William (Beauchamp), 1st Lord Bergavenny

- 1411

• Name	William (Beauchamp)  [1]
  Suffix	1st Lord Bergavenny
  Gender	Male
  Decoration	1375/76  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Office	1383  [1]
  	Captain of Calais
  Hereditary Title	From 23 July 1392 to 8 May 1411  [4]
  	1st Lord (Baron) Bergavenny [E., 1392]
  	As a cousin (i.e. son of a sister of the grandmother) of the last owner, (but in no way connected with any of the former owners previous to the marriage of his maternal aunt with then Lord) he succeeded to the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny by virtue of the entail, made by John (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke. Having succeeded to the lands of Abergavenny, he was summoned to Parliament, 23 July (1392) 16 Ric. II to 18 December (1409) 11 Henry IV, as a Baron, [Lord Bergavenny, or Beauchamp de Bergavenny], all the writs being directed "Willelmo Beauchamp de Bergeveny." [2] There is proof in the Rolls of Parliament of his sitting in Parliament. [2] It is noted that in the Patent Roll 21 March 1401/2 he is called "Lord Pembroke and Bergaveny." [3]
  Office	1399  [4]
  	Governor of Pembroke
  Office	1399  [4]
  	Justiciary of South Wales
  Probate	Lambeth, Surrey, England   [5]
  Will	25 April 1408  [5]
  	He directed to be buried at the Black Friars, Hereford. [5]
  Died	8 May 1411  [6]
  Person ID	I2404	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

  Family	Lady Joan Fitzalan,   b. 1375,   d. 14 Nov. 1435  (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Richard (Beauchamp), 1st Earl of Worcester
  Last Modified	15 May 2020
  Family ID	F1208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Beauchamp, with a mullet for difference (Baron Bergavenny) Gules, a fess between six cross-crosslets Or, the fess charged with a mullet for difference. Source: George Frederick Beltz, Memorials of the Order of the Garter from its Foundation to the Present Time (London: William Pickering, 1841), page 231.

  
  

• Notes

  By deed, 20 February (1395/96) 19 Ric. II, he entailed the Castle, &c., of Abergavenny on himself and his wife, and their issue male, with remainder to (his brother) Thomas, Earl of Warwick, and his heirs male for ever. [3] Inq. post mortem 5 June 1411, at Hereford. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 24. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, pages 24–25. Citing the Rolls of Parliament. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 25. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, pages 25–26. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 26. Citing Testamenta Vetusta, page 171. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 26.