John de Beauchamp 
John was born on July 25th, 1274 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England.1 John's father was John Beauchamp and his mother was Cicely Beauchamp. His maternal grandparents were William 'Fort' de Vivonne and Maud (Matilda) de Rochechouart. He had two sisters named Alice and Eleanor. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 61 on January 1st, 1336 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England.2 General Notes
John Beauchamp, of Hatch aforesaid, son and heir, was b. 25 July1274, and had seizin of his father's lands, 17 Sep 1295. He wasin the Scottish wars and was summoned, 26 Jan 1296/7, to attendthe King at Salisbury. He was summoned to Parliament 29 Dec 1299to 24 Aug 1336, by writs directed 'Johanni de Bello Campo deSomerset,' whereby he may be held to have become Lord Beachamp.He was knighted with the Prince of Wales, 22 May 1306. In 1321he succeeded to the extensive estates of his mother, whichincluded Sturminster Marshal, Dorset, Bullingham, co. Cambridge,etc. Governor of Bridgewater Castle 1325. He m. in or before1301, Joan, said to have been daughter of ? Chenduit. She d. 9Feb 1327. He d. 1336, after 20 Oct, aged 62. [Complete Peerage]
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John de Beauchamp, who was summoned to parliament as a baron bythe style of 'Iord de Bello Campo (de Somerset),' on 29December, 1229, 28th of Edward I, and in the 34th of the samereign [1306] was one of the distinguished persons who receivedthe honour of knighthood with Price Edward, the king's eldestson, being in the expedition made into Scotland in that year. Inthe 8th of Edward II [1315], his lordship was again in theScottish wars; and in the 14th of the same king he succeeded tothe very extensive landed possessions of his mother, comprisingthe manor of Sturminster-Marshal, in the co. Dorset, a moiety ofthe manor of West Kington, in the co. Wilts, of the whole manorof Wadmersh, in the co. Surrey, of the manor of Bullingham, inthe co. Cambridge, also the hamlets of Watweton and Widecombe.In the two years afterwards Lord Beauchamp was made governor ofthe castle of Bridgewater. In the 7th of Edward III (1333-4), heobtained license to fortify his manor houses at Hacche, Estokes,and South Hainedon, and to embattle their walls. His lordshipd.. in 1336, up to which period he had regular summonses, andwas s. by his son, John de Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp, ofHacche. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages,Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 33, Beauchamp, BaronsBeauchamp, of Hache, in the co. Somerset]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1249 in Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset, England d.24 Oct 1283 in Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset, England
- b.25 Jul 1274 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England d.01 Jan 1336 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England
- b.1195 in Chewton, Somersetshire, England d.1249 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somersetshire, England
- b.1225 in Poitou, Albermarle, France d.22 May 1259 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somersetshire, England
- b.1152 in Curry Malet, Somersetshire, England d.1194 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
- b.1176 in Shepton Malet, Somerset, England d.1217 in Curry Mallet, Langport, Somersetshire, England
- b.1154 in Milton, Kent, England
- b.1195 in Curry Malet, Somerset, England
- b.1175 in England
- b.1253 in Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset, England d.10 Jan 1320 in Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England
- b.1228 in Derbyshire, England d.12 Mar 1299
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1 Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors
2 Royal Genealogy
Further sources/citations:
AFN:, Paul B. McBride's Genealogy, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
2 Royal Genealogy
Further sources/citations:
AFN:, Paul B. McBride's Genealogy, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family
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