 William De Beauchamp, Baron of Elmley, son of Walcheline (Walter) De Beauchamp and Joane (Isabel) De Mortimer.Born 1210 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died 1269, 58 or 59 years William de Beauchamp, feudal lord of Elmley, called the Blind Baron. This nobleman attended King Henry III in the 37th year of his reign (1252/3) to Gascoigne in France, and in two years afterwards marched under Robert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester against the Scots. In the 41st of the same monarch, 1257, he had summons (with other illustrious persons) to meet the king at Chester on the feast day of St. Peter de Vincula, well fitted with horse and arms to oppose the incursions of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales. Lord Beauchamp married Isabel de Maudit, daughter of William de Maudit of Hanslape, County Bucks, heritable Chamberlain of the exchequer, and sister and heiress of William de Maudit, Earl of Warwick, who died 1267, sine prole, and who had inherited the dignity of Earl of Warwick from his cousin, Margery de Newburgh, Countess of Warwick, in the year 1263 William de Beauchamp made his will in 1268, the year in which he died, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William de Beauchamp. Married ± 1236 at Hanslape, England to:  Isabel de Mauduit, daughter of William de Maudit, Earl of Warwick and Alice de Newburgh.Born 1217 at Hanslape, Buckinghamshire, England, died before 1268, at most 51 years Isabel de Maudit married William de Beauchamp, Baron of Elmly, from whom the Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick, descend. This nobleman attended King Henry III in 1252 into Gascoigne, and in two years afterwards marched under the banner of Robert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, against the Scots. Isabel was a sister of William de Mauduit, Earl of Warwick, who inherited the dignity of Earl from his cousin, Margery de Newburgh, Countess of Warwick, in 1263 Children: 2. William De Beauchamp, Earl of WarwickBorn 1237 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died Jun 9, 1298 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, 60 or 61 years, buried Jun 22, 1298 at Grey Friars, Worcester, England William de Beauchamp inherited not only the feudal barony of Elmley from his father, but had previously derived from his mother the Earldom of Warwick (originally possessed by the Newburgh's) and also the barony of Hanslape, which had belonged to the de Maudits. This eminent nobleman was a distinguished captain in the Welsh and Scottish Wars of Edward I. "In the 23rd year of which reign (1294/5), being in Wales with the king," as Dugdale relates, "he performed a noble exploit, namely: Hearing that a great body of the Welsh were got together in a plain, betwixt two woods, and to secure themselves had fastened their pikes to the ground, sloping toward their assailants, he marched thither with a choice company of cross-bowman and archers, and in the nighttime encompassing them about, put betwixt every 2 horseman, one crossbowman, which cross-bowman killing many of them that held the pikes, the horse charged in suddenly and made a very great slaughter." This was done near Montgomery. His lordship married Maud, widow of Girard de Furnival, and one of the four daughters and co-heiresses of Richard FitzJohn, son of John FitzGeoffrey, Chief Justice of Ireland, by whom he had surviving issue: Guy, his successor, Isabel, who married Peter de Chaworth (from whom you descend in several ways. E. E. W.), Maud, Margaret, Ann and Amy. William de Beauchamp, first Earl of Warwick of that family, died 1298, having previous to his mother's death used the style and title of Earl of Warwick, with what legality appears very doubtful. 3. Joan "Joan de Beauchamp" De BeauchampBorn 1239 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died after 1298, at least 59 years 4. Walter De Beauchamp, Baron of Powke & AlcesterBorn 1243 at Beauchamps Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, England, died 1303, 59 or 60 years Walter de Beauchamp became Baron of Alcester in Warwickshire and Powyck in Worcestershire. He purchased from Reginald FitzHerbert a moiety of the Manor of Alcester and made that one of his principal seats, calling it Beauchamp's Court, Powyck being the other. This Walter, who was a very eminent person at the period in which he lived, being signed with the cross for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, had a legacy of 200 marks bequeathed him by his father for the better performance of that voyage. He was Steward of the household of King Edward I and attended that monarch to Flanders and into Scotland, where he shared in the honors of Falkirk on 22 July, 1298. In the 29th of the same reign he was one of the lords in Parliament of Lincoln, being styled Dominus de Alcester, who signified to the Pope, under their seals, the superiority of King Edward over the Kingdom of Scotland. His lordship married Alice de Toney and had issue three sons: Walter, who succeeded his father and died sine prole, and was succeeded by his brother William, who also died without issue, and the estates devolved upon the other brother, 6. James De BeauchampBorn 1247 7. Thomas De BeauchampBorn 1247 8. Sybil De BeauchampBorn 1251 9. Sarah De BeauchampBorn 1253 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died 1306, 52 or 53 years 10. Isabel De BeauchampBorn 1255 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, died May 30, 1306 at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, 50 or 51 years | |||