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ID: I19641
Name: *William BEAUCHAMP
Sex: M
Birth: 1345 in Castle Elmley, Elmley, Worcestershire, England
Death: 8 MAY 1411 1
Occupation: Governor of Pembroke 1
Occupation: BET 1392 AND 1411 1st Baron Bergavenny 2
Occupation: 1399 Justiciary of South Wales 1
Note:
Knight of the Garter
Lord of Abergavenny
4th son, William de Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, Lord of Abergavenny. (He was cousin of John, Lord Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny and Earl of Pembroke, whose grandmother was Agnes Mortimer, sister of William's mother, Catherine de Mortimer.) He succeeded to the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny by virtue of the entail made by John, Earl of Perbroke, who was Seignior of Wieseford and Bergavenny. He served under the gallant Chandos and subsequently, in the wars with France, with great distinction, and in 1375/6 was, by Edward III, nominated Knight of the Garter. Having succeeded to the lands of Abergavenny, he was summoned to Parliament from July 23, 1392, to December 18, 1409, as a baron as Lord Bergavenny of Beauchamp of Bergavenny. All the writs being directed to "Willilmo Beauchamp de Bergavenny." In 1399 he was appointed Justiciary of South Wales and Governor of Pembroke. He married Joan, sister and eventually (1415) co-heir of Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, by Elizabeth, daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton. He died May 8, 1411. His widow, who was born 1375, held the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny in dower until her death on November 14, 1435.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 784)

Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, K.G. (b.bef. 1369 - 8 May 1411) was an English Peer. The son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, he was created 1st Baron Bergavenny on 23rd July 1392.
He married Joan FitzAlan, daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel
(Wikipedia)


Father: *Thomas of BEAUCHAMP b: 14 FEB 1313 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
Mother: *Catherine DE MORTIMER b: 1309 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

Marriage 1 *Joan FITZALAN b: 1375 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Children
*Elizabeth Joan BEAUCHAMP b: ABT 1396 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Richard of BEAUCHAMP b: ABT 1397

Sources:
Title: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith
Page: 784
Title: Wikipedia
The cited information was sourced from Website / URL published on January 1st, 2008 <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I19641> The author/originator was RCKarnes.
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