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Beaumont, Philip (1432 - 1473)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1432
Death Date: 1473-06-12

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Bourchier, Blanche ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Titles

General Lands Note

Succeeded elder brother William (d. 5 Dec. 1454) in the Beaumont lands in 1466 after William's widow failed to prove the legitimacy of her son John Beaumont (1450--1487)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Devon 1466
MP, Devon 1467 1468
Sheriff, Devon 1467 -11 -5 1468 -11 -5
JP, Devon 1467/8 1470
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1470 1472
Constable & Steward, Somerset 1470 -5 -6 1473 -06 -12 Held (along with his other estates in Somerset) during the minority of William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, who had license to enter into his inheritance 4 Oct. 1475
MP, Devon 1470 1471 Possibly held this office
Steward, Devon 1470 -5 -6 1473 -06 -12 Held during the minority of William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, who had license to enter into his inheritance 4 Oct. 1475
JP, Devon 1471 1473

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Gloucestershire
  • England-Wales border
  • Somerset
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Philip Beaumont's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Philip Beaumont's Minstrel/s Beaumont, Philip (1432 - 1473) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Combe House Devon Private Residence
Heanton Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Beaumont, Edward T. The Beaumonts in History, A.D. 850–1850. [Oxford?]: npub, [1929?]
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Reichel, Oswald J. The Hundreds of Devon (Supplementary). Plymouth: W. Brendon & Sons, 1928--38
  • The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, with additions by Lieut-Col J.L. Vivian. Exeter: For the Author by H.S. Eland, [1895]
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936