243393920. William de Beauchamp & 243393921. Maud de Braose
~1110, William born in England, s/o 79959090. Walter de
Beauchamp & 79959091. Emmeline d’Abitot.
~1120, Maud de Braose, d/o 159916036. Philip de Breuse &
159916037. Aenor de Totenies.
1131, Walter’s son William de Beauchamp confirmed in his
father’s lands [Elmley castle, Gloucester], and office of Dispenser. (S)
Colonial England, Holt, 1997, P134.
12/22/1135, Stephen crowned king of England; ursuping Empress
Matilda, d/o King Henry I; and starting a civil war.
1138, William’s brother Walter joined the entourage of Waleran,
count of Meulan, and King Stephen’s Lieutenant in Normandy.
1139, Waleran, count of Meulan, created earl of Worcester by King
Stephen. [William had his own claims to the castle and shrievalty of
Worcester.]
9/1139, King Henry’s daughter Empress Matilda invaded England.
10/1139, King Stephen, at Worcester, conferred on William de
Beauchamp the shrievalty of Worcester, and fief of Gloucester, forfeited by
Milo, constable of Gloucester, owing to his revolt. (S) A Cotteswold Shrine,
Baddeley, 1908, P10.
11/1139, William de Beauchamp defended Worcester castle against
the forces of Empress Matilda.
1139-40, William de Beauchamp changed allegiance to Empress
Matilda.
2/2/1141, King Stephen captured at the battle of Lincoln.
[Waleran de Beaumont’s capture, who had escaped, likely a result of the
defection of William de Beauchamp, sheriff of Worcester.]
4/7/1141 at Winchester, Empress Matilda acknowledged as “Lady
of England and Normandy” by Bishop Henry.
1141 at Oxford, Empress Matildis by letters patent restored to
William de Beauchamp the castle and honour of Tamworth, to hold as freely as
Robert le Despenser, brother of Urso d’Abetot enjoyed. (S) Magni Rotuli
Scaccarii Normanniae, Stapleton, P99. [William grandson of Urso.]
7/30/1141, Empress Matilda granted William de Beauchamp the office
of sheriff of Worcester. “Also I give and concede to him the lands and
inheritance of his close relatives who have been against me in my war and are
not able to come to terms with me, unless another of his closer relatives shall
have served with me in the war.”
9/14/1141, Empress Matilda’s forces defeated at the battle of
Winchester; her brother Robert, earl of Gloucester, captured.
11/1/1141, King Stephen exchanged by Empress Matilda for
Robert, earl of Gloucester.
12/25/1141, Stephen again crowned King, and held a Christmas
court. [The civil war would continue for 12 more years.]
1145, Waleran, count of Meulan, wrote to William de Beauchamp,
sheriff of Worcester, telling him of his imminent departure on crusade. Waleran
appointed William to the lordship of Worcester. (S) War and Chivalry,
Strickland, 1996, P287.
7/3/1147, A letter of Pope Eugenious to 4 English prelates
naming John the Marshall, with William Martel, Hugh de Bolbec and William de
Beauchamp as being accused of plundering the lands of Abingdon and of exacting
forced labor for castle-building. (S) War and Chivalry, Strickland, 1996, P86.
[‘… Willelmus Martel, Hugo de Bolebec, Willelmus de Bellocampo, Johannes
Marescallus …’ (S) Geoffrey de
Mandeville, Round, 1892, P416.]
Bef. 1148, William de Bello Campo quitclaimed to the prior and
monks of the Church of St. Mary Worcester the forestage of Tibritune. (S)
Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey Monmouth, P82.
4/13/1149 at the castle of Devizes, ‘Henry, son of the Duke of
Normandy and Earl of Anjou. … Know that I have restored to the church of Sarum
… in the presence of Roger Earl of Bedford, Patrick Earl of Sarum, John
Fitz-Gilbert, …, W’m de Bello Campo, Elias Giffard, Roger de Berkley, John de
Saint John, Hubert de Valibus, Thomas Basset, … (S) Journal of the British
Arch. Assoc., V40, 1884, P146.
1149-54, William de Andeville, a monk of Christ Chruch,
Canterbury, excommunicated William de Beauchamp for breaking down the walls of
the cemetery and robbing the church. (S) History of Evesham, May, 1834, P59.
[William de Andeville had attacked William’s castle of Bengeworth.]
6-7/1150, King Stephen, in an attempt to reduce the influence
of Waleran, count of Meulan and earl of Worcester [who was in residence in
Normandy], attacked the city of Worcester garrisoned by William de Beauchamp.
King Stephen’s forces ravaged the country side, but were not able to take
William and his forces in the castle.
6-8/1151, King Stephen again besieged Worcester, now supported
by William de Beauchamp. Robert, earl of Leicester [brother of Waleran],
captured William and “kept him in close confinement.” (S) FMG. [Roger, earl of
Hereford, was instrumental in William’s release.]
1/1153, Duke Henry [s/o Empress Matilda] landed in England with
140 knights and 3,000 infantry in 36 ships.
1153, King Stephen took the castle of Tamworth from William de
Beauchamp and restored it to Robert Marmion.
12/19/1154, Henry II [s/o Empress Matilda] succeeded King
Stephen of England.
By 1155, William replaced by William Comin as sheriff of
Worcester. (S) Proceedings – Battle Conference, 1991, P97.
5/1155, William de Beauchamp with King Henry II as the siege of
Bridgnorth during the rebellion of Hugh de Mortimer.
8/1155 at Worcester, William de Beauchamp witnessed a royal
charter to the Norman abbey of St. Martin at Troarn, Bayeux, France.
11/1255, Staffordshire. William de Beauchamp, fermor of
Trentham, has paid £15 to Geoffry Monk in the Camera Curiae.
1/1156 at Dover, William de Beauchamp witnessed a royal charter
to Christ Church, Canterbury.
1156, William de Beauchamp, farmer of the royal manor of Bisley.
1156-1163, William de Beauchamp high sheriff of Gloucester. (S)
History of Gloucester, Atkyns, 1803, P61.
1157, William the sheriff of Warwickshire and Gloucester.
1157, ‘Wills de Bello Capo’ at Trentham in Staffordshire with
revenue of £30. (S) FMG.
1157, William de Beauchamp with King Henry at Worcester. (S)
Antiquities of Shropshire, V2, Eyton, 1855, P64.
4/1158, William de Beauchamp and Manasser Biset with the King
at Worcester. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V2, Eyton, P64.
1158, William de Beauchamp, farmer of the royal manor of
Bisley, assumed the shievalty and accounted for the old farm pro Walter of
Hereford. (S) Accession of Henry II, Amt, 1993, P43.
1159, William de Beauchamp accounts for the Fermorship of
Trentham. (S) Collections – Staffordshire, V1, 1880, P27.
1159, William de Beauchamp accounted for the farms of Robert
fitz Hugh in Warwickshire. (S) Restoration and Reform, White, 2000, P138.
By 9/1160, William de Beauchamp rendered accounts to king
Henry II for sums expended upon the armour of the king of the islands, in
Worcestershire; and in Gloucestershire, for his allowance. (S) Lords of the
Centrial Marches, Holden, 2008, P152. [Sheriff also of the county of Hereford.]
By 1162, ‘Henry King of England … to his Sheriff and Minister
of Salopescire … that ye cause a recognition to be made … let William de
Beauchamp see the doing thereof. – Witness: Mannasser Biset, Dapifer. (S)
Antiquities of Shropshire, V2, Eyton, 1855, P64.
6/1164, Worcestershire. Pro vino Regis … Idem Vicecomes
(Willelmus de Bellocampo) reddit compotum de verteri firma de Gloucestria.
9/1164, William de Beauchamp, sheriff of Worcestershire,
accepting the ferm of Trentham of £30. (S) Collections – Staffordshire, V1, 1880,
P38.
6/1165, Worcestershire. William de Beauchamp, the Sheriff,
charges – In liverae obsidum remanentium £13 10s 8d. …
1165, Herefordshire. Sheriff William de Beauchamp charges – Et
Radulfo de Grosmund £8 5s 6d ad liveracionem Servientum de Grosmund …
3/1166, King Henry left England from Southampton. The defence
of the country was left to sheriffs Geoffrey de Vere and William de Beauchamp,
assissted by Richard de Luci and the Earl of Arundel. (S) Red Book of the
Exchequer, Pt2, Hall, 1896, P-CXCIX.
1166, William de Beauchamp of Worcestershire an exception to
under-reporting of knights [reporting 7] in servitude in the inquest of that
year. (S) Feudal England, Round, 1895, P243.
1167, By writ of Richard de Luci, William de Bello Campo
rendered £4 3s 8d for privisions for the castle of Chirk.
1169, William, sheriff of Worcester.
1170, William died; buried at Worcester. (S) Annales Monastici,
V4, 1869, P65. [Hugh Poer replaced his as sheriff of Worcester.]
(S) Court, Household and Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton,
1878. (S) King Stephen, King, 2010.
