Beauchamp, Henry de (1424/5 - 1446)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1425-03-22
Death Date: 1446-06-11

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1434
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: One part of a double marriage including the marriage of Henry's sister Anne to Cecily's brother Richard.

Offspring

From Neville, Cecily (1425 - 1450)

  1. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Anne (1444 - 1449)

Primary Title

1st Duke of Warwick

Titles

  • Lord Le Despenser
    Assumed 1424/5-03-22
    Vacated 1439-04-30
  • 14th Earl of Warwick
    Assumed 1439-04-30
    Vacated 1446-06-11
  • Count of Aumale
    Assumed 1439-04-30
    Vacated 1446-06-11
  • 8th Baron Burghersh
    Assumed 1439-12-27
  • 1st Duke of Warwick
    Assumed 1445-04-05
    Vacated 1446-06-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Hampshire n.d. n.d.
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1439-4-30 1446-06-11 Hereditary office
Constable, Gloucestershire 1439-4-30 1446-06-11 Hereditary office
Constable, Worcestershire 1439-4-30 1446-06-11 Hereditary office
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1439-4-30 1446-06-11 Hereditary office
JP, Warwickshire 1445/6 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1446 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1446 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1446 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1446 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Elmley Castle, Worcestershire
    Patrimony (via mother)
    Acquired: 1439-12-27
    Divested: 1446-06-11
  • Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
    Patrimony; born and died here
    Acquired: 1424/5-03-22
    Divested: 1446-06-11

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Lordship
    Patrimony (via mother)
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Wales
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire
  • Sussex
  • Warwickshire
  • Worcestershire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1445-1446 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Warwick's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Warwick's Minstrel/s Beauchamp, Henry de (1425 - 1446) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Elmley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence
Hanley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)