Biography of Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 1338-1401

On 19 Apr 1319 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 6) and [his mother] Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick (age 5) were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. An arranged marriage although not clear who arranged it or whose ward Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick was (his father [his grandfather] Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick had died four years before) - possibly by King Edward II of England (age 34) as a means of securing the Welsh March. The Beauchamp family established, the Mortimer family aspirational. The marriage took place after [his grandfather] Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 31) had returned from his tenure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and before he rebelled against King Edward II of England in opposition to Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 33). She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and [his grandmother] Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 33). He the son of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and [his grandmother] Alice Tosny Countess Warwick (age 34). They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 16 Mar 1338 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick was born to Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 25) and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick (age 24).

In 1369 [his mother] Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick (age 55) died.

Before 1374 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 35) and Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 60) and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1374 [his daughter] Katherine Beauchamp was born to Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 35) and [his wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 27).

Around 1376 [his daughter] Margaret Beauchamp was born to Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 37) and [his wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 29) at Warwick Castle [Map].

On 28 Jan 1382 [his son] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick was born to Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 43) and [his wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 35) at Salwarpe, Worcestershire. King Richard II of England (age 15) and Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 32) were his godfathers.

On 13 Nov 1386 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 73) died of plague. His son Thomas (age 48) succeeded 12th Earl Warwick. [his wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 39) by marriage Countess Warwick.

Froissart Book 4 Chapter 92. After 12 Jul 1397. The earl of Salisbury (age 47) was very earnest in his supplications for the earl of Warwick (age 59). They had been brothers in arms ever since their youth; and he excused him on account of his great age, and of his being deceived by the fair speeches of the duke of Gloucester (age 42) and the earl of Arundel (age 51): that what had been done was not from his instigation, but solely by that of others; and the house of Beauchamp, of which the earl of Warwick was the head, never imagined treason against the crown of England. The earl of Warwick was, therefore, through pity, respited from death, but banished to the Isle of Wight [Map], which is a dependency on England. He was told, - "Earl of Warwick, this sentence is very favourable, for you have deserved to die as much as the earl of Arundel, but the handsome services you have done in times past, to king Edward of happy memory, and the prince of Wales his son, as well on this as on the other side of the sea, have secured your life; but it is ordered that you banish yourself to the Isle of Wight, taking with you a sufficiency of wealth to support your state as long as you shall live, and that you never quit the island." The earl of Warwick was not displeased with this sentence, since his life was spared, and, having thanked the king and council for their lenity, made no delay in his preparations to surrender himself in the Isle of Wight on the appointed day, which he did with part of his household. The Isle of Wight is situated opposite the coast of Normandy, and has space enough for the residence of a great lord, but he must provide himself with all that he may want from the circumjacent countries, or he will be badly supplied with provision and other things.

Before 05 Oct 1397 [his son] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick (age 11) were married. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 59) and [his wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 50). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In Aug 1399 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 61) was released.

On 08 Apr 1401 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 63) died. His son [his son] Richard (age 19) succeeded 13th Earl Warwick. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick (age 15) by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 22 Jan 1407 [his former wife] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick (age 60) died.

Parliament Rolls Richard II Jan 1397: Legitimation of Beaufort. 31. Whereupon the said Sir John was brought before the king in parliament between two earls, namely Huntingdon and the marshal, dressed in a cloth as a dress of honour, and his sword carried before him, the hilt uppermost. And then the king's charter of the said creation was read aloud before the king, lords, and commons in parliament. And afterwards the king himself girded the said earl with his sword and took his homage, and caused him to sit in his place in parliament, that is to say, between the earls marshal and Warwick. The tenor of which charter follows: