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Lord William DE BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick

Lord William DE BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick[1, 2, 3]

Male 1215 - 1268  (53 years)

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  • Name William DE BEAUCHAMP  [4
    Prefix Lord 
    Suffix Earl Of Warwick 
    Born 1215  Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LCZD-MGM 
    Name William III DE BEAUCHAMP  [5
    Name William IV  [5
    Occupation   [5
    Feudal Baron of Elmley 
    Occupation Aft 1236  [5
    Sheriff of Worcestershire 
    _UID AE70B52173BC4FEAADC16EBEE3140C625B06 
    Buried 1268  Worcester, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 28 Jan 1268  Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I25721  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2022 

    Father Walcheline (William) DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1184, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1236, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Joane Isabelle DE MORTIMER,   b. 1194, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1268, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1212  Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Family ID F1810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Y  [3
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F6992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Isabel DE MAUDIT,   b. 27 Dec 1216, Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1268, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1245  Of Hanslape, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alice DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1235,   d. Abt 1265, of Exton, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     2. Earl William DE BEAUCHAMP, of Warwick,   b. 1237, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1298, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Margaret DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1240, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1269  (Age ~ 30 years)
     4. Sir Walter DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1243, Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1303, London, , Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     5. Joan DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1249, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1280, Elmley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     6. Sarah DE BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1250, Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1317, Elmley Castle, Elmley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     7. John BEAUCHAMP,   b. Abt 1251, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1316, Holt, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F11640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was the Lord of Elmley.
      William III de Beauchamp (c. 1215 ? 1269) of Elmley Castle in Worcestershire, was an English baron and hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire.
      He was the son and heir of Walter II de Beauchamp (1192/3-1236) of Elmley Castle, hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, by his wife Johanna Mortimer (d.1225), daughter of Roger Mortimer (d. 1214) of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire.
      Career
      On the death of his father in 1236 he became hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, which title he held until his death. In 1249 he was excommunicated by Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, but was later absolved, in the presence of the king, on St. Edmund's Day, 1251.

      Marriage and children
      He married Isabel de Mauduit, daughter of William de Mauduit of Hanslope in Buckinghamshire and Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire (by his wife Alice de Beaumont (d. pre- 1263), half-sister of Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick (c.1192-1229)) and sister and heiress of William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick. By Isabel he had issue including:
      1. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c.1238-1298), eldest son and heir;
      2. Walter de Beauchamp (d.1303/6), of Powick and of Beauchamp's Court, Alcester in Warwickshire, Steward of the Household to King Edward I. His descendant was John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d. 1475) "of Powick" in Worcestershire.
      3. Alicia de Beauchamp, married Bernard I de Bruce of Connington, had issue.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_(III)_de_Beauchamp

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      William de Beauchamp was the son of Walter de Beauchamp and Joane de Mortimer.
      He married Isabel Mauduit, daughter of William Mauduit and Alice de Beaumont.
      He was Pantler at the King's Coronation.
      He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire.
      He gained the title of Baron of Elmley [feudal barony].
      He lived at Elmley, Worcestershire, England.
      He died from 7 January 1268 to 21 April 1268.

      Child of William de Beauchamp
      - Sarah de Beauchamp d. a Jul 1317

      Children of William de Beauchamp and Isabel Mauduit
      1. John Beauchamp d. a 1297
      2. William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick b. c 1240, d. fr 5 Jun 1298 - 9 Jun 1298
      3. Sir Walter de Beauchamp b. 1255, d. 1303

      http://www.thepeerage.com/p11857.htm#i118565

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      "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
      "ISABEL MAUDUIT, married c.1236-40 (date of charter) WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Elmley and Salwarpe, Worcestershire, hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, son and heir of Walter de Beauchamp, of Elmley, Holt, and Salwarpe, Worcestershire, hereditary Sheriff of Worcester, by his 1st wife, Joan, daughter of Roger de Mortimer. He was born in 1215. Her maritagium included a share of the manor of Letcombe Basset, Berkshire.
      They had four sons,
      1. William [Earl of Warwick],
      2. Walter, Knt.,
      3. John, Knt., and
      4. James,
      and six daughters,
      5. Alice,
      6. Joan,
      7. Isabel,
      8. Margaret (or Margery),
      9. Sibyl, and
      10. Sarah.
      In 1249 William and his wife, Isabel, gave her share of the manor of Letcombe Bassett, Berkshire for a term of years to Isabel de Mortimer. In 1252 they granted two parts of the manor to Alice de Scothot for life. He fought in Gascony in 1253 and in Wales in 1257, 1258, 1260, 1263. In 1254 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor of Elmley, Worcestershire. His wife, Isabel, died before 30 Jan. 1268, and was buried in Cokehill Nunnery, Worcestershire. WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP died shortly before 25 April 1269. He left a will dated 7 Jan. 1268/9, requesting burial at Friars Minor, Worcester.
      ...
      Children of Isabel Mauduit, by William de Beauchamp, Knt.:
      i. WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., Earl of Warwick [see next].
      ii. WALTER DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Alcester, Warwickshire, married ALICE DE TONY [see POWICK 9].
      iii. JOHN DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Holt, Worcestershire, married [see HOLT 9].
      iv. ALICE DE BEAUCHAMP, married BERNARD DE BRUS, of Conington, Huntingdonshire and Exton, Rutland [see CONINGTON 6].
      v. JOAN DE BEAUCHAMP, married BARTHOLOMEW DE SUDELEY, Knt., of Sudeky, Gloucestershire [see SUDELEY 9].
      vi. MARGARET (or MARGERY) DE BEAUCHAMP, married HUBERT HUSSEY, Knt., of Figheldean and Stapleford, Wiltshire [see ESTURMY 9].
      vii. SARAH DE BEAUCHAMP, married RICHARD TALBOT, of Eccleswall (in Linton), Herefordshire [see TALBOT 9]."

  • Sources 
    1. [S392] David Weaver.

    2. [S602] Gedcom provided by, Richard John Hodgson, September 27, 2002 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S10] GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged, Mark Willis Ballard 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 [email protected].

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Dec 2022), entry for Joane Isabelle DE MORTIMER, person ID 9Z8P-CB4. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2022), entry for William DE BEAUCHAMP, person ID LCZD-MGM. (Reliability: 3).