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Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas DE BEAUCHAMP, 11th Earl of Warwick. Thomas (son of Earl Guy DE BEAUCHAMP and Countess Alice DE TONI) was born on 14 Feb 1313 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 13 Nov 1369 in Calais, Pas-DE-Calais, France; was buried after 13 Nov 1369 in St. Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Philippa BEAUCHAMP
• Name: Phillippa de BEAUCAMP
• TitleOfNobility: 31 Aug 1372, England; Countess of Stafford

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Philippa de Beauchamp (before 1344-6 April 1386) was the daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.

On or before 1 March 1350 she married Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley.

Philippa and Hugh had seven children.

1.) Sir Ralph de Stafford (born about 1354-1385). Ralph was killed by King Richard II's half-brother, Sir John Holland in a feud during an expedition against the Scots in May 1385, over a retainer's death by one of Ralph's archers.

2.) Margaret de Stafford, (b. abt. 1364-9 June 1396), married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.

3.) Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (b. abt. 1368-4 July 1392). Inherited at age of 18. Married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. No issue.(marriage was reportedly never consummated)

4.) William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (21 September 1375-6 April 1395). Inherited from his brother at the age of 14. He was a ward of the Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. He died at 19, no issue.

5.) Katherine de Stafford (b. abt. 1376-8 April 1419), married Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk

6.) Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1377-22 July 1403), inherited title from his brother at the age of 17. He married Anne of Gloucester, the widow of his elder brother Thomas.

7.) Joan de Stafford (1378-1 October 1442), married Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. No issue

Philippa married Hugh STAFFORD before 1362 in England. Hugh (son of Ralph I DE STAFFORD and Margaret AUDLEY) was born in 1342 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 16 Oct 1386 in Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece; was buried in 1386 in Austin Priory, Stone, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Katherine de Stafford, Countess of Suffolk (born around 1376 died 8 April 1419) was a daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. By her marriage to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, she became known as the Countess of Suffolk.

Family
Katherine was one of nine children born to Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and his wife Philippa de Beauchamp. Some of her siblings included Margaret de Stafford, Countess of Westmorland and Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford.

Her paternal grandparents were Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. Her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Through his paternal and maternal grandmothers, she was descended from Edward I and John, King of England respectively.

Marriage and children
Katherine was married to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk in April 1383. He was a son of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield. They had the following issue, the eldest of whom would not be born until 1394, eleven years after their marriage:

1.) Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1394?1415)

2.) William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396?1450)

3.) Sir Alexander de la Pole (d. 1429), killed at the Battle of Jargeau

4.) Sir John de la Pole (d. 1429), died a prisoner in France.

5) Sir Thomas de la Pole (aft. 1397-1433), a clerk, died in France while a hostage for his brother William. He had an illegitimate daughter and heiress Katherine de la Pole (1416-1488, buried in Rowley Abbey, Oxfordshire), second wife of Sir Miles Stapleton, and had issue

6.) Katherine de la Pole, abbess at Barking

7.) Isabel de la Pole (d. 1466), married Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley, and had issue

8.) Elizabeth de la Pole, married first Edward Burnell, son of Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell, second Sir Thomas Kerdeston

Michael died on 18 September 1415, from the flux. Katherine died four years later, on 8 April 1419.




Katherine [2nd daughter of 3 listed]; married by 23 Nov 1383 Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (died 18 Sep 1415) of the 1385 creation, and died 8 April 1419. [Burke's Peerage]

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Katherine Stafford, d. 8 Apr 1419; m. before 23 Nov 1383 Sir Michael de la Pole, b. in or before 1367, d. Harfleur 18 Sep 1415, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, son of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk 1385, d. 1388, and Katherine Wingfield. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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He [Michael de la Pole] married (contract 1 February 1382/3, to marry on 13 April or soon after), before 23 November 1383, Katherine, daughter of Hugh (DE STAFFORD], 2nd EARL OF STAFFORD, by Philippe, daughter of Thomas (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK. He died of the flux 18 September 1415 at the siege of Harfleur and was buried at Wingfield. M.I. His widow died 8 April 1419 and was buried with him. M. I. [Complete Peerage XII/1:441-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Katherine married Michael De LA POLE, 2nd Earl Of Suffolk before 23 Nov 1383. Michael (son of Michael De LA POLE, 1st Earl Of Suffolk and Katherine DE WINGFIELD) was born before 1367 in Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England; died on 18 Sep 1415 in Siege Of Harfluer, France; was buried in Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married Edward BURNELL, Of Billinford, Sir before 1415 in 2ND Wife. Edward (son of Hugh 2Nd Baron BURNELL, Kg, Sir) was born in 1382 in Billingford, Thurning, Norfolk, England; died on 25 Oct 1415 in Battle Of Agincourt, France (Dvp). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Suffolk, other creations. The 3rd Earl of Suffolk of the de la Pole family, yet another Michael, married Elizabeth Mowbray, daughter of the Duke of Norfolk of the creation prior to the Howard one (though the two families were connected by marriage anyway). [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

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Michael was one of about 25 Englishmen killed at Agincourt.

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BARONY OF POLE (III)

EARLDOM OF SUFFOLK (VII, 3)

MICHAEL (DE LA POLE), EARL OF SUFFOLK, 1st son and heir, was born 1394-95; served in France during the campaign of 1415, being present with his father at the siege of Harfleur in September. He married, before 24 November 1403, Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of Thomas (MOWBRAY), DUKE OF NORFOLK, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard (FITZALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL. He died s.p.m., 25 October 1415, being slain at the battle of Agincourt, and is said to have been buried at Ewelme, Oxon. His widow took the veil at Bruisyard, Suffolk, before 17 January 1419/20, and was living, 1 December 1423. [Complete Peerage XII/1:442-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Michael married Elizabeth De MOWBRAY before 24 Nov 1403. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas De MOWBRAY, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Elizabeth FITZALAN) was born about 1398 in Thetford, Norfolk, England; died after 1 Dec 1423 in Bruisyard, Sussex, England (As A Nun). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Suffolk, other creations. The 4th de la Pole Earl of Suffolk played an important part in national and international affairs during Henry V's and Henry VI's reigns and was promoted first Marquess then Duke of Suffolk. The new Duke of Suffolk became a scapegoat for the increasing failure of English arms in France towards the end of the Hundred Years War and was first imprisoned in the Tower, then banished and finally done to death shortly after he had taken ship from English shores to go into exile. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

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Murdered in an open boat and his head cut off and thrown on the beach.

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EARLDOM OF SUFFOLK (VIII, 4)

MARQUESSATE OF SUFFOLK (I)

DUKEDOM OF SUFFOLK (I)

EARLDOM OF PEMBROKE (XV, 1)

WILLIAM (DE LA POLE), EARL OF SUFFOLK, brother and heir male, was born 16 October 1396 at Cotton, Suffolk, and baptised in the church there. With his father and brother he was at the siege of Harfleur, September 1415, but appears to have been invalided to England in October. He served in the French wars continuously for 17 years (according to his own accounit) from July 1417; was granted the lordships of Hambye and Briquebec, in Normandy, 13 March 1417/8, taking part in the sieges of Cherbourg and Rouen later in that year;(a) Admiral of Normandy, 19 May 14 19; Capt. of Pontorson, 12 June, and Avranches, 27 ug, 1419-ro Dec. 1423; a Conservator of the truce with France, 27 Jan. 1419/,2o, and with Brittany, io Feb. 1420/r, after being at the siege of Melun, July-Nov. 1420; was Cupbearer at the Coronation of Queen Katherine, 21 February 1420/1; K.G. 3 May 1421; Governor of the marches of Lower Normandy, 28 September 1421; Guardian of the Cotentin, 10 October 1422-27 September 1423; served under the Earl of Salisbury in the Champagne campaign of 1423, and under the Duke of Bedford at the surrender of Ivry, 15 August, and the battle of Verneuil, 17 August 1424; Governor of Chartres, 26 September 1424. He was created, in or before 1425, COUNT OF DREUX, in Normandy. As Lieutenant-General of Caen, &c. and Constable of the Earl of Salisbury's army, he conducted the siege of Mont St. Michel in 1425. He led a raid into Brittany as far as Rennes in 1425/6, concluding a three months truce with the Duke of Brittany, April-June 1426; and took part in the unsuccessful siege of Montargis, July-September 1427. In 1428 he was at the siege of Orleans with the Earl of Salisbury, on whose death, 3 November, he was appointed to the chief command there, 13 November. Though the siege at first prospered, the city was relieved by Joan of Arc, 8 May 1429, and Suffolk retreated to Jargeau, where he was forced to surrender, 12 June following. He was, however, released before 15 March 1429/30, when he was appointed Lieutenant of Caen and the Cotentin till 1 June following; and he captured the castle of Aumale in July 1430. P.C. 30 November 1431. He had custody of the Duke of Orleans, 29 August 1432-11 November 1433. Lord Steward of the Household, 1433-50; joint Constable of Wallingford Castle and Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, 18 June 1434; joint Ambassador to the Congress of Arras to treat for peace with France, 20 June 1435, and again 20 May 1436; High Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, North of Trent, 23 April 1437-1450; Chief Justice of South Wales, (shortly before) 28 July 1438 (when he was going abroad on the King's business)---February 1439/40, and of North Wales, 19 February 1439/40 and (with Sir Thomas Stanley) 1 December 1443; Joint Keeper (with his wife) of Cornbury Park, Oxon, 16 July 1439; joint Warden of the New Forest and of Lyndhurst Park (in reversion), 28 November 1442; Keeper of the town of Dunwich, 12 February 1442/3. He and his wife Alice were granted, 27 February 1442/3, in reversion, in the event of the death s.p. of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the then Earl, "nomen stilum titulum et honorem comitis Pembroch , with remainder to the heirs male of their bodies. As Chief Ambassador to France, 11 February 1443/4, he acted as proxy for the betrothal, 24 May 1444, in the church of St. Martin, Tours, of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou, and concluded a two years truce with France, 28 May following. He was created, 14 September 1444, MARQUESS OF SUFFOLK . Steward and surveyor of all gold and other metal mines in England and Wales, 22 October 1444. He was instructed, 28 October 1444, to escort Margaret to England from Nancy, whence they arrived at Portsmouth, 9 April 1445. Commissioner to treat for peace with France, 20 July 1445 and 1 July 1447. On the death of the Duke of Gloucester abovenamed, 23 February 1446/7, he and his wife became EARL AND COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE, receiving a charter of confirmation, 3 March following. Lord Great Chamberlain of England for life, also Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, 24 February 1446/7; Admiral of England during the minority of Henry, Duke of Exeter, 9 August 1447; joint High Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, South of Trent, 11 December 1447; Governor and Protector of the Staple of Calais, 9 March 1447/8. He was further created, 2 June 1448, DUKE OF SUFFOLK. He became, however, extremely unpopular, the cession of Maine, the loss of Normandy, the retaining of public money to his own use, and even the death of the King's uncle, "the good" Duke of Gloucester, being laid to his charge. He was committed to the Tower, 28 January, and impeached by the Commons, 7 February and 9 March 1449/50; but on 17 March the King, by force of his submission and not "by wey of Jugement," ordered his banishment for 5 years from 1 May following, and he was released after protest by the Lords, 19 March 1449/50.

He married (licence 11 November 1430) Alice, the childless widow of Thomas (MONTAGU), 4th EARL OF SALISBURY (died 3 November 1428), and before that of Sir John PHILIP (died 2 October 1415), only child and (in 1434) heir of Thomas CHAUCER, of Ewelme, Oxon, Speaker of the House of Commons (son and heir of Geoffrey CHAUCER, the poet), by Maud, daughter and coheir of John DE BURGHERSH [LORD KERDESTON] of Ewelme. While leaving England in accordance with the King's sentence, his ship was intercepted by the Nicholas of the Tower in Dover Roads, 1 May, and he was murdered there, 2 May 1450, his head being cut off in an open boat, aged 53. His body was thrown upon the beach near Dover and was buried at Wingfield. After his death, although he was never under attainder, the Earldom of Pembroke seems to have lapsed. His widow, who was born about 1404, died 20 May (or possibly 9 June) 1475, and was buried at Ewelme. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/1:443-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

William married Alice CHAUCER on 11 Nov 1430 in 3rd Husband. Alice was born about 1404 in Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 20 May 1475 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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