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Beetham, Edward (1415 - 1471/2)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1415
Death Date: 1472-02-22

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Joan (1433 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1446-08-11
    Vacated: 1471/2-02-22

General Lands Note

Livery of Westmorland lands 11 Aug. 1446

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Westmorland 1445 1446
MP, Westmorland 1449
JP, Lancashire 1470/1 1471/2 Held office until death
JP, Westmorland 1470/1 1471/2 Held office until death

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Lancashire
  • Westmorland: Beetham, Burton & Hazleslack Manors
    Acquired: 1446-08-11
    Divested: 1471/2-02-22
    Patrimony
  • Westmorland: Farleton & Witherslack

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Edward Beetham's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Edward Beetham's Minstrel Beetham, Edward (1415 - 1472) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Beetham Hall Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV [1461–76]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1949--53
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Curwen, John F. 'Beetham Hall.'. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society ns 4 (1904): 225--32.
  • Lowis, David. Divers Dissensions: A History of the Betham Family of Westmorland. Appleby-in-Westmorland: npub, 2005
  • Nicolson, Joseph, and Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 2 vols. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936