Biography of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont 1409-1460
Paternal Family Tree: Brienne
Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
Before 1387 [his father] Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont (age 7) and [his mother] Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont (age 2) were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 09 Sep 1396 [his grandfather] John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont (age 35) died. His son [his father] Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont (age 16) succeeded 5th Baron Beaumont.
Before 20 Jul 1399 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 11) and [his future sister-in-law] Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 13) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 35) and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 14 Aug 1409 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont was born to Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont (age 29) and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont (age 25) at Folkingham Castle [Map].
On 12 Jan 1412 John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 20) and [his future wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 48) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 33). He the son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 46). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In Jun 1413 [his father] Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont (age 33) died at Sempringham. His son John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 3) succeeded 6th Baron Beaumont.
In or before 1416 [his future brother-in-law] Ralph Neville (age 24) and [his future sister-in-law] Mary or Margery Ferrers (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 36). He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 51) and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
BeforeOn 04 Jun 1418 Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 25) and [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Neville Baroness Scrope Bolton were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 54) and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 12 Nov 1428 [his mother] Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont (age 44) died.
On 06 Nov 1429 King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 7) was crowned VI King England by Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 54) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick (age 4) carried the child King. [his future step-son] John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 14) attended. John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 20) was knighted.
In 1432 [his future brother-in-law] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape (age 25) was created 1st Baron Latimer of Snape.
Around 1435 [his daughter] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel was born to John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 25) and [his future wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 35) at Edenham, South Kesteven. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1436 [his future brother-in-law] Edward Neville 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 23) and Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny (age 20) were married. He by marriage Baron Bergavenny. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester (age 35). He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 57). They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1437 Thomas Strangeways (age 42) and [his future wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 36) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 57). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1437 [his future brother-in-law] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape (age 30) and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Snape. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 54) and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 58). They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In Apr 1438 [his son] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont was born to John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 28) and [his future wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 12 Feb 1440 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 30) was created 1st Viscount Beaumont by letters patent. [his wife] Elizabeth Phelip Viscountess Beaumont by marriage Viscountess Beaumont.
In Oct 1441 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 32) and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 41) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1442 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 32) was appointed 158th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 20).
Before 18 Oct 1444 [his step-son] John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 29) and Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk (age 27) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She the daughter of William Bourchier 1st Count Eu and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford. He the son of John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 44). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1445 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 35) was appointed Constable of England.
On 20 Feb 1447 Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 56) was arrested on a charge of treason by John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 37), Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 44), Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke Somerset (age 41), [his brother-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 47) and Ralph Boteler 6th and 1st Baron Sudeley (age 58).
On 23 Feb 1447 Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 56) died at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [Map]. He was possibly poisoned although more likely he died from a stroke. He was buried at St Alban's Cathedral [Map]. Duke Gloucester, Earl Pembroke extinct. His death left England with no heir to the throne in a direct line. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York (age 35) became heir presumptive until the birth of Edward of Westinster Prince of Wales six years later.
After 18 Jun 1448 [his brother-in-law] Edward Neville 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 35) and Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny (age 34) were married. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1450 [his brother-in-law] Edward Neville 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 37) was created 1st Baron Bergavenny. A new creation since his son had already inherited the title Baron Bergavenny when his mother died in 1448.
On 08 Jul 1453 [his sister-in-law] Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 67) died at Naworth Castle [Map].
On 06 Nov 1453 Anne Bardolf Baroness Cobham Sternborough (age 64) died. Her fifth cousin [his son] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 15) succeeded 6th Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
Before 1456 [his son-in-law] John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand (age 23) and [his daughter] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 46) and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 55). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 25 Jan 1457 [his sister-in-law] Mary or Margery Ferrers (age 63) died.
On 25 Feb 1458 [his brother-in-law] Ralph Neville (age 66) died at Oversley.
On 10 Jul 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), Archbishop George Neville (age 28), [his brother-in-law] William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 43) had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 37) was killed.
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 50) was killed. His son [his son] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) and William Norreys (age 19) were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
Chronicle of Gregory 1460. 10 Jul 1460 And there they mete with the King and foughte manly with the kyngys lordys and mayny, but there was moche favyr in that fylde unto the Erle of Warwycke (age 31). And there they toke the King (age 38), and made newe offycers of the londe, as the chaunceler and tresyrar and othyr, but they occupy de not fo[r]thewith, but abode a seson of the comyng of Duke of York (age 48) out of Irlonde. And in that fylde was slayne the Duke of Bokyngham (age 57), stondyng stylle at his tente, the Erle of Schrovysbury (age 42), the Lord Bemond (age 50), and the Lord Egremond (age 37), with many othyr men. Ande many men were drownyd by syde the fylde in the revyr at a mylle. And that goode knyght Syr Wylliam Lucy (age 56) that dwellyd besyde Northehampton hyrde the gonne schotte, and come unto the fylde to have holpyn the King, but the fylde was done or that he come; an one of the Staffordys was ware of his comynge, and lovyd that knyght is wyffe (age 21) and hatyd hym, and a-non causyd his dethe.
In Jan 1465 John Woodville (age 20) and [his former wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 65) were married. Described as a 'Diabolical Marriage' by opponents of the Woodvilles. He being nineteen, she sixty-five. His first wife, her fourth husband. Regarded as an example of the Woodville family increasing their wealth and power. See Woodville Marriages The difference in their ages was 45 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 60) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 50). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 1483 [his former wife] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 83) died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
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Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
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Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Louis "Lion" VIII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaumont Sarthe 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Comyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Latimer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp Baroness Monthermer
GrandFather: John Beaumont 4th Baron Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alphonse Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jordan Foliot
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Foliot
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Everingham 2nd Baron Everingham of Laxton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Everingham
GrandMother: Katherine Everingham Baroness Beaumont
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Deincourt Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Roscelyn Baroness Willoughby and Latimer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ufford 1st Baron Ufford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Ufford Baroness Willoughby Eresby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Norwich
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Norwich Countess Suffolk
GrandFather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Harringworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lovell Baroness Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Strange 4th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver Ingham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Ingham Baroness Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Harringworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Zouche 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lovell Baroness Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford