Margaret de Beauchamp 
Margaret was born about 1410 in Of,Bletsoe,Bedfordshire,England.1 Margaret's father was Sir John de Beauchamp, Knt. of Bletsoe and her mother was Elizabeth (Edith) de Stourton. Her maternal grandparents were John de Stourton and Jane Bassett. She had a brother named John. She was the older of the two children. She died on August 8th, 1482.2 General Notes
Margaret de Beauchamp, dau. of John de Beauchamp, 3rd Lord Beauchamp of Bletsho, m. 1st, Sir Oliver St. John, Knt, and conveyed the Barony of Beauchamp, of Bletsho, into that family. Margaret m. 2nd, John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, and by him was mother of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, whose son ascended the British throne as King Henry VII. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Bletsho]
This lady m. 2ndly, John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, K.G., by whom she was mother of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who m. Edward Tudor, Earl of Richmond, and had a son, Henry, Earl of Richmond, who ascended the throne as Henry VII. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 46, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1381 in Of,Bletneshoe Powyke,Bedfordshire,England d.1412
- b.~ 1410 in Of,Bletsoe,Bedfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1482
- b.~ 1251 in Of,Stourton,Wiltshire,England d.~ 1303
- b.~ 1290 in Of,Preston,Wiltshire,England
- b.~ 1258 in Of,Stourton,Wiltshire,England
- b.~ 1340 in Stourton,Wiltshire,England d.1364
- b. in Horningsham,Wiltshire,England
- b.~ 1298 in Of,Hornington,Wiltshire,England
- b.~ 1394 in Of,Bletneshle,Somersetshire,England d.13 Jun 1441
- b.~ 1305 in Of,Drayton Basset,Staffordshire,England d.1335 in Of,Drayton Basset,Staffordshire,England
- b.1335 in Of,Drayton Basset,Staffordshire,England d.10 May 1390 in Sp
- b.11 Nov 1289 in Of Heleigh,Staffordshire,ENGLAND d.Abt 24 MAR 1315/1316
- b.~ 1315 in Of,Heleigh,Staffordshire,England d.< 1359 in Of,Drayton Basset,Staffordshire,England
- b.~ 1291 in Barnstaple,Devon,ENGLAND d.Abt JAN 1319/1320
- b. in Glastonbury,Somerset,England
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Margaret and John (1st Duke of Somerset) were married in a religious ceremony about 1440.2 They had a daughter named Margaret , Countess of Richmond.
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Children
Margaret , Countess of Richmond Beaufort
Margaret , Countess of Richmond was born on May 31st, 1443 in Bletsoe Castle,Bedfordshire,England.2 She died at the age of 66 on June 29th, 1509 in Abbot's House,Cheyney Gates,Westminster,England.2
Margaret and Lionel , 6th Lord Welles, K.G. were married in a religious ceremony after May 27th, 1444. They had a son named John , Viscount Welles, K.G..
1 Automated Family Pedigrees - #1
2 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
3 History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II @ p. 558, Walrond, of Dulford House
Further sources/citations:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 467, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Beltsho
2 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
3 History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II @ p. 558, Walrond, of Dulford House
Further sources/citations:
Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 467, St. John, Earls of Bolingbroke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages @ p. 33, Beauchamp, Baron Beauchamp, of Beltsho
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