Beaumont, John (1450 - 1487)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 11
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1450 (possibly born between 1451--1453)
Death Date: 1487-11-09

Notes

Supporter (with father) of Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel; order for arrest 8 Feb. 1486/7; at Simnel's coronation in Dublin 24 May 1487; poss. with Simnel's army which landed at Furness, Lancashire 4 June 1487 and which was defeated in battle at Stoke on Trent 16 June 1487; attainted & beheaded 9 Nov. 1487

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Calwodlegh, Isabella ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Calwodlegh, Isabella ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Beaumont, Henry (1480 - 1548)
  2. Male offspring: Beaumont, William (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Beaumont, Philip (d. 1474)
  4. Female offspring: Beaumont, Johanna (n.d.)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Devon 1473 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1483 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1483-6 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1484 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1484 n.d. Probably held this office

General Lands Note

William Beaumont's younger brother Philip succeeded to the Beaumont lands in 1486 after the failure to prove John's legitimacy as a Beaumont

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Tregonan, Cornwall
    Tregonan in Tucoyse Manor. Beaumont's residence after marriage
    Acquired: Circa 1479
    Divested: 1487-11-09
  • Combe House, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Beaumont possibly resided here. His half-uncle Thomas Beaumont granted him a share of Gittisham in June 1478, and Prince claims that an agreement was made in which John was allotted Gittisham (ie Combe) 'where he inhabited' (31-2)
    Acquired: 1478-06
    Divested: 1487-11-09

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1478-06
    Lands granted by his 'half-uncle' Thomas Beaumont
  • Devon
    Acquired: 1478-06
    Lands granted by 'half-uncle' Thomas Beaumont

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1478-1479 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Mr Beaumont's Player/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Beaumont's Player/s Beaumont, John (1450 - 1487) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bodrugan Castle Cornwall Private Residence
Combe House 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, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Prince, John. Danmonii orientales illustres; or, The Worthies of Devon. London & Exeter: Printed by Samuel Farley for Awnsham and John Churchill [London] & Charles Yeo and Philip Bishop [Exeter], 1701.
Rowse, A.L. 'The Turbulent Career of Sir Henry Bodrugan.' . The Little Land of Cornwall. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1986.
The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620, with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.
Whetter, James. The Bodrugans: A Study of a Cornish Medieval Knightly Family. St Austell: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1995.