John de Beauchamp 1st Lord Beauchamp of Somerset

• Preferred Name: John de Beauchamp 1st Lord Beauchamp of Somerset^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1 JAN 1337 in England
  
• Birth: 25 JUL 1274 in England
  
• Burial: OCT 1336 in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England at LATI: N0.95 LONG: E2.7333 with note: Date
  
• FSID: GXPF-H6F
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  John de Beauchamp, Knt., son and heir of Sir John de Beauchamp by his wife Cecily de Vivonne, was born 25 July 1274. He came of age in 1295 and had seizin of his father's lands on 17 September 1295.
  
  Sir John was continually employed in the Scottish wars and was summoned to attend the king in Salisbury on 26 January 1296/7. He fought at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298, and was present at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. He was summoned to Parliament by writs dated 1299-1336 directed to Johanni de Bello Campo de Somerset, during this time he became Lord Beauchamp. He was knighted with the Prince of Wales on 22 May 1306.
  
  In 1321, he succeeded to the vast estates of his mother. On 20 August 1321 he was pardoned for all felonies committed while in pursuit of the Despensers.
  
  John held lands in Hatch Beauchamp, Compton Dundon, and Stoke-under-Hamdon, Somerset and Beauchamps, Surrey, etc. He was Governor of Bridgewater Castle in 1325.
  
  «b»Marriage and Children«/b»
  Sir John married, in or before 1301, Joan _______, said to be a daughter of the Chenduit family.
  
  «b»They had two sons and several daughters, including:«/b»
  1.) William, died in his father's lifetime
  
  2.) John, 2nd Lord Beauchamp of Somerset, born about 1306, died 19 May 1343, married Margaret de Saint John and had issue. He was 2nd son and heir.
  
  3.) Eleanor, born before brother John
  
  4.) Beatrice, born before brother John
  
  5.) Joan, married John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham
  
  «b»Death«/b»
  Sir John de Beauchamp died 1 January 1336/7, his wife, Joan, having predeceased him on 9 February 1327. John's only surviving son, John, was his heir.

• m. BEF 1300 in England
• m. 1301 in Hatch, Somersetshire, England

1. Joan Beauchamp, b. ABT 1300 in England     d. AFT 1343 in England

1. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
   Author: "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins", database, Marlyn Lew (Maintained by Dennis Lundahl, Portland, OR, Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins (https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/ : viewed 17 March 2023), "Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Hacche, Governor of Bridgwater Castle"; submitted last edited 4 Apr 2020, Portland, Oregon.
   Page: Respected source.
   
2. Title: John de Beauchamp & Chenduit in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QT-RQNG?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QT-RQNG?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101 : 20 May 2014), D > Deats, Peter (1782) - Debnam, John (1723) > image 354 of 1258; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QT-RQNG;
   Note: John de Beauchamp (1274-1336) married Joan Chenduit and had children according to research before 1957
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
   
3. Title: John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp in "The Peerage"
   Author: The Peerage
   Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1982.htm#i19820;
   Note: John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) was born on 25 July 1274. He was the son of John Beauchamp and Cicely de Vivonne. He married Joan Chenduit before 1301. He died between October 1336 and December 1336.1 He fought in the Scottish wars. On 17 September 1295 he had seizin of his father's lands. He was created 1st Lord Beauchamp, of Somerset [England by writ] on 29 December 1299. He was appointed Knight on 22 May 1306.1 In 1321 he suceeded to the extensive estates of his mother, including Sturminster Marshal, Dorset and Bullingham, Cambridgeshire. He held the office of Governor of Sturminster Castle in 1325. Note that the House of Lords, Committee for Privileges found in 1924 that there was no proof that neither John Beauchamp nor his son had actually sat in Parliament following their writ of summons. Children of John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit Joan Beauchamp William Beauchamp b. b 1304, d. b 1336 Alienor Beauchamp b. b 1304, d. a 1304 Beatrice Beauchamp b. b 1304, d. a 1304 John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) b. a 4 Oct 1304, d. 19 May 1343
   
4. Title: John de Beauchamp (1274-1336), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMSH-F9MM : 16 December 2020), John de Beauchamp, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 211085493, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMSH-F9MM;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211085493/john-de_beauchamp John de Beauchamp BIRTH 1274 DEATH 1336 (aged 61–62) BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 211085493 Spouse: Joan Chenduit de Beauchamp (1279–1327)
   
5. Title: Magna Carta Ancestry, Volume 3 (personal copy)
   Author: Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 3, 2nd edition (N.p.: n.p., 2011), Volume 3, pages 105, 106.
   Note: .
   Page: Well documented and researched source.
   
6. Title: John de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Hacche (1274-1337), Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors Citations 1-10: [S3135] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 48/9, Vol. III, p. 344; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 153; Wallop Family, p. 332; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 21. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 105-106. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 233. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 214. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 610. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 103-104. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 608. [S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 902. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 375. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 403.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p381.htm#i11434;
   Note: Father Sir John de Beauchamp, Gov. Castle Cardigan b. b 1249, d. 24 Oct 1283 Mother Cecily de Vivonne b. 1257, d. 10 Jan 1321 Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Hacche, Governor of Bridgwater Castle was born on 25 July 1274 at of Hatch Beauchamp, Somersetshire, England.2,5 He married Joan Chenduit circa 1301; They had 2 sons (William; & John, 2nd Lord Beauchamp of Somerset) and several daughters (including Eleanor; Beatrice; & Joan, wife of Sir John, 2nd Lord Cobham). Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st Lord Hacche, Governor of Bridgwater Castle died on 1 January 1337 at of Stoke-under-Hamden, Somersetshire, England, at age 62. Family: Joan Chenduit d. 9 Feb 1327 Children: Joan de Beauchamp b. c 1305, d. a 1343 Sir John de Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp of Hacche b. c 1306, d. 19 May 1343