Richard Beauchamp (died 1481) was a medieval

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and

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. Beauchamp was the son of Walter Beauchamp, Speaker of the

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in 1416, and studied at

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. After serving as

Archdeacon of Suffolk The Archdeacon of Suffolk is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in the territory of the archdeaconry. History Originally in the Dioceses of No ...

from around 1441, Beauchamp was nominated to the see of Hereford on 4 December 1448 and consecrated as bishop on 9 February 1449.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 251 Beauchamp was translated to the

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on 14 August 1450 and in 1477 the new office of

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was granted to him and his successors. Beauchamp died on 18 October 1481Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 271 and was entombed in an elaborate

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outside the east end of the cathedral. When this was demolished in the 18th century his remains were taken inside the cathedral. Richard Beauchamp and his family feature in a Channel 4

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programme about Salisbury Cathedral, which was first broadcast on 8 February 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, Richard 1481 deaths Archdeacons of Suffolk Bishops of Hereford Bishops of Salisbury Deans of Windsor 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown People associated with Sandleford, Berkshire Chancellors of the Order of the Garter