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Paternal Family Tree: Beauchamp
Before 1434 [his father] John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 24) and [his mother] Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick (age 20) were married.
Around 1435 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick was born to John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 26) and Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick (age 22) at Powick, Worcestershire.
On 27th January 1447 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 12) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 12) were married at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester. They were half fourth cousins.
In 1468 [his daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Willoughby of Broke was born to Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 33) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stafford (age 33).
On 3rd May 1471 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 36) barred the gates of Gloucester against Margaret of Anjou's Lancastrian army preventing them from crossing the River Severn.
On 4th May 1471 King Edward IV of England (age 29) was victorious at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury. His brother Richard (age 18), Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 36), John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 46), George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny (age 31), John Savage (age 49), John Savage (age 27), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 40) fought. William Brandon (age 46), George Browne (age 31), Ralph Hastings, Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 38), James Tyrrell (age 16), Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 38) were knighted. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 40) commanded.
Margaret of Anjou (age 41) was captured. Her son Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales (age 17) was killed. He was the last of the Lancastrian line excluding the illegitmate Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 11) whose line continues to the present.
John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon (age 36) was killed and attainted. Earl Devon forfeit. Some sources refer to these titles as being abeyant?
John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 71) was killed. Baron Wenlock extinct.
John Delves (age 49), John Beaufort (age 30), William Vaux of Harrowden (age 35) and Robert Whittingham (age 42) were killed.
Edmund Beaufort (age 32), Humphrey Tuchet (age 37) and Hugh Courtenay (age 44) were captured.
Henry Roos fought and escaped to Tewkesbury Abbey [Map] where he sought sanctuary. He was subsequently pardoned.
William Carey (age 34) was killed.
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Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Volume 26 1903. A skirmish between the advanced guards of the two armies seems to have taken place in the town of Chipping Sodbury [Map]. On Friday morning, May 3rd [1471], Edward learned that his foes had taken their way towards Gloucester; and immediately he sent off a message to the governor, Richard Beauchamp (age 36), son and heir of Sir [his father] John (age 62), Lord Beauchamp of Powick, to hold the city for him at any cost and prevent the Queen from crossing the Severn by the West Gate bridge.
Lord Beauchamp was Lord Treasurer of England and Justice of South Wales, and Henry VI had given him an annuity of £60 a year out of the fee farm of Gloucester. He died in 14751. Sir Richard Beauchamp married [his wife] Elizabeth (age 36), daughter of Sir [his father-in-law] Humphrey Stafford, and left three daughters coheiresses2.
Note 1. Most sources have Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick dying in 1503.
Note 2. The daughters were [his daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Willoughby of Broke (age 3), [his daughter] Anne Beauchamp and [his daughter] Margaret Beauchamp. A 1504 Inquisition Post Mortem named three daughters - Elizabeth and Anne as above, and Eleanor, age 26 and more, wife of Richard Rede, with no mention of Margaret.
Around 1472 [his daughter] Anne Beauchamp was born to Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 37) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stafford (age 37).
On 9th April 1475 [his father] John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 66) died at Powick, Worcestershire. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map]. His son Richard (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
11th May 1477 two servants of George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) were hanged at Tyburn [Map] for being sorcerers and planning the murder of Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 42).
John Stacy and Thomas Burdett of Arrow in Warwickshire (age 52) were hanged.
Croyland Chronicle 1478. Before 18th February 1478. The indignation of the duke (age 28) was probably still further increased by this; and now each began to look upon the other with no very fraternal eyes. You might then have seen, (as such men are generally to be found in the courts of all princes), flatterers running to and fro, from the one side to the other, and carrying backwards and forwards the words which had fallen from the two brothers, even if they had happened to be spoken in the most secret closet. The arrest of the duke for the purpose of compelling him to answer the charges brought against him, happened under the following circumstances. One Master John Stacy, a person who was called an astronomer, when in reality he was rather a great sorcerer, formed a plot in conjunction with one Burdet, an esquire, and one of the said duke's household; upon which, he was accused, among numerous other charges, of having made leaden images and other things to procure thereby the death of Richard, lord Beauchamp (age 43), at the request of his [his wife] adulterous wife (age 43)1. Upon being questioned in a very severe examination as to his practice of damnable arts of this nature, he made confession of many matters, which told both against himself and the said Thomas Burdet. The consequence was, that Thomas was arrested as well; and at last judgment of death was pronounced upon them both, at Westminster, from the Bench of our lord the king, the judges being there seated, together with nearly all the lords temporal of the kingdom. Being drawn to the gallows at Tyburn [Map], they were permitted briefly to say what they thought fit before being put to death; upon which, they protested their innocence, Stacy indeed but faintly; while, on the other hand, Burdet spoke at great length, and with much spirit, and, as his last words, exclaimed with Susanna28, 'Behold! I must die; whereas I never did such things as these."
Note 28. History of Susanna, verse. 43.
On 29th January 1487 [his mother] Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick (age 74) died. She was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map].
Around 1490 [his son-in-law] Richard Lygon of Madresfield Court (age 23) and [his daughter] Anne Beauchamp (age 18) were married.
Before 28th February 1495 [his son-in-law] Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer (age 23) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Willoughby of Broke (age 27) were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 19th January 1503 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 68) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire extinct.
[his daughter] Margaret Beauchamp was born to Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick and Elizabeth Stafford.
[his son] John Beauchamp was born to Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick and Elizabeth Stafford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Beauchamp 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tosny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Bures
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 2nd Baron St John Lagenham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 3rd Baron St John Lagenham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Unknown Baroness St John Lagenham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Saye 1st Baron Say
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Saye Baroness St John Lagenham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonea Leybourne Baroness Say
GrandFather: William Beauchamp 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roches
Father: John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Catherine Ufflet
Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Muscegros Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Unknown Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Despencer Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Despencer Baroness Ferrers of Chartley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Weyland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Weyland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Roche
GrandMother: Helen Roche Baroness Ferrers Chartley