ID: I4583
Name: Roger de BEAUCHAMP 1
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1290 in Beauchamp Court, Kings Coughton, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Death: BEF 1320
Father: Walter de BEAUCHAMP b: ABT 1243 in Elmley Castle, Worchestershire, England
Mother: Alice de TOENI b: 1258 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 1
Spouse Unknown
Children
 Roger de BEAUCHAMP 1st Lord Bletsoe b: ABT 1315 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Sources:
- Title: Douglas Richardson - soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
Repository: Name: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
Note:
Source Medium: Internet
Page: 12/17/2006
Text: The authoritative Complete Peerage, 2 (1912): 44-45 (sub Beauchamp) has a good account of the life of Sir Roger de Beauchamp (died 1380), lst Lord Beauchamp, of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Edward III. This account states that Sir Roger de Beauchamp was the son of Sir Giles de Beauchamp (died 1361), of Alcester, Warwickshire and Powick, Worcestershire. As indicated in one of my earlier posts on soc.genealogy.medieval, Roger and Giles both married about the same time and their respective eldest sons and heirs were the same approximate age. As such, it is chronologically impossible for Roger to have been Giles' son. Interestingly, the pedigree of the Saint John family in the visitation of Bedfordshire identifies Sir Roger de Beauchamp as a son of Sir Giles de Beauchamp's father, Sir Walter de Beauchamp, who died in 1303 [Reference: Harvey et al., Vis. of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582, 1634 & 1669 (H.S.P. 19) (1884): 51-54]. However, in Sir Roger de Beauchamp's own will, he specifically refers to Sir Walter de Beauchamp as his grandfather: ".... Whereas I am bound to do a service on the Infidels, by devise of my grandsire, Sir Walter Beauchamp, to the expense of two hundred marks, I will that Roger, son to Roger, my son, shall perform the same when he comes of age." [Reference: Nicholas H. Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta, 1 (1826): 103-104]. So, who then was Sir Roger de Beauchamp's father? Extensive research indicates that Sir Roger's known grandfather, Sir Walter de Beauchamp, Knt. (died 1303), had six identifiable sons, Walter, William, Humphrey (priest), Ralph, Giles, Knt., and Roger, as well as four daughters, Pernel, Eleanor, Margaret, and Maud [Abbess of Godstow]. Evidence for the six sons can be found in various sources, including various charters published in Ligon, Madresfield Muniments (1929): 11-17. As best can de determined, the eldest surviving son of Sir Walter de Beauchamp who left issue was Sir Giles de Beauchamp (died 1361). Giles was heir to his two older brothers, Walter and William de Beauchamp, both of whom died without issue. In 1313 Giles was also granted lands in Bransford, Worcestershire which formerly belonged to another brother, Ralph de Beauchamp, then deceased. As stated above, Sir Giles de Beauchamp (died 1361) can not chronologically have been the father of Sir Roger de Beauchamp (died 1380); thus if Sir Roger was the grandson of Sir Walter de Beauchamp as stated in Sir Roger's will, Sir Roger would necessarily have to be the son of yet another brother of Giles de Beauchamp, albeit a younger brother, presumably the brother named Roger. Scanty details have survived regarding Sir Walter de Beauchamp's youngest son, Roger de Beauchamp. Ligon, Madresfield Muniments (1929) published a charter which shows that a Roger de Beauchamp was granted land at Powick, Worcestershire in 1316 for life by Richard de Tony. The author Ligon "presumed" that this Roger de Beauchamp was a younger son of Sir Walter de Beauchamp. That Sir Walter de Beauchamp did in fact have a younger son, Roger, is proven by a charter I found recently in the published early deeds to St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester: "Grant by Abbot John (de Gamage) and the Convent of Gloucester to pay Roger, son of Sir Walter de Beauchamp, 40s. annually till they have preferred him to a benefice worth forty marks or more yearly. Feast of St. Lucy [13 Dec.], 1298. Seal of Abbey." [Reference: Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 38 (1915): 30]. I've checked for further details of this Roger de Beauchamp, and do not find that he held any higher church office as one might expect of a near kinsman of the Earl of Warwick. Rather, it appears that Roger de Beauchamp left the church before taking holy orders, was granted property at Powick, Worcestershire, married, and had a son, Roger the younger. The senior Roger was evidently dead before 1320, when a confirmation charter was issued naming Sir Walter de Beauchamp's three sons then known to be living, Walter, William, and Giles [Reference: Haines, Cal. of the Reg. of Wolstan de Bransford (Worcestershire Hist. Soc. n.s. 4) (1966): 173-175]. Of Sir Walter's other sons, Ralph was already deceased, and no mention is found of Humphrey in this time period. In conclusion, surviving records indicate that Sir Walter de Beauchamp, died 1303, had six sons in all, the youngest of whom, Roger de Beauchamp, occurs in the time period, 1298-1316. This Roger de Beauchamp appears to have been the father of Sir Roger de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe, which Sir Roger was a lineal ancestor of King Henry VII of England. For further details regarding Sir Roger de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe, his ancestry and descendants, see Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (2004) and Magna Carta Ancestry (2005).
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