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William de Beauchamp

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  • Name William de Beauchamp 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I7026  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William de Beauchamp,   b. Abt 1186, of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 28 Dec 1260  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Mother Ida Longespée,   d. Bef 1270 
    Married Abt Jan 1220 
    Family ID F3126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “IDA LONGESPÉE. She married (1st) RALPH DE SOMERY, of Dudley (in Sedgley), Staffordshire, Little Linford and Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, etc., son and heir of Ralph de Somery, of Dudley (in Sedgley), Staffordshire, Fllesborough, Newport Pagnell, and North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, Warley, Worcestershire, etc., by Margaret, daughter of daughter of William le Gras, of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, Little Dalby, Leicestershire, Waleswood, Yorkshire, Seneschal of Mortain, 1193 Seneschal of Normandy. They had no issue. She married (2nd) about Jan. 1220 (date of fine) (as his 2nd wife) WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Bedford, Bedfordshire, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, etc., Baron of the Exchequer, Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1235-7, hereditary Grand Almoner at Coronation of King Henry III, son and heir of Simon de Beauchamp, of Bedford, Bedfordshire, by his wife, Isabel. He was born about 1186 (of age in 1206-7). Her maritagium included the manor of Belchamp, Essex. They had three sons, Simon, Knt., William, Knt., and John, and four daughters, Joan (nun at Chicksands), Maud, Beatrice, and Ela. He married (1st) before 1207 GUNNOR DE LANVALLAY, daughter of William de Lanvallay, by Hawise, daughter of Hugh de Buckland. William and Gunnor had one son, John (dead before 1232). He took part in King John's expedition to Poitou in 1214. He joined the baronial host at Stamford in 1215, and entertained them at Bedford as they marched on London. He was among the baronial leaders excommunicated by name in Dec. 1215. He forfeited Bedford Castle, together with the manor of Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, which lands was granted in 1216 to Falkes de Breaute. He was taken prisoner at Lincoln by the royal forces in May 1217, but made his peace before the end of the year. The honour of Bedford was restored to him in 1224. In 1244-5 he was with the army in Wales. SIR WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP died shortly after 28 Dec. 1260. Claiming to take her dower at her choice, his widow, Ida, raided the manor of Little Crawley, Buckinghamshire, "pulled down houses, cut down trees, and did other enormous damage," for which actions she was subsequently fined. She was living in 1266-7, but died testate before 1269-70.
      Dugdale Baronage of England 1 (1675): 223-224. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 1 (1815): 371 (Longespée-Zouch ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abby (1835): 162-164 (biog. of Ida Longespée). Roberts Excerpta è rotulis finium in Turri Londinensi asservatis, Henrico Tertio rege, AD 1216-1272 2 (1836): 259-260. Foss Judges of England 2 (1848): 234-235 (biog. of William de Beauchamp). Brewer Monumenta Franciscana 1 (Rolls Set. 4) (1858): 286 (letter to William de Beauchamp), 301 (letter to Ida, wife of William de Beauchamp). Hutchins Hist. & Antiqs. of Dorset 3 (1868): 287 (Salisbury-Longespée ped.). Harvey Hist. & Antiqs. of the Hundred of Willey (1872-8): opp. 4 (Beauchamp ped.). Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 12 (1885): 478. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 1. Feet of Fines for Essex 1(1899): 58, 109, 222, 241, 256. CaL IPM 1(1904): 72-73, 146, 205. VCH Bedford 2 (1908): 339-340; 3 (1912): 9-15. D.N.B. 2 (1908): 33 (biog. of William de Beauchamp). C.C.R. 1234-1237 (1908): 119 (Ida, wife of William de Beauchamp, styled "king's kinswoman" [consanguinee regis]). Chambers Beauchamps (Bedfordshire Hist Rec. Soc. 1) (1913): 1-25. Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 2 (1914): 90 (chart). VCH Buckingham 4 (1927): 409-422. VCH Worcester 4 (1924): 331-334. C.C.R. 1264-1268 (1937): 352 (Ida styled "king's kinswoman"). Carter & Mander Adds. to Gravbrook's “The Barons of Dudley)" (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1941) (1942): 28-29, 35-36. CP. 11 (1949): 381-382 footnote k (sub Salisbury); 12(1) (1953): 111 (sub Somery). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 37: 1-8 (sub Beauchamp). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 10-12. VCH Oxford 7 (1962): 5-16. Curia Regis Rolls 16: (1979) 62. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 356a (sub Longespée). Leese Blood Royal (1996): 54-56. Notes & Queries n.s. 47 (2000): 411-414. Ramparts 13(2) (2002): 5-13. Lawrence Letters of Adam Marsh 2 (Oxford Medieval Texts) (2010): 390 (letter to Ida, wife of Sir William de Beauchamp dated c.1254).
      Children of Ida Longespée, by William de Beauchamp, Knt.:
      i. MAUD DE BEAUCHAMP, married (1st) ROGER DE MOWBRAY, Knt, of Thirsk, Yorkshire [see MOWBRAY 2]; (2nd) ROGER LE STRANGE, Knt, Lord Strange [see MOWBRAY 2].
      ii. ELA DE BEAUCHAMP, married BALDWIN WAKE, Knt., of Liddel, Cumberland [see WAKE 8].
      iii. BEATRICE DE BEAUCHAMP [see next].”