, yeomen and other
officers and servants of the Household. Adressees: Commons of the present
parliament. The petitioners request payment of the wages due to them for their
war service. (S) UKNA.
11/12/1437, King Henry VI declared himself of age and
released Richard as his governor. King Henry appointed Richard the King’s
Lieutenant in France. [Richard never returned from France.]
1/1/1439, Richard, earl of Warwick, wrote his will. (S)
UKNA.
4/30/1439, Richard died at Rouen, Normandy, France; buried
at St. Mary’s, Warwick.
(S) The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families,
1883, Foster, P21. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P58. (S) Warwick Castle and its
Earls, Warwick, 1903. (S) The Wars of the Roses, Weir, 1995.
Family notes:
·
12/21/1439, King Henry VI; and Edmund [Beaufort]
earl of Dorset and Eleanor his wife, John Lord Talbot and Margaret his wife,
and George Lord Latymer and Elizabeth his wife. At the request of Edmund,
Eleanor, John, Margaret, George and Elizabeth, the king has inspected his writ
to the escheator of Gloucestershire to make partition between Eleanor, Margaret
and Elizabeth, daughters and coheirs of Elizabeth late countess of Warwick
after the death of their father Richard [Beauchamp], who held the lands by the
courtesy of England. (S) UKNA, BCM/A/1/1/50.
Children of Richard
and Elizabeth:
i. Margaret Beauchamp, born ? in England.
Margaret married Lord John Talbot.
5/4/1446, Roll of the court of John [Talbot], earl of
Shrewbury and Lord Talbot, and Margaret his wife, eldest daughter of Richard
Beauchamp, late earl of Warwick, Edmund [Beaufort], marquess of Dorset, and
Eleanor his wife, Warwick's second daughter, and George Lord Latemer and
Elizabeth his wife, Warwick's third daughter. (S) UKNA.
ii. Eleanor Beauchamp (184679), born 9/1408 in Essex, England.
iii. Elizabeth Beauchamp, born ? in England.
Elizabeth married Lord George
Latymer.
Children of Richard
and Isabel:
i. Henry de Beauchamp, born ? in England.
1434, Henry married Cecily Neville, d/o 1901430. Earl
Richard Neville & 1901431. Alice de Montagu.
1439, Henry made 14th Earl of Warwick on the
death of his father.
4/14/1445, Henry created 1st Duke of Warwick.
6/11/1446, Henry died. [Only daughter Anne his heir died in
1449. Her heir was her aunt Anne.]
ii. Anne Beauchamp, born ? in England.
1434, Anne bethrothed to 1901430i. Earl Richard Neville,
brother of Henry’s wife.
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