John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
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Baron Beauchamp The titles Baron Beauchamp and Viscount Beauchamp have been created several times throughout English and British history. There is an extant Viscountcy of Beauchamp, held by the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. Beauchamp family The na ...
de Somerset (20 January 1329 – 8 October 1361) was an English peer.


Origins

He was born at
Stoke-sub-Hamdon Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), also known as Stoke under Ham, is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 road. The parish is located near the River Parr ...
in
Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
, the eldest son and heir of John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of
Hatch Beauchamp Hatch Beauchamp is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Taunton. The village has a population of 620. History The manor of "Hache" dates from Saxon times and became the ''caput'' of a feudal barony after ...
in Somerset by his wife Margaret St. John.


Career

He was
Warden of the Cinque Ports Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is the name of a ceremonial post in the United Kingdom. The post dates from at least the 12th century, when the title was Keeper of the Coast, but it may be older. The Lord Warden was originally in charge of the ...
from 1359 to about 1361. King
Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after t ...
issued a commission to Beauchamp from 1359 to act as Warden and Keeper of the Ports of
Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
. In 1359 he participated in the expedition to
Gascony Gascony (; ) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part of the combined Province of Guyenne and Gascon ...
by King
Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after t ...
. In 1360 he was appointed
Admiral of the Fleet An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral. It is also a generic ter ...
.


Marriage

He married Lady Alice Beauchamp, daughter of Sir
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 131313 November 1369), sometimes styled as Lord Warwick, was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His reputation as a military leader was so f ...
(who was no relation to the Beauchamp family of HatchBased on the different armorials borne by each family, per: Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.51, note 2) by his wife
Katherine Mortimer Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick (''c''. 1314 – 4 August 1369) was the wife of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick KG, an English peer, and military commander during the Hundred Years War. She was a daughter and co-heiress of Rog ...
. The marriage was without progeny.


References


"John Beauchamp, 3rd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset)"
''The Peerage'', 12 May 2007. Accessed 18 February 2009 *Burke, Bernard. ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire.'' London: Harrison, 1866.(p. 33
googlebooks
Retrieved 22 February 2009


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1329 births 1361 deaths Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports 14th-century English people Barons in the Peerage of England
John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...
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