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Beaumont, John (1450 - 1487)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

Titles

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 Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Combe House, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1478-06
    Divested: 1487-11
    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)
  • Tregonan, Cornwall
    Acquired: 1479
    Divested: 1487-11
    Tregonan in Tucoyse Manor. Beaumont's residence after marriage

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 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.
  • 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.'. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1986 The Little Land of Cornwall 178--90.
  • 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