General Notes

REFN: 10224AN
K.G.
3rd Earl of Warwick-Beauchamp but 11th Earl
Marshall
Sir
Marshal of England besides his hereditary appointments-see his father
Elder son
Received from King Edward III, livery of his lands before the age of 21, h
is majority.
One of the founders of the Order of the Garter
Cokayne's Complete Peerage in Dave's Database.
Dave's Database. Utzinger, Dave, Rootsweb's WorldConnect, World Wide We
b: Available: [Online]: (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?
db=utzing) [30 August 2002].
EARLDOM OF WARWICK
XI. 11. THOMAS (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK, also hereditary Sheri
ff of Worcestershire and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, son and heir, was p
robably born 14 February 1313/4. He was knighted by the King, 1 January, a
nd given seisin of his lands, though under age, 20 February 1328/9; was su
mmoned for service against the Scots, 1333 and 1335, and was again in Scot
land,1336; Commissioner to treat for a truce with Scotland, 4 May 1336, a
nd for a final peace there, 24 July 1337, and to consider measures for t
he defence of the realm, 11 December 1336; Captain of the army against t
he Scots, 25 March 1337, and Warden of the March of Scotland in that yea
r; Keeper of Southampton, 10 July 1339. In the autumn of 1339 he took pa
rt in the King's campaign in France, being in the 3rd division at Vironfos
se (in the Aisne), where both sides were drawn up for the battle but the F
rench withdrew. The following year he was in command at Valenciennes and l
ater was with the King at the siege of Tournai, taking part in the negotia
tions for the truce at Esplechin, 25 September 1340. He attended the Roy
al tournament at Dunstable, February 1341/2; was a Commissioner to treat f
or peace with France, 24 May 1342, and again, in the Pope's presence, 29 A
ugust 1343; and served in Brittany, October 1342-January 1342/3, being pre
sent at the siege of Vannes. Marshal of England, 10 February 1343/4 till h
is death; Sheriff of cos. Warwick and Leicester for life, 26 June 134
4. In the Crécy campaign he was appointed one of the two Marshals of the a
rmy and distinguished himself in the battle, 26 August 1346, where he w
as in joint command of the Prince of Wales's division, and at the sie
ge of Calais, 1346-47. About 1348 he became K.G., being one of the founde
rs of that order. On 29 August 1350 he took part in the King's naval acti
on off Winchelsea; and he was Admiral of the Fleet from the mouth of the T
hames towards the West, before 20 March 1352/3. Having accompanied the Pri
nce of Wales to Gascony in 1355, he was made Constable of the army there a
nd commanded the vanguard at the battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356. Sh
ortly before 12 July 1356 he recovered from John de Mowbray the lands of G
ower and Swansea Castle, which had been alienated from Norman Earls of War
wick by King John in 1203. Having served in Edward III's last campai
gn in France, 1359-60, he was a witness to the treaty of Brétigny, 8 May 1
360. As Commissioner appointed, 19 July 1362, to take the homage due to t
he Prince of Wales as Duke of Aquitaine, he went to Gascony with the Prin
ce and was there, November 1364. He was sent on a special mission to Fland
ers, October-November 1366; and was appointed, Keeper of the truce in t
he East and West Marches and a Commissioner to treat with the Scots, 16 Ju
ly 1367. In 1369 he played a prominent part in John of Gaunt's expediti
on into France and himself devastated Caux. He married (dispensation 19 Ap
ril 1319), after 22 February 1324/5, Catherine, daughter of Roger (DE MORT
IMER), 1st EARL OF MARCH, by Joan, daughter and heir of Piers DE GENEVILL
E. She died between 4 August and 6 September 1369 and was buried in St. Ma
ry's, Warwick. M.I. He died of the plague 13 November 1369 at Calais, ag
ed 55, and was buried with her. M.I. [CP 12[2]:372-4]
Will dated 6 Sept 1369
Memorial Inscription plaque mounted at St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshir
e,