Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 1284-1325

On 26th April 1284 Alice Tosny Countess Warwick was born to Ralph Tosny [aged 28] at Flamstead, Hertfordshire.

On 27th May 1295 [her father] Ralph Tosny [aged 39] died in Gascony [Map]. Painscastle Castle [Map] was inherited by his son [her brother] Robert Tosny [aged 9].

In 1298 William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick [aged 61] died. His son Guy [aged 26] succeeded 10th Earl Warwick.

In 1309 [her brother] Robert Tosny [aged 23] died. Painscastle Castle [Map] was inherited by his sister Alice [aged 24] and her husband Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 37].

In 1309 Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 37] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick and Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick. They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1310 [her daughter] Maud Beauchamp Baroness Say was born to Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 38] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 25] at Warwick Castle [Map]. She married in or before 1325 her fifth cousin Geoffrey Saye 2nd Baron Say, son of Geoffrey Saye 1st Baron Say and Idonea Leybourne Baroness Say, and had issue.

On 14th February 1313 Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick was born to Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 41] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 28] at Warwick Castle [Map]. He married 19th April 1319 his half second cousin once removed Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick, daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville, and had issue.

On 12th August 1315 Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 43] died. Possibly poisoned - see Thomas Walsingham. He was buried at Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 2] succeeded 11th Earl Warwick. Given his young age Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick became a ward of King Edward II of England [aged 31] until 1326.

Around 1316 John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick was born to Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 31].

Around 1316 [her daughter] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Astley was born to Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 31] at Warwick Castle [Map]. She married after 1316 her sixth cousin Thomas Astley 3rd Baron Astley and had issue.

After 1316 [her son-in-law] Thomas Astley 3rd Baron Astley [aged 8] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Astley were married. She by marriage Baroness Astley. She the daughter of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 31]. They were sixth cousins.

Before 15th September 1317 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 52] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 33] were married. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 15th September 1317 [her son] Alan Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer was born to William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 52] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 33] at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. He married Eleanor Damory Baroness Zouche Mortimer and had issue.

After 15th September 1317 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 52] and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford.

On 19th April 1319 Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 6] and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick [aged 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 Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick had died four years before) - possibly by King Edward II of England [aged 34] as a means of securing the Welsh March. The Beauchamp family established, the Mortimer family aspirational. The marriage took place after Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 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 [aged 33]. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville [aged 33]. He the son of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 34]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1320 [her daughter] Joyce Zouche was born to William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 55] and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 35]. She married before 1340 her fifth cousin once removed John Botetort 2nd Baron Botetort and had issue.

In 1323 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 58] was created 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer [aged 30] by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.

In or before 1325 [her son-in-law] Geoffrey Saye 2nd Baron Say [aged 15] and Maud Beauchamp Baroness Say [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Baroness Say. She the daughter of Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 40]. They were fifth cousins.

On 1st January 1325 Alice Tosny Countess Warwick [aged 40] died at Warwick, Warwickshire [Map].

On 28th February 1336 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer [aged 71] died at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son Alan [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Damory Baroness Zouche Mortimer [aged 17] by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.

1350. North Gatehouse of the former West Acre Priory adjacent to All Saints Church, West Acre [Map]. Three armorials above the arch of include Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick married Alice Tosny Countess Warwick whose ancestor Raoul Tosny originally founded the Priory in 1087.

Raoul Tosny: he and Isabelle Montfort were married. He the son of Roger "The Spaniard" Tosny and Adelaide aka Godehildis Ramon. he was born to Roger "The Spaniard" Tosny and Adelaide aka Godehildis Ramon. On 9th April 1102 he died.