John Beauchamp and Wife

Married 1548

Child 1:   Christopher Beauchamp Born: 1549 Died:   Spouse: Children:

Child 2:   Sir Thomas Beauchamp Born: 1550 Died: 1619 Spouse: Dorothy Clarke Children: Edward Beauchamp, Richard Beauchamp, Thomas Beauchamp, Margaret Beauchamp, Sir John Beauchamp Edmund Beauchamp, in making his will (dated April 10, 1691; probated 12th 9ber 1691), describes himself as "Edmund Beauchamp, Mercer, of London, and at the writing hereof County Clerke of Somerset in the Province of Maryland."4 This item furnished the clue to Beauchamp's ancestry. Research in English record publications shows Edmund Beauchamp to have been a son of John Beauchamp, of London, Merchant, and his wife, Alicia, daughter of Edmund Freeman, of Pulberry, Sussex; and grandson of Thomas Beauchamp, of Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of Edward Clarke, of Rode, Northamptonshire. Here is the will of Thomas, grandfather of our immigrant Edmund Beauchamp. Gary THOMAS BEACHAM OF COSGRAVE 15th DECEMBER 1613 my body to be buried in the parish church of churchyard of Cosgrave aforesaid. Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Edward, all my lands and close called by the name of Burks Bryones (?) within the fields and parishes of Cosgrave, North and East part, which I purchased of John Goodman, Ellis Emerson and John Whittweale to him and his heirs forever, giving and paying to my son Richard one hundren pounds of good and lawful money of England within five years after my decease. Item: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas my house and copyhold land in Downbam in the Isle of Ely in the county of Cambridge. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margarett my house in Wolverton in the county of Buckingham which I purchased of my brother, Robert Beacham; and three score and ten pounds whereof forty pounds at the day of her marriage or within ten days after, and the other thirty pounds at the age of twenty and one years. Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Beacham my estate, right title and interest in my house in Sisaw(?) with the pertenance or else four score pounds of good and lawful money of England. Item: I give and bequeath unto Anony Mylgate of Wolverton and to Richard Windmill of the same 6s.8d betwixt them, that is either of them 3s.4d. Item: I give to my son Edward three garners with all hovill (sic) post and timber belonging to them, with all the tables and settles in the house, with all boards and timber for building, with all pallis (pales?) and hedge mounds. Item: I give to each of my godchildren 12d and to Marie Bird 12d. Item: I give to the repair of the parish church of Cosgrave 3s . 4d . Item: I ordain that If any of my four younger children depart this natural life before the above said potions and legacies to them by me bequeathed to be due and payable to remain to the proper use and behofe (behalf?) of the other that remain living. Item: 1 give to my son Edward my worser cart and plough and harrow and my brown gelding which was bought of William Emerson, and one red Hereford. Item: I appoint my son Edward my one half of lands and housing which was my father's part at the next fallow, paying the rent due to my father at St Thomas' Day come twelve month and till then my wife to pay it. My legacies as performed, my debts paid, my funeral expenses discharged, all my other goods moveab1e and unmoveable unbequeathed I give to Dorothie my wife whom I make and appoint my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. I ordain and appoint William Ellis of Thropp and my brother Christopher overseers of this my will, and for their pains I give either of them 2s. In witness hereof I have set to my hand and seal this day and year first above written. Thomas Beacham Signed and sealed in the presence of Arthur Emerson. Christopher Beacham, John Maywood, Robert Bagnell Quoting from the research work of DeBrett of Northampton "Our research into the Beauchamp family of Cosgrove has covered a wide range of sources, the most revealing of which has been a series of Northamptonshire wills in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The will of Edward Beauchamp, the eldest son of Thomas Beauchamp and Dorothy, formerly Clarke, was dated 6 Jan 1624 at Cosgrove, and it was his wish "to be buried in the churchyard of Cosgrove among the burials of my ancestors". He mentioned his wife, Emma, and three sons and two daughters. His father, Thomas Beauchamps's will was dated 15 Dec 1613 and he mentioned four sons, Edward (whose will of 1624 we have just mentioned), Thomas, who was given lands in Downham, Cambridgeshire, and John, the merchant ancestor who married Alice Freeman. Thomas also named a daughter Margaret, who received land at Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. We also learn he had brothers Christopher and Robert. Thomas's brother, Christopher Beauchamp, left a will in 1622 in which he mentioned his brother Henry. The eldest brother, John Beauchamp, left an interesting will 23 Feb 1615, which was proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the superior probate jurisdiction of England and Wales. Like his nephew and namesake John, son of Thomas Beauchamp, the elder John was a successful merchant. He lived in Amsterdam and although he had a wife, he mentioned no children. He did leave bequest to his nephews, John and Richard, the sons of his late brother, Thomas Beauchamp. The testator also mentioned his brothers, Henry, Christopher, Richard and Robert Beauchamp, and a sister named Ellis. The most important point in the will is that there is a reference to John Beauchamp's father, also called John Beauchamp, who was believed to be living in Buckinghamshire in 1615. Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about this elder John Beauchamp of Buckinghamshire. However, from the evidence contained in earlier Northamptonshire wills, we believe he can be identified as the son of Thomas and Agnes Beauchamp of Cosgrove. Thomas made his will on 10 Mar 1545, and apart from his son John, he named a daughter Agnes, and his wife, who was also called Agnes. He had a sister called Elizabeth Conqueste. Thomas' widow, Agnes Beauchamp of Cosgrave, made her will on 16 Aug 1545. Most of her property was left to the church, or for charitable purposes, but she did make a bequest to Thomas Conq(u)est, who was her brother, or brother-in-law. Finally, the earliest will we have identified relates to John Beauchamp of Cosgrove, and was dated 16 February 1536. He mentioned his brother, Thomas, who was his executor, his son William and daughter Emma. Thus we can trace the Beauchamp family of Cosgrove back with a good degree of certainty to 1536 from probate sources. We consulted many other sources, such as Inquisitions Post Mortems, marriage licenses and legal records in the Court Of Requests, but these produced no evidence of earlier generations. One source which may have identified the father of Thomas Beauchamp, the earliest known ancestor, is Lay Subsidy Rolls, which are records of taxations levied by Parliament. In 1543/4, Thomas Beauchamp of Cosgrove was assessed for taxation. In 1524/5, we find Richard, John and Thomas Beauchamp at Cosgrove. We know that Thomas and John were brothers, and we may speculate that Richard Beauchamp was their father. However, extensive searches in deeds, muster rolls, pipe rolls, close rolls and other Beauchamp families and individuals flourishing in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, have failed to produce firm evidence of the genealogy before 1536". No documentation as yet, just several very well researched leads by impressive persons including Stith Thompson. From William Dugdale's "History of Warwickshire" : "I did intensive research on Bch.families, On his death in 1293, Ralph de Bch. left his son/heir, Roger, honors of Eaton. Roger was 21 next year, 1294, did homage and had livery of his lands. Dugdale concludes his unconnected account of this family with this Roger, by reason, he says, they were not of the degree of Barons." Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, Page 935 -"Hereford. He had by his wife Peter, John and Otho and three daughters, Mabella de Grandison, who married Sir John de Patteshull, Katherine and Agnes. He died before 1335. 5. Mabella de Grandison married Sir John Patteshull and their daughter Sibella married Roger de Beauchamp. No. 10, Beauchamp. Roger de Beauchamp and Sibella Patteshull had a son, 11. Roger de Beauchamp, who died in the lifetime of his father, leaving a son, 12. Roger de Beauchamp, grandson and heir of Roger de Beauchamp, the first Baron. He was aged 17 in 1380 and second Baron Beauchamp of Bletso, but this nobleman was never summoned to Parliament. His lordship, proving his age in the 7th of Richard II, had livery of all his lands. In 1394/5 this nobleman attending the King into Ireland. He married Johanna Clopton and had a son John and a daughter."(this heritage also contains the names Littleton, Dorothey Edmund which are similar names in the latter linage.)There was a paternal record of the family in the possession of George A. Beauchamp, a descendant of Sir Thomas Beauchamp. This record told of the family leaving their native France for England, and of the emmigration in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century to America. The Beauchamp Family Bible had been burned. The Bible. The information of the Bible came from "Backtracking in Barbour County - A Narrative of the last Alabama Frontier" by Ann Kendrick Walker. "About the turn of the century, Dr. Owen learned that the only portrait extant of the pioneer (Green Beauchamp) was in the possession of Miss Emily Kennon, a sister of Mrs. Beauchamp, and at this time, Miss Kennon had reached the age of ninety-six. Dr. Owen's efforts to locate the portrait resulted in bringing forth some biographical material--- slight but authentic ---from the late George A. Beauchamp, a great nephew of Green. The Beauchamp Family Bible had been burned, but there was a record of the family on the paternal side, of leaving their native France for England, and of the emigration in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century of the founder of the American Branch, and of settlement in Maryland." Edmund Beauchamp, in making his will (dated April 10, 1691; probated 12th 9ber 1691), describes himself as "Edmund Beauchamp, Mercer, of London, and at the writing hereof County Clerke of Somerset in the Province of Maryland."4 This item furnished the clue to Beauchamp's ancestry. Research in English record publications shows Edmund Beauchamp to have been a son of John Beauchamp, of London, Merchant, and his wife, Alicia, daughter of Edmund Freeman, of Pulberry, Sussex; and grandson of Thomas Beauchamp, of Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of Edward Clarke, of Rode, Northamptonshire. The King went on, "the Garter will soon be held in such high esteem that he may count himself happy if permitted to wear it". The Queen is the only lady of the Order. I am honored to count 16 Knights of the Garter among my ancestors. Edward III, King of England, Founder, 1344-50 of the Order of the Garter.  Sir Henry Percy, K.G., Earl of Northumberland.  Sir John de Gray, K.G., Lord Grey of Ruthyn.  Sir Edward de Nevill, K.G., Baron Abergavenny.  Sir Ralph de Nevill, K.G., Earl of Westmoreland.  Sir George de Nevill, K.G., Baron Bergavenny, 31st Baron.  Sir John Howard, K.G.  Sir Thomas de Mowbray, K.G., Duke of Norfolk.  Sir Edward Cherleton, K.G.  Sir Richard Fitz-Alan, K.G., Earl of Arundel.  Prince John of Gaunt, K.G., Duke of Lancaster, son of King Edward III.  Sir William de Bohun, K.G., Earl of Hereford.  Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G., 3rd Earl of Warwick.  Sir Thomas Holand, K.G., Earl of Kent.  SOCIETY OF "MAGNA CHARTA DAMES" Regent General is Miss Eliz. Fisher Washington of Pa. Md. Regent, Mrs. Alex. Gordon. President, Mrs. Geo. Harrison Houston of Pa. The object of this Society is the same as the Runnymede Society, to preserve the names of the Barons of England who were Sureties for the Magna Charta of King John in 1215, in the meadow called "Runnymede". There were 25 Barons and 17 have descendants living today. Edyth Clements Shipley Britton has 16 to her credit. The Howard line is on file in this Society. Sir William d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir Castle, d--1236.  Sir Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, d--1220.  Sir Hugh Bigod, his son and heir, d--1225.  Sir Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, d--1220.  Sir Rich. de Clare, Earl of Hereford, d--1218.  Sir Gilbert de Clare, his son and heir, d--1229.  Sir John Fitz-Robert, Lord of Warkworth Castle, d--1240.  Sir Robert Fitz-Walter, Lord of Dunmow Castle, d--1234.  Sir John de Lacie, Lord of Halton Castle, d--1240.  Sir William de Lanvalli, Lord of Stanway Castle, d--1217.  Sir William Malet, Lord of Curry-Malet, d--1224.  Sir William de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme Castle, d--1223.  Sir Saire de Quincey, Earl of Winchester, d--1219 (this is where the name Winchester comes into my husband's family).  Sir Robert de Roos, Lord of Hamlake Castle, d--1226.  Sir Geoffrey de Saye, a Feudal Baron of Sussex, d--1230.  Sir Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, d--1221.  ORDER OF THE FIRST CRUSADE, 1096 Authenticated descent from one of the 7 Great Leaders of the First Crusade to Jerusalem, 1096. Founder and President, Mr. Howard Kellogg James, of Calif. English Branch, Duke of Argyall, etc. Md. Registreur, Mrs. H. M. Southgate of Chevy Chase. This order goes back 129 years behind "Runnymede," and required descent from only 7 men, leaders of this Crusade. These 7 leaders were: Hugh the Great, Stephen of Blois, Robert of Flanders, Godfrey de Bouillon, Robert of Normandy, Raymond of Toulouse, Bohemund of Tarentum. The sermon preached by Urban IV at Clearmont, France, Nov. 26, 1095, kindled the spark that started the First Crusade, under the above leaders, and 150,000 men reached Constantinople, 1097. One million people lost their lives, the cost of the First Crusade. Edyth Clements Shipley Britton has two lines in this Society--Washington and Howard. WASHINGTON LINE--  Henry II, King of France, m--Anne of Russia. Their son was Prince Hugh Magnus, Count of Vermandois, known as "Hugh the Great", one of the seven Great Leaders of the First Crusade, 1096. He signalized himself in the expedition of 1. Llewelyn the Great, Prince of Wales, m. Joanna, natural daughter of King John, d. 1240. 2. Gwladys, m. Ralph Mortimer. 3. Roger Mortimer, m. Maude de Braose. 4. Edmund Mortimer, d. 1303, m. Margaret, a Spaniard related to Queen Eleanor. 5. Roger Mortimer, hanged 1330, Paramour of Queen Isabella, m. Joan, dau. of Lord Trim of Ireland. 6. Catherine Mortimer, m. Thomas Beauchamp, Sr., who d. of Plague 1369. 7. Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., d. 1401, m. Margaret Ferrais, imprisoned, banished to Isle of Man. 8. Elizabeth Beauchamp, heiress, m. Sir Edward Neville, 1st Lord Abergavenny. 9. Sir George Neville, Sr., 2nd Lord Abergavenny, m. Margaret Fiennes, dau. of Hugh. 10. Sir George Neville, Jr., 3rd Lord Abergavenny, m. Mary Stafford, dau. of Duke of Buckingham. 11. Lady Mary Neville, m. Sir Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre, beheaded 1541. 12. Lady Margaret Fiennes, 1540-1611, m. Sampson Leonard, 11th Lord Dacre, grandparents of James Leonard of Taunton. NOTE: The grandson and namesake of Llewelyn the Great was also noble. He was a son-in-law of Simon de Montfort. He was murdered in 1282 and his head was sent to London where it was displayed in derision crowned with ivy.  Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson and Haskell Families 1315, m. Alice de Toni. 6. Thomas Beauchamp, Sr., d. of plague at Calais 1369, m. Catherine Mortimer, dau. of Roger. 7. Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., d. 1401; kept in Tower; banished to Isle of Man; m. Margaret Ferrars. 8. Richard Beauchamp, d. 1439, m. Isabel Despenser. 9. Elizabeth Beauchamp, heiress of the Despensers, descended from Charlemagne, m. Sir Edward Neville. From here consult Neville Line.  Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson and Haskell Families  1. Roger Mortimer, said to be descended from Charlemagne. 2. Ralph Mortimer, fought at Hastings for Wm. Conqueror. 3. Hugh Mortimer, d. 1185, opposed accession of Henry II. 4. Roger Mortimer, d. 1215, constantly fighting the Welsh. 5. Ralph Mortimer, m. Gladuse, dau. of Llewelyn the Great. 6. Roger Mortimer, d. 1282, fought for Henry III, m. Maude de Braose. 7. Edmund Mortimer, d. 1303, m. Margaret, a Spaniard related to Queen Eleanor. 8. Roger Mortimer, Paramour of Queen Isabella, hanged 1330, m. Joan, dau. of Lord Trim of Ireland. 9. Catherine Mortimer, m. Thomas Beauchamp, Sr., who d. of plague 1369. 10. Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., d. 1401, imprisoned in Tower, m. Margaret Ferrars. 11. Elizabeth Beauchamp, heiress of the Despensers, m. Sir Edward Neville. Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson and Haskell Families 1--The Beauchamp Family, This family was founded at the conquest. Their progenitor, Hugh de Beauchamp, received four lordships in Buckinghamshire. They were allied by marriage with the Staffords, Mortimers, and Despensers. The marriage of the heiress of the Despensers, Elizabeth Beauchamp with our ancestor, Sir Edward Neville, is one of the marked epochs in our family history as she brought several titles and baronies to her husband which he did not need. Elizabeth was also the heiress of the Braose estates. Her ancestor, William de Braose, perpetrated in the castle of Abergavenny in Wales in 1176, the awful murder of a number of the finest Welsh chiefs who had been lured there on the pretext of friendly conference. One of them brought his young son, who shared his father's fate. After thus defying the sacredness of hospitality, William de Braose attacked the families of his victims making the name Braose detestable to all generations. The castle of Abergavenny, which rose dark and menacing like the spirit of murder, became the property of Elizabeth Beauchamp, born in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, and her husband became thereby Baron Bergavenny. Elizabeth was the great-great-granddaughter of Roger Mortimer. Her grandfather, Thomas Beauchamp was imprisoned in the Tower of London, one of whose parts is called Beauchamp Tower from him. from the following Sureties of the Magna Charta: Saire de Quincey, Henry de Bohun, Robert de Vere, Roger Bigod, Hugh Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie.  Knights of the Garter--Sir Thomas Beauchamp, Sir Hugh Courtney, Sir Roger de Mortimer. Knights of the Bath--Sir Hugh Courtney."  NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE BARONS OF RUNNYMEDE SURETIES    Saire de Quincey, Henry de Bohun, Robert de Vere, Roger Bigod, Hugh B igod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie.  Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson and Haskell Families 1315, m. Alice de Toni. 6. Thomas Beauchamp, Sr., d. of plague at Calais 1369, m. Catherine Mortimer, dau. of Roger. 7. Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., d. 1401; kept in Tower; banished to Isle of Man; m. Margaret Ferrars. 8. Richard Beauchamp, d. 1439, m. Isabel Despenser. Edmund Beauchamp, in making his will (dated April 10, 1691; probated 12th 9ber 1691), describes himself as "Edmund Beauchamp, Mercer, of London, and at the writing hereof County Clerke of Somerset in the Province of Maryland."4 This item furnished the clue to Beauchamp's ancestry. Research in English record publications shows Edmund Beauchamp to have been a son of John Beauchamp, of London, Merchant, and his wife, Alicia, daughter of Edmund Freeman, of Pulberry, Sussex; and grandson of Thomas Beauchamp, of Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of Edward Clarke, of Rode, Northamptonshire.

Child 3:   Robert Beauchamp Born: 1551 Died:   Spouse: Children:

Child 4:   Henry Beauchamp Born: 1552 Died:   Spouse: Children:

Child 5:   John Beauchamp Born: 1553 Died:   Spouse: Children:

Child 6:   Ellis Beauchamp Born: 1554 Died:   Spouse: Children: