Guy de Beauchamp II

Sir Guy de Beauchamp
Heir to the Earl of Warwick
Coat of Arms of Beauchamp
Bornc. 1337
Died(1360-04-28)28 April 1360
BuriedVendôme, Loir-Et-Cher, France
Spouse(s)Philippa de Ferrers
IssueElizabeth (died c. 1369)
Katherine
FatherThomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
MotherKatherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick
OccupationMilitary commander
Cause of deathHail

Sir Guy de Beauchamp (born c. 1335 - died 28 April 1360), Knight, was an English nobleman and heir apparent to the title of Earl of Warwick, being the eldest son of the 11th Earl of Warwick. He served as a military commander in the army of Edward III in France, where he was mortally injured in a freak hailstorm during the Siege of Chartres on 13 April. He died three weeks later on 28 April 1360.

Life

Born 1335, Guy was the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick.[1] He was knighted with his brother, Thomas, in July 1355, when the King was with the fleet in the Downs on the way to an invasion of France. For his good service, he was granted an annual pension of L100 on 27 November 1355.

Marriage and issue

Guy de Beauchamp married Philippa de Ferrers before 1353:[1] daughter of Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, and Isabel de Verdun.[2] His widow Philippa died 5 August 1384, and was buried at Necton, Norfolk. He left a will dated 26 September 1359.

They had:

His daughters were, by entail, excluded from their grandfather's inheritance.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Given-Wilson 2002, p. 59.
  2. ^ Blanton 2010, p. 217.

Sources

  • Blanton, Virginia (2010). Signs of Devotion: The Cult of St. Æthelthryth in Medieval England, 695-1615. Pennsylvania State University Press.
  • Given-Wilson, Chris (2002). The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages: The Fourteenth-Century Political Community. Routledge.