Walter de Beauchamp

• Preferred Name: Walter de Beauchamp^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Worcestershire
  
• Alt. Death: 1130 in Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.2334 LONG: E2.2125
  
• FSID: MGRJ-LP1
  
• Birth: 1070 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.0646 LONG: E2.0251
  
• Death: ABT 1133 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.0646 LONG: E2.0251 with note: UK did not exist until 1801
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight
  
• Fact: AFT 15 AUG 1114 with note: Description: King Henry I of England granted "totam terram Rogeri de Wygrecestra" in and around the town of Worcester to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter
  
• Fact: BET DEC 1113 AND APR 1116 with note: Description: King Henry I of England notified the bishop of Worcester that he had granted "vicecomitatum de Wigresestrasia" to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Viscount of Stafford
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  from www.geni.com
  Walter de Beauchamp, Sir
  Birthdate: circa 1090
  Birthplace: Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
  Death: May 1131 (37-45)
  Burgh By Sands, Cumberland, England
  
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Hugh de Beauchamp, of Bedford and Matilda Adeliza de Taillebois
  Husband of Emmeline (d'Abetot) de Beauchamp
  Father of Hugh, 1st Baron de Beauchamp; William of Elmley, 1st Baron of Beauchamp; Matilda (Maud) De Beauchamp and Walter de Beauchamp
  Brother of Paganus Beauchamp; Maud de Beauchamp; Nicholas de Beauchamp; Simon de Beauchamp; Milo de Beauchamp, of Eaton and 3 others
  
  Walter de Beauchamp, of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, having m. Emeline, dau. and heiress* of Urso d'Abitot, constable of the castle of Worcester and hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire (who was brother of Robert le Despenser, steward to the Conqueror), was invested with that sheriffalty by King Henry I, and obtained a grant from the same monarch (to whom he was already steward), of the bulk of the lands (specifically those of Worcestershire), belonging to Roger d'Abitot of Worcester, with a confirmation of certain lands given to him by Adelise, widow of his father-in-law, the said Urso. This marriage happened after the Conquest; for at that time the General Survey was made, the name of Beauchamp is not once mentioned as lord of any manor in England.
  
  When the vast estates that Urse had accumulated were usurped from his son Roger, a large portion of same were subsequently bestowed upon his sister's husband, Sir Walter Beauchamp. Already an influential Baron, he was also given Roger's hereditary office of Sheriff of Worcestershire. Walter de Beauchamp was succeeded, as well in his estates as in the royal stewardship, by his son, William de Beauchamp.
  (parentage unknown)
  
  Occupation: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rwfurtaw&id=I19450
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  Elmley Castle
  The first Castle was constructed soon after 1086 by Robert d'Abitot. He died childless and the Castle passed to his brother setting a disturbing tendency for the Castle to pass through sidelines of th
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#WilliamBeauchampdied1170 as of 4/3/21016
  
  WALTER [I] de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, son of --- ([1080/95]-[1130
  
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  Walter de Beauchamp
  Sheriff of Worcestershire
  In offic
  
  === Family info ===
  Family:
  
  Son of Hugh de Beauchamp, of Bedford and Matilda de Taillebois
  Husband of Emmeline d'Abetot
  Father of William of Elmley, 1st Baron of Beauchamp; Matilda (Maud) De Beauchamp and Walter de Beauchamp
  Brother of Simon de Beauchamp, “the Dapifer”; Robert de Beauchamp, of Bedford; Maud de Beauchamp; Nicholas de Beauchamp and William Peveril de Beauchamp, Sr.
  
  === Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerages, ca ===
  Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerages, ca 1880, p. 30 - Beauchamp-Earls of Warwick, Created by William the Conquereror William Rufus.....Lineage -
  .....Hugh de Beauchamp.....had issue.....The third son,
  Walter, of whom presently but some doubts have been thrown upon the question of his having been son of Hugh, Sir H Nicolas stating him to have be en "supposed of the same family.".....
  Walter de Beauchamp, of Elmley Castle, co. Gloucester, having m. Emeline, dau and heiress of Urso de Abitot, constable of the castle of Worcester and hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire (who was brother of Robe rt le Despenser, steward to the Conqueror), was invested with that sheriff alty by King Henry I, and obtained a grant from the same monarch (to wh om he was steward) of all the lands belonging to Roger de Worcester with a confirmation of certain lands given to him by Adelise, widow of his father-in-law, the said Urso. Walter de Beauchamp was s. as well in his estates as in the royal stewardship by his son,
  William de Beauchamp.....

• m. BEF 1104

1. Emma Beauchamp, b. ABT 1133 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England     d. AFT 1192
2. William de Beauchamp, b. ABT 1105 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England     d. ABT 1170 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
3. Hugh de Beauchamp, b. in Bedfordshire, England     d. ABT 1187 in Asia
4. Emma de Beauchamp, b. ABT 1104 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England    
5. WALTER DE BEAUCHAMP, b. ABT 1090 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England     d. MAY 1131 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England

1. Title: Book - Domesday of Bedford
   Author: Google books
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Urse d'Abetot
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Urse_d%27Abetot;
   Note: Urse d'Abetot was a Norman as well as a medieval Sheriff of Worcestershire and royal official under Kings William I, William II and Henry I. He was a native of Normandy and moved to England shortly after the Norman Conquest of England, and was appointed sheriff in about 1069. Little is known of his family in Normandy, who were not prominent. Although Urse's lord in Normandy was present at the Battle of Hastings, there is no evidence that Urse took part in the invasion of England in 1066.
   
3. Title: Wikiwand: Pipe rolls
   Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pipe_rolls;
   
4. Title: Wikiwand: High Sheriff of Worcestershire
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/High_Sheriff_of_Worcestershire;
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Walter De Beauchamp - birth-name: Walter de Beauchamp
   Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
   Note: birth-name: Walter de Beauchamp aka-name: Walter DeBeauchamp birth: 1020; Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France death: 1058; Normandie, France birth: 1020; Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France death: ; Normandie, France
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245806164
   
6. Title: Castles and Fortifications of England: ELMLEY CASTLE
   Publication: Name: http://www.ecastles.co.uk/elmley.html;
   
7. Title: Wikiwand: Walter de Beauchamp (nobleman)
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Walter_de_Beauchamp_(nobleman);
   Note: Walter de Beauchamp[a] (died between 1130 and 1133) was a medieval nobleman and Sheriff of Worcestershire. Married to the daughter of one of his predecessors as sheriff. Nothing is known for sure of his background before he appears as a witness to royal charters between 1108 and 1111. Beauchamp also inherited offices in the royal household from his father-in-law, and also appears to have been a royal forester. He and another nobleman divided some of the lands of his father-in-law, but disagreements about the division lasted until the 12th century between the two families. He died between 1130 and 1133, and one of his descendants later became Earl of Warwick. Background and family Beauchamp is sometimes known as Walter de Beauchamp of Elmley, to distinguish him from the members of the Beauchamp family of Bedford. He married the daughter of Urse d'Abetot, who is usually named Emeline, although her name is not given in contemporary records. Urse d'Abetot was the Sheriff of Worcestershire from around 1069 to around 1108. Beauchamp may have been a tenant of his father-in-law prior to his marriage. Nothing is known for sure of Beauchamp's background, and he first witnessed a royal charter sometime between 1108 and 1111. Some documents suggest that his father may have been named Peveral de Beauchamp and that he had a brother named William Peveral de Beauchamp, but the only identifiable Peveral is younger than Walter. Sheriff In the 1110s, Beauchamp became Sheriff of Worcestershire, holding the office until 1130. Some sources state he received the office in 1114, and others place the acquisition of the office between December 1113 and April 1116. Beauchamp inherited most of d'Abetot's lands and the hereditary office of Sheriff of Worcestershire when Roger d'Abetot, Urse's son, forfeited his lands and offices after being exiled by Henry I for murder. King Henry I of England granted Beauchamp the right to hunt wolves and foxes in the royal forests of Worcestershire. Along with the right to hunt in the royal forests came a grant of the right to keep pheasants on his own lands, and the right to fine anyone hunting the birds without his permission. Because of the king's promotion of Beauchamp, he is considered to be one of Henry I's "new men." Beauchamp probably held the office of royal forester for Worcestershire as well as sheriff. The evidence for this is that after Beauchamp's death, his son William was granted the revenues from the royal forests of Worcestershire at the same rate as his father had held them; this strongly implies that the elder held the office of forester. The historian Judith Green felt that Walter de Beauchamp might possibly have held the office of constable, which had been held by his father-in-law, although the historian C. Warren Hollister felt that Beauchamp definitely did hold the office. He also held the royal office of dispenser, an office which later became known as a butler. He acquired this because his wife inherited the office from her father. The date when he acquired the office is unknown. While a member of the royal household, Beauchamp witnessed a number of royal charters, mainly when the king was in England. Beauchamp and the Bishop of Worcester had a dispute over the lands that Beauchamp inherited from d'Abetot. The dispute caused the two sides to agree to the creation of the Worcester Survey, a land survey undertaken in Worcestershire sometime between 1108 and 1118 that shows changes in land ownership after the Domesday Book. D'Abetot's widow Adeliza granted her dower lands in the county of Worcestershire to Beauchamp, which was confirmed by King Henry sometime between 1123 and 1129, although the document cannot be dated more precisely than that. In 1130, at Michaelmas, Henry allowed Beauchamp to not pay geld on his lands in Berkshire, and he is mentioned in the 1130 Pipe Roll as still living. Death and legacy Sometime between 1130 and 1133, Beauchamp died and his son William de Beauchamp took over his lands. Stephen de Beauchamp, a tenant on the Beauchamp lands and a friend of Robert of Gloucester, was likely a younger son of Walter's. The historian David Crouch says that another son was Walter, who is recorded as William's brother and was a follower of Waleran, Count of Meulan. Beauchamp was the ancestor of the Beauchamp family of Elmley in Worcestershire, a member of which, William de Beauchamp, became Earl of Warwick. The lands and offices of Urse's brother Robert were divided between Beauchamp and Robert Marmion. Marmion and Beauchamp disagreed about the division of the lands, leading to a long dispute between the two families that was only settled in the late 12th century. Some sources state that another daughter of Urse d'Abetot married Robert Marmion, which was the reason for the division of the lands and offices between the two men. Other sources are less sure, accepting this as one possibility among several for the divided inheritance between the Marmion and Beauchamp families. Because there are no contemporary sources showing that Urse had any children besides his son and the daughter who married Beauchamp, another possibility is that Urse's brother Robert had a daughter who married Marmion, and that Urse managed to acquire part of her inheritance on the strength of his friendship with King William II of England.
   
8. Title: Wikiwand: List of Henry I's new men
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_Henry_I%27s_new_men;
   Note: "Henry I's new men" are considered by historians to be those men that rose to prominence during the reign of King Henry I of England (reigned 1100–1135) and whose families had not previously been prominent in royal service. Overview Although the use of the actual phrase "new men" dates from the writings of William Stubbs around 1874, the group of men was first singled out in the writings of writers contemporary with the men.[1] The chronicler Orderic Vitalis in his Historia Ecclesiastica said that Henry had "enobled others of base stock who had served him well, raised them, so to say, from the dust, and heaping all kinds of favours on them, stationed them above earls and famous constables."[2] Orderic went on to mention a number of men that he considered "new men".[1] Orderic's list of new men included:[1] Geoffrey de Clinton Ralph Basset Hugh of Buckland Guillegrip Rainer of Bath William Trussebut Haimo of Falaise Wigan Algason Robert of Bostare The medieval writer Henry of Huntingdon, writing in his De Contemptu Mundi, mentioned a number of the above and added: Richard Basset Geoffrey Ridel The author of the Gesta Stephani, a chronicle of the reign of King Stephen of England, Henry's successor, named the following as new men during Henry's reign:[3] Pain fitzJohn Miles of Gloucester To these men, the modern historian H. F. Doherty, writing for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, adds: Eustace fitzJohn Walter de Beauchamp John Marshall Brien fitzCount The historian and biographer of Henry I, Judith Green adds the following: William de Pont-del-l'Arche Osbert the priest Richard of Winchester Nigel d'Aubigny Roger of Salisbury
   
9. Title: Wikiwand: Elmley Castle (castle)
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Elmley_Castle_(castle);
   
10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Walter De Beauchamp - Published information: death: 1131; Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Note: Published information: death: 1131; Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2021701630
    
11. Title: Book - Dictionary of Peerage
    Author: Google books
    Note: Walter Beauchamp, Baron of Elmley by rt of wife), hereditary sheriff of Worcester (by rt of wife) 3rd s/o Hugh Beauchamp & b- 1085 - Bedford, Bedfordshire,England m- Emmeline d'Abitot d - 1133 - Elmley Castle, Worcestershire,England
    
12. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: WALTER [I] de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, son of --- ([1080/95]-[1130/May 1133])
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#WalterBeauchampdied1130;
    Note: WALTER [I] de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, son of --- ([1080/95]-[1130/May 1133]). His birth date is estimated very broadly based on his marriage before 1114. Henry I King of England notified "Osberto de Abetot et ministris [et] forestariis de foresta de Feccham" that he had granted a fox-hunting licence in his forest in Feckenham to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [1110/16]. Henry I King of England notified "Osberto vicecomiti et omnibus forestariis de Wirecestrasera" that he had granted a wolf-hunting licence in his forest in Worcestershire to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [1106/13]. Henry I King of England granted "totam terram Rogeri de Wygrecestra," in and around the town of Worcester, to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [1114, after 15 Aug]. Henry I King of England notified the bishop of Worcester that he had granted "vicecomitatum de Wigresestrasia" to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [Dec 1113/Apr 1116]. "…Walto de Bello Campo…" subscribed the charter date [3/10] Jun 1123 under which Henry I King of England granted the lands of "Edrici fil Chetelli" to "Walto de Gloec." Henry I King of England notified the bishop of Worcester that he had granted "terram que fuit Adelize uxoris Ursonis de Abbetot sicut ipsa Adeliza eam ei concessit" to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [1123/Jul 1129]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Walto de Belcapo" in Wiltshire (two entries) and in Gloucestershire. m (before Aug 1114) [EMMELINE], daughter of URSE de Abitot & his wife Adelisa ---. Round states that the wife of Walter de Beauchamp was the daughter of Urse de Abitot but he does not cite the corresponding primary source which confirms that this is correct. Ellis says that "Emmeline Roger’s sister was wife of Walter de Beauchamp, who obtained the fief of Urso and the shrievalty of Worcestershire, which Henry I confirmed to him, together wih the office of one of the king’s dispensers which Robert brother of Urso had formerly held, and the land given him by Adelisa the widow of Urso." If this information is all correct, it appears to establish Emmeline’s parentage and marriage. The corresponding sources are set out in the Beauchamp cartulary, and quoted above under Emmeline’s husband’s entry. The documents do not explicitly state that Walter’s wife was the daughter of Urse de Abitot and brother of Roger de Abitot, but this is a reasonable implication. The latest date of her marriage is assessed from the dating of the first of these charters. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified.