Isabella de Beauchamp, Baroness Despenser

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An English noblewoman and wealthy heiress, she was born in about 1263 in Warwickshire, England, the only daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn. Her paternal grandparents were William de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle and Isabel Maudit, and her maternal grandparents were Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, and Isabel Bigod.

She married firstly Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The marriage produced one daughter, Maud Chaworth (2 February 1282- 1322), married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom she had seven children.

Following Sir Patrick's death in 1286, Lady Isabella had in her possession four manors in Wiltshire and two manors in Berkshire, assigned to her until her dowry should be set forth along with the livery of Chedworth in Gloucestershire and the Hampshire manor of Hartley Mauditt which had been granted to her and Sir Patrick in frankmarriage by her father.

That same year 1286, she married secondly Sir Hugh le Despenser without the King's licence for which Sir Hugh had to pay a fine of 2000 marks.

Together Lord and Lady Despenser had four children:

1. Hugh le Depenser, Lord Despenser the Younger (1286- executed 24 November 1326), married Eleanor de Clare, by whom he had children.

2. Aline le Despenser (died before 28 November 1353) married Edward Burnell, Lord Burnell

3. Isabella le Despenser (died 4/5 December 1334), married firstly as his second wife, John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, by whom she had three children. Their descendants became the Lords Hastings; she married secondly as his second wife, Sir Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer.

4. Phillip le Despenser (died 1313), married as his first wife Margaret de Goushill, by whom he had issue.


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Isabella married Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. Hugh (son of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer and Aline Bassett) was born 01 Mar 1261, Gloucestershire, England; died 27 Oct 1326, Bristol, England; was buried , Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Hugh le Despenser, The Younger was born 1286, Gloucestershire, England; died 24 Nov 1326, Hereford Herefordshire, England; was buried , Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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Described as a vigorous and innovative military commander, he was active in the field against the Welsh for many years, and at the end of his life campaigned against the Scots.

His father was William de Beauchamp (d.1268) of Elmley Castle and his mother Isabel Mauduit, sister and heiress of William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick, from whom he inherited his title in 1268.

He became hereditary High Sheriff of Worcestershire for life on the death of his father in 1268.

He was a close friend of Edward I of England, and was an important leader in Edward's invasion of Wales in 1277. In 1294 he raised the siege of Conwy Castle, where the King had been penned in, crossing the estuary. He was victorious on 5 March 1295 at the battle of Maes Moydog, against the rebel prince of Wales, Madog ap Llywelyn.

He married Maud FitzJohn. Their children included:

1. Isabella de Beauchamp, married firstly, Sir Patrick de Chaworth and, secondly, Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester

2. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, who married Alice de Toeni, widow of Thomas de Leyburne


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William married Maude Fitzjohn, Countess of Warwick. Maude (daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Isabel Bigod) was born ca 1238, Surrey, England; died 16/18 April 1301, Worcestershire, England; was buried , Greyfriars, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet]

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She was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere. Her second husband was William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, a celebrated soldier.

Maud was born in Shere, Surrey, England in about 1238, the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel B

Maud had two brothers, Richard FitzJohn of Shere and John FitzJohn of Shere, and three younger sisters, Aveline FitzJohn, Joan FitzJohn, and Isabel FitzJohn. She also had a half-brother, Walter de Lacy, and two half-sisters, Margery de Lacy, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville, from her mother's first marriage to Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy.

The chronicle of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire names Matilda uxor Guidono comitis Warwici as the eldest daughter of Johanni Fitz-Geffrey and Isabella Bygod.[1] Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey Fitzpeter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, and her maternal grandparents were Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Maud Marshal.

Maud married her first husband, Gerald de Furnivalle, Lord Hallamshire on an unknown date. Sometime after his death in 1261, Maud married her second husband, the celebrated soldier, William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Upon their marriage, Maud was styled as Countess of Warwick.

Together William and Maud had at least two children:

1. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (1270/1271- 28 July 1315), on 28 February 1310, he married as her second husband, heiress Alice de Toeni, by whom he had seven children.

2. Isabella de Beauchamp (died before 30 May 1306), married firstly in 1281 Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly, by whom she had a daughter, Maud Chaworth; she married secondly in 1286, Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser by whom she had four children including Hugh Despenser the younger, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II, who was executed in 1326, shortly after his father.

Maud died between 16 and 18 April 1301. She was buried at the house of the Friars Minor in Worcester.

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He was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.

He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp (judge) and his wife Joan de Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore.

On the death of his father in 1236 he became hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire which title he held until his own death.

He died in 1268. He had married Isabel, daughter of William Mauduit and sister of William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. They had 8 children, of which his heir was William, who inherited the title of Earl of Warwick from his uncle.

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William married Isabel Mauduit. Isabel was born ca 1217, Buckinghamshire, England; died ca 1268, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England; was buried , Cookhill Priory, Cookhill, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet]

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William de Beauchamp married Isabel, daughter of William Mauduit and sister of William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. They had 8 children, of which his heir was William, who inherited the title of Earl of Warwick from his uncle.

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He was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de Saint-Hilaire.

He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland, serving from 1245 to 1255. He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the Earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. He was the second husband of Isabel Bigod, daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke. They had six children, one being Maud who married William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.

The children took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" mean "son of").

1. John FitzJohn of Shere (?-1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe.

2. Richard FitzJohn of Shere (?-1297). Lord FitzJohn 1290.

3. Maud FitzJohn (?-16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnivalle, Lord of Hallamshire (?-1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, son of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit.

3. Isabel. Married Robert de Vespont, Lord of Westmoreland (?-1264).

4. Aveline (1229?1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (1230?1271). Had chilftrn, including Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had ten children.

5. Joan (?-4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller. Had children, from whom descend the Butler Earls of Ormond.


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John married Isabel Bigod. Isabel (daughter of Hugh II Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Maude Marshal, Countess of Norfolk, Countess of Surrey) was born ca 1210, Norfolk, England; died ca 1250, Norfolk, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet]

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Isabel Bigod, Lady of Shere, was an English noblewoman. She was the wife of Gilbert de Lacy, of Ewyas Lacy, and John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere.

Isabel was born in Thetford, Norfolk in about 1212, the only daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, a Magna Carta surety, and Maud Marshal. Her paternal grandparents were Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and Ida de Tosny, a former mistress of King Henry II of England. Her maternal grandparents were William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke.

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He was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Kings Richard I [the Lionheart] and John. The surname is sometimes rendered FitzPeter, for he was the son of Piers (Peter) de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.

He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon Fitz Peter was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign.

Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress to her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl.

When King Richard I [the Lionheart] left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who, as Chief Justiciar, was one of the regents during the king's absence. Late in 1189, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His wife's inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and Beatrice's uncle, Geoffrey de Say, but Geoffrey Fitz Peter used his political influence to eventually obtain the Mandeville lands (although not the earldom, which was left open) for himself.

He served as Constable of the Tower of London from 1198 to 1205. He also served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1198 to 1201 and again in 1203 and as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from 1200 to 1205. On 11 July 1198, King Richard I [the Lionheart] appointed Geoffrey Chief Justiciar, which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. On his coronation day the new king ennobled Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.

King John granted Berkhamsted Castle to Geoffrey; the castle had previously been granted as a jointure palace to Queen Isabel prior to the annulment of the royal marriage. Geoffrey founded two hospitals in Berkhamsted, one dedicated to St John the Baptist and one to St John the Evangelist; the latter is still commemorated in the town with the name St John's Well Lane.

After the accession of King John, Geoffrey continued in his capacity as the king's principal minister until his death on 14 October 1213.

By his first wife, Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Say and heiress of the Mandeville Earls of Essex, he had the following children:

1. Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.

2. William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.

3. Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.

4. Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.

With his second wife, Aveline, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, he had the following children:

1. John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.

2. Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.

3. Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.

Geoffrey's first two sons died without children. The earldom had been associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, and the earldom was next granted to the son of their sister Maud and her husband Henry De Bohun instead of their half-brother John.


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Geoffrey married Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex. Aveline (daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire) was born ca 1178; died 1225, Norfolk, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet]

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She was a daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife, Matilda de St. Hilaire. Aveline married twice. Her first husband, William de Montchaney, died in 1204. She was married by 29 May 1205, to Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers), Earl of Essex, as his second wife. She was widowed a second time on 14 October 1213.

King John granted the royal right over her remarriage to her step-brother, William, Earl of Arundel, along with the guardianship of her children by William de Montchesney/Munchanesy, on 7 May 1204. Soon after her second marriage she paid the crown for the wardship of John de Wahulle and custody of his land.

In her second widowhood, Countess Aveline made gifts to Holy Trinity, London, for the soul of Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers), part of whose body was buried there. She was buried in Shouldham Priory, founded by Geoffrey fitz Peter in 1198, alongside the rest of her husband's body.

By her first husband,William de Montchaney:

1. William de Montchaney died without heirs before 1213

2. Warin de Montchaney (b. 1192, d. July 1255); inherited Dec. 1213

3. Alice de Montchaney, married (1) John de Wahulle, (2) William de Breauté

By her second husband, Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers):

1. John Fitz Geoffrey (d. 1258), Lord of Shere

2. Hawise Fitz Geoffrey

3. Cecily Fitz Geoffrey


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He was a member of the powerful early Norman Bigod family and was for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk. Born ca. 1182, Hugh the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk by his wife Ida de Tosny.

In 1215 he was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta of King John. He succeeded to his father?s estates (including Framlingham Castle) in 1221.

In late 1206 or early 1207, Hugh married Maud Marshal (1192 -27 March 1248), daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219), Marshal of England, by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke. They had four, or possibly five, children:

1. Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (c.?1209-1270), died without progeny.

2. Hugh Bigod (1211-1266), Justiciar of England. Married Joan de Stuteville, by whom he had issue.

3. Isabel Bigod (c. 1212-1250), married twice: Firstly to Gilbert de Lacy, by whom she had children; Secondly to John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, by whom she had children, including Maud FitzJohn, and Joan FitzJohn who married Theobald le Botiller, and from whom descended the Irish Earls of Ormond.

4. Ralph Bigod (born c. 1215)

Hugh died on 18 Feb 1225. Very soon after Hugh's death, his widow Maud remarried William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey.




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Hugh married Maude Marshal, Countess of Norfolk, Countess of Surrey. Maude (daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare) was born 1192, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died 27 Mar 1248, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried , Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet]

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She was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and a wealthy co-heiress of her father William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and her mother Isabel de Clare 4th Countess of Pembroke in her own right. Maud was their eldest daughter. She had two husbands: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, and William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey. She was also known as Matilda.

Maud's birthdate is unknown other than being post 1191. She was the eldest daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, herself one of the greatest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. Maud had five brothers and four younger sisters. She was a co-heiress to her parents' extensive rich estates.

Her paternal grandparents were John FitzGilbert Marshal and Sybilla of Salisbury, and her maternal grandparents were Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known as "Strongbow", and Aoife of Leinster.

Sometime before Lent in 1207, Maud married her first husband, Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. It was through this marriage between Maud and Hugh that the post of Earl Marshal of England came finally to the Howard (Dukes of Norfolk).[2] In 1215, Hugh was one of the twenty-five sureties of the Magna Carta. He came into his inheritance in 1221, thus Maud became the Countess of Norfolk at that time. Together they had five children:

1. Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (1209-1270) He died childless.

2. Hugh Bigod (1212-1266), Justiciar of England. Married Joan de Stuteville, by whom he had issue.

3. Isabel Bigod (c. 1215-1250), married firstly Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy, by whom she had children; she married secondly John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere, by whom she had children.

4. Ralph Bigod (born c. 1218, date of death unknown), married Bertha de Furnival, by whom he had one child.

5. William Bigod

Hugh Bigod died in 1225. Maud married her second husband, William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey before 13 October that same year. Together they had two children:

1. Isabella de Warenne (c. 1228-before 20 September 1282), married Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel. She died childless.

2. John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (August 1231-c. 29 September 1304), in 1247 married Alice de Lusignan, a half-sister of King Henry III of England, by whom he had three children.

Maud's second husband died in 1240. Her youngest son John succeeded his father as the 6th Earl of Surrey, but as he was a minor, Peter of Savoy, uncle of Queen consort Eleanor of Provence, was guardian of his estates.

Maud died on 27 March 1248 at the age of about fifty-six years and was buried at Tintern Abbey with her mother, possibly her maternal grandmother, and two of her brothers.






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