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Beauchamp, William de (1343 - 1411)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1343
Death Date: 1411-05-08

Notes

Attended Oxford University 1358--61

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1396-2-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1375
    Vacated: 1411-05-08
  • 1st Baron Bergavenny
    Assumed: 1392-07-23
    Vacated: 1411-05-08
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1375
    Vacated: 1411-05-08

General Lands Note

Inherited land in the midlands from father 1369; designated heir of English and Welsh lands in will of John Hastings, 12th Earl of Pembroke (d 1375)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Worcestershire 1377 1411 -05 -8 For life
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377/8 -3 -9 1389/90 -02 -4 Indentured as keeper during the minority of John Hastings, 13th Earl of Pembroke; indenture revoked after the earl's death (30 or 31 Dec. 1389), when the earldom reverted to the Crown
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377/8 -3 -9 1389/90 -02 -4 Indentured as keeper during the minority of John Hastings, 13th Earl of Pembroke; indenture revoked after the earl's death (30 or 31 Dec. 1389), when the earldom reverted to the Crown
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377/8 -3 -9 1389/90 -02 -4 Indentured as keeper during the minority of John Hastings, 13th Earl of Pembroke; indenture revoked after the earl's death (30 or 31 Dec. 1389), when the earldom reverted to the Crown
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1377/8 -3 -9 1389/90 -02 -4 Indentured as keeper during the minority of John Hastings, 13th Earl of Pembroke; indenture revoked after the earl's death (30 or 31 Dec. 1389), when the earldom reverted to the Crown
Keeper, Pembrokeshire 1377/8 -3 -9 1389/90 -02 -4 Indentured as keeper during the minority of John Hastings, 13th Earl of Pembroke; indenture revoked after the earl's death (30 or 31 Dec. 1389), when the earldom reverted to the Crown
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1378 1380
Capt, France 1383 1390
Governor, Pembrokeshire 1399 -11 -29 1403
Governor, Pembrokeshire 1399 -11 -29 1403
Justice, South Wales 1399 -10 -30 1401 -08 -27 For life; removed from office
Lord of, Pembrokeshire 1399 -11 -29 1403
JP, Warwickshire 1401
JP, Warwickshire 1404 1407
JP, Herefordshire 1404 1408
JP, Worcestershire 1405 1407
King's Lieut, South Wales 1405 -5 -23
King's Lieut, Marches of Wales 1405 -5 -23
JP, Worcestershire 1410

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Cumberland
  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • London (city-county)
  • Middlesex
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Pembrokeshire: Pembroke Priory
    Acquired: 1383
    Granted
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Wales
  • Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1376
    Divested: 1411-05-08
    Former Montfort or Beaudesert lands granted by brother for life
  • Warwickshire: Snitterfield
    Acquired: 1386
    Exchanged two Wiltshire properties for this property
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire William Beauchamp's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
William Beauchamp's Minstrels Beauchamp, William de (1343 - 1411) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Cambria Archaeology Website.
  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.