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BEAUCHAMP , the name of several important See also:English families. The baronial See also:house of Beauchamp of See also:Bedford was founded at the See also:Conquest by See also:Hugh de Beauchamp, who received a See also:barony in See also:Bedfordshire. His eldest son See also:Simon See also:left a daughter, whose See also:husband Hugh (See also:brother of the See also:count of Meulan) was created See also:earl of Bedford by See also:Stephen. But the See also:heir-male, See also:Miles de Beau-champ, See also:nephew of Simon, held Bedford See also:Castle against the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in 1137–1138. From his brother See also:Payn descended the barons of Bedford, of whom See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William held Bedford Castle against the royal forces in the struggle for the See also:Great See also:Charter, and was afterwards made prisoner at the See also:battle of See also:Lincoln, while See also:John, who sided with the barons under Simon de See also:Montfort, See also:fell at See also:Evesham. With him the See also:line ended, but a younger See also:branch was seated at See also:Eaton Socon, Beds., where the earthworks of their castle remain, and held their barony there into the 14th See also:century.
The Beauchamps of Elmley, See also:Worcestershire, the greatest house of the name, were founded by the See also:marriage of See also:Walter de Beauchamp with the daughter of Urise d'Abetot, a Domesday See also:baron, which brought him the shrievalty of Worcestershire, the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of a royal steward, and large estates. His descendant William, of Elmley, married See also:Isabel, See also:sister and eventually heiress to William Mauduit, earl of See also:Warwick, and their son succeeded in 1268 to Warwick Castle and that earldom, which remained with his descendants in the male line till 1445. The earls of the Beauchamp line played a great See also:part in English See also:history. See also:Guy, the 2nd, distinguished himself in the Scottish See also:campaigns of See also:Edward I., who warned him at his See also:death against Piers See also:Gaveston. Under Edward II. he was one of the foremost foes of Piers, who had styled him " the See also:black cur of See also:Arden," and with whose death he was closely connected. As one of the " lords ordainers " he was a recognized See also:leader of the opposition to Edward II.
By the heiress of the Tonis he left at his death in 1315 a son Earl See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, who distinguished himself at See also:Crecy and See also:Poitiers, was See also:marshal of the English See also:host, and, with his brother John, one of the founders of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the Garter. In 1369 his son Earl Thomas succeeded; from 1376 to 1379 he was among the lords
striving for reform, and in the latter See also:year he was appointed See also:governor to the king. Under See also:Richard II. he joined the lords appellant in their opposition to the king and his ministers, and was in See also:power with them 1388-1389; treacherously arrested by Richard in 1397, he was imprisoned in the See also:Tower of See also:London (the Beauchamp Tower being called after him), but liberated by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV. on his See also:triumph (1399). In 1401 he was succeeded by his son Earl Richard, a brave and chivalrous See also:warrior, who defeated See also:Owen See also:Glendower, fought the Percys at See also:Shrewsbury, and, after travelling in See also:state through See also:Europe and the See also:Holy See also:Land, was employed against the See also:Lollards and afterwards as See also:lay See also:ambassador from See also:England to the See also:council of See also:Constance (1414). He held command for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at See also:Calais, and took an active part in the See also:French campaigns of Henry V., who created him earl and count of See also:Aumale in See also:Normandy. He had See also:charge of the See also:education of Henry VI., and in 1437 was appointed See also:lieutenant of See also:France and of Normandy. Dying at See also:Rouen in 1439, he left by Isabel, widow of Richard Beauchamp, earl of See also:Worcester, a son, Earl Henry, who was created See also:duke of Warwick, 1445, and is alleged, but without authority, to have been crowned king of the Isle of See also:Wight by Henry VI. He died, the last of his line, 'in See also:June 1445. On the death of See also:Anne, his only See also:child, in 1449, his vast See also:inheritance passed to Anne, his sister of the whole See also:blood, wife of Richard See also:Neville, earl of See also:Salisbury (" the Kingmaker "), who thereupon became earl of Warwick.
Of the See also:cadet branches of the house, the See also:oldest was that of Powyke and See also:Alcester, which obtained a barony in 1447 and became See also:extinct in 1496; from it sprang the Beauclzamps, Lords St Amand from 1448, of whom was Richard, See also:bishop of Salisbury, first See also:chancellor of the order of the Garter, and who became extinct in 15o8, being the last known male heirs of the See also:race. . Another cadet was See also:Sir John Beauchamp of See also:Holt, See also:minister of Richard II., who was created See also:Lord Beauchamp of See also:Kidderminster (the first baron created by patent) 1387, but beheaded 1388; the barony became extinct with his son in 1400. See also:Roger, Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe, summoned in 1363, is said to have been descended from the Powyke branch; his line ended See also:early in the 15th century.
Later cadets were John, brother of the 3rd earl, who carried the See also:standard at Crecy, became See also:captain of Calais, and was summoned as a peer in 1350, but died unmarried; and William, brother of the 4th earl, who was distinguished in the French See also:wars, and succeeding to the lands of the Lords See also:Abergavenny was summoned in that barony 1392; his son was created earl of Worcester in 1420, but died without male issue in 1422; from his daughter, who married Sir Edward Neville, descended the Lords Abergavenny.
The Lords Beauchamp of " Hache " (1299-1361) were so named from their seat of See also:Hatch Beauchamp, See also:Somerset, and were of a wholly distinct See also:family. Their See also:title, " Beauchamp of Hache," was revived for the Seymours in 1536 and 1559. The title of " Beauchamp of Powyke " was revived as a barony in 18o6 for Richard Lygon (descended through See also:females from the Beau-champs of Powyke), who was created Earl Beauchamp in 1815.
See Sir W. See also:Dugdale, Baronage (1675—1676) and See also:Warwickshire (2nd ed., 1730); G. E. C[okayne], See also:Complete See also:Peerage (1887—1898); W. See also:Courthope, Rows See also:Roll (1859); and J. H. See also:Round, See also:Geoffrey ide See also:Mandeville (1892). (J.
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