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Eleanor Beauchamp


Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick, b. 25 JAN 1382 in Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England   d. 30 APR 1439 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Mother: Elizabeth de Berkeley Countess of Warwick, b. 1386 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England   d. 28 DEC 1422 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Family 1: Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset,    b. 1406 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England    d. 22 MAY 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
  1. Joan de Beaufort, b. 1 NOV 1433 in London, England     d. 11 AUG 1518 in London, England
Family 2: Thomas de Ros,    b. ABT 1406 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England    d. 18 AUG 1430 in Paris, Île-de-France, France
Sources:
  1. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15402;
  2. Title: Some Colonial Dames of Royal Descent
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-ColonialDames&h=181265&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
  3. Title: The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-MagnaChartaSureties&h=62271&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
  4. Title: Eleanor Beauchamp (1407-1468), The Peerage
    Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10273.htm#i102723
    Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10273.htm#i102723;
    Note: Lady Eleanor Beauchamp [1] F, #102723, b. between 1407 and 1408, d. between 4 March 1466 and 8 March 1468 Last Edited=6 Oct 2019 Consanguinity Index=1.1% Lady Eleanor Beauchamp was born between 1407 and 1408 at Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England [G.2] She was the daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley. [1,3] She married, firstly, Thomas de Ros, 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley, son of William de Ros, 6th Lord de Ros of Helmsley and Margaret d'Arundel, before 1430. [2] She married, secondly, Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, son of John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, between 1431 and 1435 in a unlicensed marriage, although this was pardoned on 7 March 1438. [2] She married, thirdly, Walter Rokesley. [2] She died between 4 March 1466 and 8 March 1468 at Baynard's Castle, London, England [G.2] From between 1431 and 1435, her married name became Beaufort. [2] Her married name became Rokesley. Children of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp and Thomas de Ros, 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley: Margaret de Ros+4 d. 10 Dec 1488 Thomas de Ros, 9th Lord de Ros of Helmsley+2 b. 9 Sep 1427, d. 14 May 1464 Children of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp and Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset: Lady Eleanor Beaufort+5 d. 16 Aug 1501 John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset d. 4 May 1471 Lady Joan Beaufort d. 11 Aug 1518 Margaret Beaufort+ d. 1474 Elizabeth Beaufort d. b 1492 Thomas Beaufort6 d. b 1463 Mary Beaufort+7 b. bt 1431 - 1455 Anne Beaufort+ b. 1435, d. b 28 Nov 1496 Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset+1 b. 26 Jan 1436, d. 15 May 1464 Edmund Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset b. c 1439, d. 6 May 1471 Citations: 1. [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 220. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8] 2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 104. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 3. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 131. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 242. 5. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 128. 6. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 105. 7. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 106.
  5. Title: Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset (1408-1467), Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Beauchamp,_Duchess_of_Somerset
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Beauchamp,_Duchess_of_Somerset;
    Note: Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467) was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley. On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1433 in an unlicensed marriage, although this was pardoned on 7 March 1438. She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage. She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.
  6. Title: British Roots of Maryland Families II
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-BritishRootsII&h=16326&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
  7. Title: British Chancery Records, 1386-1558
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7919/records/9589;
  8. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/25-261/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/99520124;
    Note: RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK 261 Writ. ‡ 16 May 1439. [Bate]. Addressed to the escheator in Kent and Middlesex.n191 MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 4 May 1440. [Burgh]. Jurors: Thomas Trekyngey ; William Fyvyan ; William Pasty ; John Benet ; Thomas Moreys ; John Purs ; John Querne ; Thomas Taillour ; William Tanner ; John Deyre ; William Auston ; and John Wylkyns . He held no lands or tenements of the king, or any other, in demesne as of fee, but he was seised of the office of chamberlain and usher of the Exchequer, occupied and executed by him or his deputy.n192 The late earl and all his ancestors were seised of this office in demesne as of fee and by right from time immemorial and they and their deputies had held and occupied it, taking customary wages and fees and any other profits whatsoever belonging to it. Richard, late earl , granted for him and his heirs the office to John Throkmarton , appointing John as his deputy, by deed shown to the jurors. He was to hold, occupy, and execute the office for life for Richard and his heirs, taking all customary wages etc. belonging to it. John was thus possessed of the office and occupied it for all of the late earl’s life and at the time of his death, and he still occupies it as tenant for life, with reversion to Henry, present earl of Warwick , son and heir of Richard. The office of chamberlain and usher of the Exchequer is held of the king by service of one grain of pepper, payable at Christmas, and its annual value is £10. He held the following tenement by curtesy from the inheritance of the daughters and heirs of Elizabeth, lately his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas, the late Lord Berkeley. Elizabeth’s daughters and heirs are: Eleanor, wife of the earl of Dorset ; Margaret, wife of John, Lord Talbot ; and Elizabeth, wife of George, Lord Latimer . Fulham, a tenement called ‘le Lordlylesplace’, worth 20s. yearly. It is not held of the king but of whom it is held is unknown. He died on 30 April last. Henry his son is his next heir and on 22 March last was aged 15 years. [Head:] Delivered to court on 7 June 1440. C 139/94/54 mm. 1–2 262 Writ. ‡ 16 May 1439. [Bate]. Addressed to Stephen Broune, mayor and escheator of London . CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 27 August 1439. [Broune]. Jurors: Robert Durwell ; Robert Couper ; John Dawe ; Thomas White ; John Reshawe ; John Partrich ; John Garblesham ; William Elfham ; John Leche ; William Gosley ; John Clerk ; and Ralph Mark . Hugh Segrave, knight , Richard de Piriton , and John Ermesthorp, clerk , were seised in demesne as of fee of the following inn, houses, shops and toft and granted them to Thomas, formerly earl of Warwick , and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. Thomas and Margaret were thus seised in demesne as of fee tail, and they had issue: Richard, late earl . Thomas and Margaret afterwards died and Richard entered the inn, houses, shops, and toft, as their son and heir. He thus held them to him and the heirs of his body. He had issue: Henry, present earl of Warwick , and died seised of his estate. Old Dean’s Lane in the parish of St Sepulchre, an inn with 6 houses, 16 shops, and a toft, annual value £10, held of the king in free burgage, as all the city is held. n193 He held the following by curtesyn194 after the death of Elizabeth his wife, formerly countess of Warwick , from the inheritance of her daughters and heirs: Eleanor, wife of the earl of Dorset , Margaret, wife of John, Lord Talbot and Furnivalle, and Elizabeth, wife of George Neville, Lord Latimer . They are all still living. St Andrew by the Wardrobe, an inn called ‘Berkeles Inne’ in the parish of St Andrew by the Wardrobe in the ward of Castle Baynard, advowson of the church of St Andrew , and 26s. 8d. rent from a tenement annexed to the inn, payable at Michaelmas and Easter equally. The inn and advowson are held of the king in free burgage, as all the city is held, and the rent is held of no-one. The inn is worth 7 marks yearly when let but, at the time of taking the inquisition it was not let nor has it been let at any time since the death of the earl, owing to lack of tenants. The advowson is worth 8 marks yearly. He died on 30 April last. Henry, present earl of Warwick , his son and next heir, was aged 14 years on 22 March last. Eleanor, Margaret, and Elizabeth, wife of George, daughters and heirs of the countess, are respectively aged 25 years, 28 years, and 22 years and more. [Head:] Received on 23 September 1439. C 139/94/54 mm. 3–4 263 Writ. ‡ 16 May 1439. [Bate]. VILL OF CALAIS. Inquisition. Calais. 18 September 1439. [Cliderowe]. Jurors: Robert Wastell ; Richard Eccleston ; Robert Nicholl ; John Drake ; Roger Best ; Thomas Ichynden ; Robert ?Scarlett [ms worn]; Stephen Leycestre ; Walter Weyland ; William Balderston ; John Bradeley ; and Henry Dyer . He held the following in demesne as of fee. St Mary, an inn by the northern walls in the parish of St Mary , held of the king in chief by service of 2 vigils yearly for defence of the vill. St Nicholas, 4 tenements and 5 cellars in the parish of St Nicholas , between the way called ‘Castelstrete’ to the south and the tenement of John Kempeley to the north, and the tenement formerly of John Mulso to the east; and 5 ‘wollehouses’, one inn, an empty piece of land, and a garden in the same parish, between the tenement of Robert Cliderowe to the north and the king’s way called ‘Seint Nicholastrete’ to the south, held of the king by service of one vigil yearly for defence of the vill, viz., for the 4 tenements, 5 woolhouses, inn, piece of land, and garden. Of these, 5 cellars, 2 woolhouses, and one great solar are currently unoccupied. The lands and tenements render 10s. 10 1/2d. sterling yearly to the hospital of St James , and they are worth £13 19s. 9 1/2d. sterling yearly. He died on 30 April last. Henry, present earl of Warwick , is his son and next heir and on 22 March last was aged 14 years. [Head:] Delivered to court on 3 November 1439. [Dorse:] Response of Robert Cliderowe, mayor of Calais , is as within-written. C 139/94/54 mm. 5–6 264 Writ. ‡ 16 May 1439. [Bate]. SURREY. Inquisition. Guildford. 27 April 1440. [Penycok]. Jurors: Thomas Ingram ; Richard Alday ; John Redyngherrith ; John Hawkyn ; Bartholomew Smyth ; John Aleyn ; John Clerk ; John Wolby ; John Comber ; John Makauk ; John Sende ; and Ralph Pulter . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne or service but, by a fine levied three weeks from Michaelmas 1361 [CP 25/1/288/46, no. 596], before Robert de Thorp and his associates, king’s justices of the Bench, between Thomas Beauchamp , then earl of Warwick , querent , and John Bukyngham , Ralph Basset of Sapcote, Richard de Piriton , William de Salwarp , Richard de Sutton , and William Gadesby, deforciants , regarding, among other things, advowson of the church of Cranleigh, John, Ralph etc. [as above] granted it to Thomas, then earl, for life, with successive remainders to Thomas, son of the earl, and the heirs male of his body; and to others, as fully apparent in the fine shown to the jurors. Thomas, then earl, was thus seised of the advowson as of free tenement, and afterwards died. Thomas, son, was then seised as of fee tail, and he had issue: Richard, late earl , named in the writ, and died. Richard, late earl , as son and heir of Thomas son of Thomas, was thus seised of the advowson as of fee tail. He had issue: Henry, present earl of Warwick , and died seised of this estate. Cranleigh, advowson of the church, worth nothing yearly, held of the king in socage. Date of death and heir as 263, except heir was aged 15 years. [Head:] Delivered to court on 13 May 1440. C 139/94/54 mm. 7–8 Additional IPMs in attached pdf.
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  9. Title: Eleanor de Beauchamp Beaufort (1407-1467), "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVK8-32T2 : 6 August 2020), Eleanor de Beauchamp Beaufort, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 206293590, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVK8-32T2;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206293590/eleanor-beaufort Eleanor de Beauchamp Beaufort BIRTH Sep 1407 Essex, England DEATH 4 Mar 1467 (aged 59) London, City of London, Greater London, England BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 206293590 Parents: Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick Elizabeth Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick Spouses: (1) Lord Thomas de Ros, I, 8th Baron de Ros of Helmsley (2) Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Walter Rokesley
  10. Title: Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-PlantaAnce7thCenColonists&h=84820&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
  11. Title: Find A Grave Memorial Page
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206293590?search=true;
  12. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas de Roos, knight
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-530/ [Accessed: 24/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-530/;
    Note: THOMAS DE ROOS, KNIGHT 530 [ Writ not extant.] HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware. 2 November 1430. [Kirkeby]. Jurors: Thomas Horne; Robert Chyld; John Burre; John Lane; John Cok; William Derlyng; William Page; Richard Willesmere; John Ponde; John Bakere; John Mabbe; Robert Wygge; John Trygge; John Parnell; William Taunt; and John Canne. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Buckland, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is the site, its herbage worth 8s. 4d. yearly; 180 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 7d. yearly; and 20 a. underwood, worth 20s. yearly. He died on 18 August last. Thomas de Roos, his son and next heir, was aged 3 years on 9 September last. C 139/50/48 m.2 531 [ Writ not extant.] ESSEX. Inquisition. Stratford 3 November 1430. [Kirkeby]. Jurors: John Reynor ; John Scotte ; John Mawne ; Richard Vynour ; Nicholas Enfeld ; John Mannyng; Thomas Leycestre ; Walter Kent ; John Crowdon ; Richard Pelchere ; John Cobworth ; John Bowyere ; John de Kent ; Walter Enderby ; Thomas Hert ; [and] William Bokston . He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. Long before his death, he was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Chingford with knights’ fees and advowson of the church pertaining to the manor, held of the heirs of John Monfichet , service unknown. [1]+He granted the above to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised.+[1] The charter was dated Chingford 20 October 1429. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 m.4 532 Writ certiorari de feodis militum et advocationibus ecclesiarum . ‡ 16 January 1431. [Wymbyssh].G [Dorse:] By N[icholas] Wymbyssh. ESSEX. Inquisition. Waltham Abbey 3 November 1431. [Rokesburgh]. Jurors: Robert Betrych ; John Love ; Richard Walschef ; John Pyg ; William Smyth ; John Waryn ; Thomas Brook ; Thomas Osbern ; Thomas Langrych ; Thomas Helder ; John Westbury ; and Andrew Bryght . He held no knights’ fees in demesne or service or in reversion of the king in chief. Continues as 531, with additional information relating to the true annual value of the advowson, 100s. Long before his death, he was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Chingford with knights’ fees and advowson of the church pertaining to the manor, true annual value 100s. , held of the heirs of John Monfichet , service unknown. [1]+He granted the above to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The charter was dated Chingford 20 October 1429. C 139/50/48 mm.1, 5 533 [ Writ: see 532 .] HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware 5 November 1431. [Rokesburgh]. Jurors: Thomas de Ware ; William Hardwyk ; John Hert ; Walter Staundon ; John Bromley ; John Noon ; John Melleward ; Simon Tayllour ; Thomas Bridsale ; Edward Warde ; John Lytelman ; and John Walkelyn . He held no knights’ fees or advowsons of churches regarding which the required extent could be made. C 139/50/48 mm.1, 3 534 Writ. ‡ 16 September 1430. [Wymbyssh].G CITY OF YORK. Inquisition. Guildhall 8 November 1430. [ Russell ]. Jurors: Roger Hay ; Henry Rothewell ; Robert Fereby ; Richard Neuland, senior ; Henry Forster ; John Neuland ; Robert Fenton ; Richard Crokelyn ; Richard Neuland, junior ; John Beverlay ; Thomas Forster ; and John Man , ‘Tapiter’. He held in demesne as of fee 40 marks rent, parcel of £100 fee-farm for the city, taken and delivered to him and his heirs in perpetuity by the sheriffs or bailiffs at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts . [1]+ Roger Wentworth, esquire , and Margery his wife, still living, who was wife of John, Lord Ros , brother of Thomas de Roos, knight , hold the following, among other things, in dower in right of Margery by endowment of John de Roos with reversion to Thomas son and heir of Thomas de Roos .+[1] £73 6s. 8d. rent, which is the rest of the £100 fee-farm. The entire fee-farm is held of the king in chief, service unknown. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.6–7 535 Writ amotus . ‡ 23 November 1430. [Wymbyssh].G Addressed to Nicholas Wotton, mayor and escheator, replacing the writ diem clausit extremum sent to his predecessor, William Estfeld . CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall 2 December 1430. [Wotton]. Jurors: Henry Pek ; John Broke ; Simon Wayte ; John Kechell ; John Moraunt ; Thomas Coventre ; John West ; William Hamond ; William Stacy ; Richard Massyngham ; Thomas Spayne ; John Thoresby ; Thomas Lacok ; Nicholas Everard ; and John Flessh . He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. St Katherine Coleman, 4 shops with annexed gardens in the parish of St Katherine Coleman in the ward of Aldgate, annual value 53s. 4d., held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.8–9 536 Writ. ‡ 16 September 1430. [Wymbyssh].G SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Eastbourne 21 October 1430. [Gaynesford]. Jurors: John Bray ; Richard Shalston ; Thomas Profote ; William Waterer ; Thomas Hethfeld ; William Poteman ; John Frankleyn ; William Sparowe ; John Reve ; Simon Fenyll ; Philip Frost ; and John Ombrays . He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. [1]+He granted the following, among other manors, to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, Nicholas Wymbyssh, clerk , Richard Hansarde , William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , Robert Wesynham , esquires, Ralph Holande , citizen and draper of London, John Bowys , William Blakeburne , and Richard Benyngton , and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The king’s licence was obtained [CPR 1429–1436, p. 62].+[1] The charter was dated Eastbourne 10 April 1430. Eastbourne, the manor, and the hamlet of Eckington, held of the king in chief. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.10–11 537 Writ. ‡ 16 September 1430. [Wymbyssh].G CITY OF LINCOLN. Inquisition.... [ms illegible]. 4 November 1430. [Lyndewod]. Jurors: Richard Marum ; John Boston ; William Burton ; Robert Hundon ; John Osen ; John Stikeswold ; John Parys ; Henry Bokewell ; Robert Chapman ; William Bace ; William Blythe ; and Thomas Skremby . He held in demesne as of fee £100 rent of the fee-farm of the city, taken yearly and delivered to him and his heirs by the sheriffs or bailiffs: £40 at Easter and £60 at Michaelmas. The rent is held of the king in chief, service unknown. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.12–13 538 Writ. ‡ 16 September 1430. [Wymbyssh].G NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Daventry 3 November 1430. [Catesby]. Jurors: Simon Horne and John Barker of Daventry; Robert Clyfton of Everdon; Henry Budde and Thomas Crosse of Staverton; John Godson , Thomas Bartelote , John Clerk , John Evenet , and Henry Smyth of Braunston; William Hunte and Thomas Beller of Stoke Albany. He died seised as of fee and by right of the advowson of the church of Braunston, worth nothing above prayers . He held no other nor more lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. He was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Braunston, the manor, except the site called ‘Braunstonbury’, held by Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife in dower, in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1]. He granted the manor, except the advowson, heriots, and site, to John Cressy, chevalier , still living, for life, for service in England for Thomas, late Lord Ros . The grant was made by charter dated Belvoir 12 November 1429, shown to the jurors. John has taken the issues since then. Braunston. The entire manor with advowson is held of Joan, queen of England , service unknown. Its true annual value, except pre-exceptions, is £10. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.14–15 E 149/147/1 m.2 539 Writ. ‡ 16 September 1430. [Wymbyssh].G SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Bury St Edmunds 2 November 1430. [Mylde]. Jurors: Baldwin Coksedge ; John Stefenesson ; Edmund Seriaunt ; John Colyn ; John Bede ; Robert Thoorn ; John Tone ; William Godard ; William Bryght ; Nicholas Adam ; Thomas Couper ; and Roger Maymond . He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Bradfield Combust, the manor, annual value 100s., held of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds , service unknown. He granted the above, as in 531+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The charter was shown to the escheator and jurors and was dated Bradfield Combust 20 October 1429. Date of death and heir as 530. C 139/50/48 mm.16, 18
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  13. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset (under Leicester: #34)
    Author: Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and A. C. Wood, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1-50 ', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 3, Henry VII (London, 1955), pp. 1-32. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp1-32 [accessed 20 January 2020].
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp1-32;
    Note: Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset. Inquisition taken at St. Martin de Graunt (?) in the City of London, 15 September, 21 Henry VII [1505], before Thomas Kneseworth, Mayor, and others, by the oath of Anthony Burgh, Thomas Blake, Thomas Emery, Henry Sturgeon, Richard Charles, John S . . ., John Russell, John Grobbe, Nicholas Darrell, John Regnold, Richard Smyth, Nicholas Punchon, Richard Jones, and Richard Yong, who say that Eleanor, late Duchess of Somerset, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, formerly Earl of Warwick, was seised of 1 tenement called Warwick Inne, and of 1 tenement called Somerset Inn, next Baynard Castle, in the City of London, which she held of King Edward IV in free burgage. Warwick Inne is worth per ann., clear, £24 13s. 4d., and Somerset Inne is worth per ann., £9 6s. 8d. The said Duchess died 4 March, 7 Edward IV [1467], after her death the said tenements descended to Edmund Lord Roos, as her kinsman and heir, to wit, son of Thomas, who was son of the said Eleanor. Edward, Duke of Buckingham, Henry, Earl of Northumberland Mary, Countess of Ryvers, Joan, Lady Howyth, Edward Burgh, knight, John Savell, knight, and Gilbert Talbot, esq., after the death of the said Duchess entered into the said premises and took the profits thereof, by what title or for what cause the jurors know not. Inq. p. m., 21 Henry VII, No. 24. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/abstract/no1/pp5-27 34. ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Commission of concealments, 26 February, 20 Henry VII; inquisition 22 October, 21 Henry VII [1505]. Eleanor, third daughter of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, died seised in fee of the under-mentioned manors. While she was so seised she took to husband the lord Roos, and they had issue Thomas, afterwards lord Roos, and Margaret. Afterwards the same Thomas (sc. lord Roos, her husband) died, and she survived him and took to husband Edmund, duke of Somerset, and they had issue Margaret, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Joan and Anne. Afterwards the duke died and Eleanor survived him. She died 4 March, 7 Edward IV [1467], and after her death the manors descended to Edmund, lord Roos, as her kinsman and heir, to wit, son of Thomas her son. Edward, duke of Bukkingham, Henry, earl of Northumberland, Mary, countess Ryvers, Joan, lady Howith, Edward Borowgh, knight, John Savell, knight, and —— his wife, and Gilbert Talbott, esquire, entered into the said manors after her death and took all the issues and profits thereof, by what title &c. the jurors know not. BERKS. Manors of Burdon (sic), Calcot and Leverton, worth 40 marks, held of the abbot of Abendon, service unknown. C. Series II. Vol. 19. (10.) 50. ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Commission, as above; inquisition 4 October, 21 Henry VII [1505]. Findings as in No. 34 above, except that the wife of John Savell is not mentioned. CORNWALL. Manors of Pensans, worth 20 marks, Mowsehole, worth 20l., and Tywarnayleteys, worth 20l., held of the king, as of the castle of Launston, by knight-service, as parcel of the duchy of Cornwall. C. Series II. Vol. 19. (23.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp1-32 51. ELEANOR, DUCHESS of SOMERSET. Commission of concealments, 26 February, 20 Henry VII; inquisition 15 November, 21 Henry VII [1505]. Findings as in No. 50. LONDON. A tenement and a messuage called ‘Warwyk Inne,’ worth 24l. 13s. 4d. yearly, and another tenement and messuage called ‘Somerset Inne’ by Baynard Castell, worth 9l. 6s. 8d. yearly, held of the king in free burgage. C. Series. II. Vol. 19. (24.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp33-56 224. ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Commission of concealments 26 February, 20 Henry VII; inquisition 29 June, 21 Henry VII [1505]. Findings as in No. 34 above, except that the wife of John Savell is not mentioned. OXFORD. Manor of Frytwell, worth 10l., held of the abbot of Abyndon, services unknown. C. Series II. Vol. 20, (35.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp124-158 247 ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Inquisition taken Virtute Officii, Thursday after All Hallows, 7 Edw. IV [1467]. She held the under-mentioned manor at the time of her death in dower after the death of Thomas Roos, knt., formerly Lord de Roos, her late husband, of the inheritance of Thomas Roos, late Lord de Roos, son of the said Thomas, Lord de Roos her late husband, with reversion expectant at her death to him and his heirs. Which Thomas the younger, by the name of Thomas, Lord Roos, was attainted by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed at Westminster 4 Nov., 1 Edw. IV, together with others of high treason, wherefore the said manor of right comes to the King, the Duchess being dead. She died 6 March last [1467]. HERTS. Manor of Bokeland, alias Boclond. C. Series II. Vol. 2. (89.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol1/pp61-111 883. ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Commission of concealments, &c., 26 February, inquisition Tuesday after Quasimodo (festum Dominice in Albis), 20 Henry VII [1505]. Eleanor, duchess of Somerset, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, sometime earl of Warwick, was seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee, and died so seised 4 March, 7 Edward IV [1467]. After her death the said manor descended to one Edmund, lord de Roos, as her cousin and heir, viz., son of Thomas, her son. Edward, duke of Buckingham, Henry, earl of Northumberland, Mary, countess of Rivers, Joan, lady Houth, Edward Borough, knight, John Savell, knight, Gilbert Talbot, esquire, and —— Carew, esquire, after her decease entered and intruded into the said manor and took all the issues and profits thereof, by what title, or why, the jurors know not. Cf. No. 931, and C. Series II. Vol. 19 (23, 24, 77). ESSEX. Manor of Walcomstow Tony, held by the duchess of king Edward IV in chief, by homage and fealty and service of 1/20 of a knight’s fee; it is held by homage, fealty and 1/20 of a knight’s fee of the now king in chief; it is worth 47l. C. Series II. Vol. 18. (55.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp545-574 931. ELEANOR, DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. Commission of concealments, &c., 16 June, 20 Henry VII; inquisition 12 September, 21 Henry VII [1505]. Findings as in No. 883. She is here described as ‘one of the daughters,’ and the name of ‘Carew’ is omitted. Her heir, aged 50 and more. Cf. C. Series II. Vol. 19 (23, 24, 77). SOMERSET. Manor and hundred of Bedmystre, worth 56l. 8d., held of the king in chief, by knight-service. This entry is erased. Manor of Edingworth, worth 10l., held of the abbot of Glastonbury, service unknown. Manor of Milverton, worth 46s. 8d., tenure unknown. A rent of 6l. 13s. 4d. in Heygrove by (juxta) Briggewater. Note in margin:—That inquisition is void, as regards the manor and hundred of Bedmynster, by pretext of the king’s mandate to that effect, signed by his sign manual, directed to William, archbishop of Canterbury, the chancellor, &c., remaining in the files of Chancery in the 24th year, &c. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp574-602
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