John Beauchamp

- 1388

• Name	John Beauchamp
  Birth	of Holt, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 May 1388	Tower Hill, London, England   [1]
  Burial	Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I34102	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	John Beauchamp,   b. Abt 1319, of Holt, Worcestershire, England d. Bef 1367 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Isabel Attwood   d. Aft 1363
  Marriage	Bef 25 Mar 1345  [1]
  Family ID	F20075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Fitz With,   b. 24 Mar 1352
  Marriage	Bef 31 Oct 1370  [1]
  Children	+ 1. John Beauchamp,   b. 6 Jan 1377, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d. 27 Aug 1420 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F20073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  According to Douglas Richardson (citation details below), in addition to serving as a knight of the shire for Worcestershire in the two parliaments of 1377 as mentioned below, he also performed the same function in 1380. From Wikipedia (accessed 13 Apr 2021): He served under John of Gaunt in the Spanish campaign of 1372 and in 1373 obtained a grant of a yearly fair at a place called 'le Rode' in the parish of Holt, on the day of St. Mary Magdalene. A favourite of the ailing King Edward III, in the years 1370 to 1375 he received several grants of offices, including the constableship of Bridgnorth Castle. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Worcestershire to Edward III's last parliament (January 1377) and Richard II's first (October 1377). Richard II regarded him warmly, and acted as godfather to his son. Retained in the household, Beauchamp soon received substantial further patronage, and by 1384 he had been made Receiver of the Chamber and Keeper of the King's Jewels. He received the Order of Knighthood on Richard II's entry into Scotland in 1385. That December he was granted for life the office of Justiciar of North Wales, to which was added in August 1386 a charter of liberties within his recently purchased estate at Kidderminster. Even though the Commons demanded in October that a new Steward of the Household be appointed only in parliament, Richard II refused to comply, and in January 1387 he promoted Beauchamp to the stewardship. Even more provocative was Sir John's creation on 10 October following as 'Lord of Beauchamp and Baron of Kidderminster', a new dignity to be maintained from the estates of Deerhurst Priory. This was the first creation of a peerage by letters patent. He was probably the builder of Holt Castle. Beauchamp's rapid rise from esquire to baron could not be borne by the Lords Appellant, who included his kinsman, Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick. The latter probably saw the rise of his cousin as a threat to his dominance of the Midlands. Arrested and imprisoned along with three other household knights, Lord Beauchamp was impeached in the Merciless Parliament in 1388 and condemned by the lords for treason. He was beheaded on Tower Hill and was buried in Worcester Cathedral. Fortunately for his heir, John Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminster, then aged eleven, he had entailed certain of his manors, so these were exempt from forfeiture.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.