John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp

Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) was born on 25 July 1274.1 He was the son of John Beauchamp and Cicely de Vivonne.1 He married Joan Chenduit before 1301.1 He died between October 1336 and December 1336.1

Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) fought in the Scottish wars.1 On 17 September 1295 he had seizin of his father's lands.1 He was created 1st Lord Beauchamp, of Somerset [England by writ] on 29 December 1299.1 He was invested as a Knight on 22 May 1306.1 In 1321 he suceeded to the extensive estates of his mother, including Sturminster Marshal, Dorset and Bullingham, Cambridgeshire.1 He held the office of Governor of Sturminster Castle in 1325.1

Note that the House of Lords, Committee for Privileges found in 1924 that there was no proof that neither John Beauchamp nor his son had actually sat in Parliament following their writ of summons.

Children of Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit Joan Beauchamp+3

William Beauchamp4 b. b 1304, d. b 1336

Alienor Beauchamp4 b. b 1304, d. a 1304

Beatrice Beauchamp4 b. b 1304, d. a 1304

John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset)+4 b. a 4 Oct 1304, d. 19 May 1343

Citations

1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 48. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 76. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 344.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 49.

The Marbury Ancestry by Meredith Bright Colket (The Magee Press, Philadelphia, 1936)

Ref 171 (Marbury Ancestry) names John Blount's 2nd wife, and mother of Walter Blount, as Eleanor, daughter of John Beauchamp of Hache, Somerset - Beauchamp arms, Vair, quartered on subsequents Blount coats. The book points out though that her identity has not been positively determined - exactly WHICH John Beauchamp was her father.

"Sir John Blount of Sodington, co. Worcester, b. ca 1298, d. 1358, seised of lands in co. Gloucester and co, Stafford; m. (1) Isolda Montjoy who died 1347, m. (2) Eleanore Beauchamp of Hache, co. Somerset. (Beauchamp arms, Vair, quartered on subsequent Blount coats)."

John Beauchamp. b. of Hache, Somersetshire ENG.

Baron Beauchamp of Hoche, Sir John de Beauchamp

Birth : 25 JUL 1274 of Hatch, Somersetshire, England

Death : 12 OCT 1336

Parents:

Father: de Beauchamp, John Governor of Cardigan Castle

Mother: de Vivonia, Cecily

Marriage: 1301

Spouse:

Chenduit, Joan

Birth : 1279 of Hatch, Somersetshire, England

Death : 9 MAY 1327

Children:

Baron Beauchamp of Hoche, Sir John de Beauchamp

Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp was born on 25 July 1274. He was the son of John Beauchamp and Cicely de Vivonne. He married Joan Chenduit before 1301. He died between October 1336 and December 1336. Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) fought in the Scottish wars. On 17 September 1295 he had seizin of his father's lands.1 He was created 1st Lord Beauchamp, of Somerset [England by writ] on 29 December 1299. He was invested as a Knight on 22 May 1306. In 1321 he succeeded to the extensive estates of his mother, including Sturminster Marshal, Dorset and Bullingham, Cambridgeshire.1 He held the office of Governor of Sturminster Castle in 1325.

Note that the House of Lords, Committee for Privileges found in 1924 that there was no proof that neither John Beauchamp nor his son had actually sat in Parliament following their writ of summons.