William Beauchamp
Also known as: William Bewsa / William Brewcusa / lord William Beauchampe / lord deputie of the towne · Family: Barons · Role: lord · First appears: King John 28
Life events
- c. 1215 · Fulk de Brent captured Bedford after its defenders received no rescue from William Beauchamp, and King John granted him castles.(King John 28 · 📍 Bedford)
- With: Fulk de Brent King John
- “Moreouer the foresaid Foukes de Brent comming vnto Bedford, wan both the towne and castell: for they that had the castell in kéeping, after 7 daies respit (which they obteined at the hands of the said Foukes) when rescue came not from the lord William Beauchampe their maister, they deliuered it vnto the said Foukes. Vnto whom K. John gaue not onlie that castell, but also committed to his kéeping the castells of Northampton, Oxford and Cambridge.”
- c. 1388 · Edmund de la Pole revealed his brother's secret arrival to William Beauchamp.(Richard II 40 · 📍 Calis)
- With: Edmund de la Pole
- “His brother doubting what might be laid to his charge if he shuld conceale this matter from the lord William Beauchampe lord deputie of the towne, streightwaies aduertised him thereof,”
King John 28
- enemies with Fulk de Brent (Fulk took the castle defended for William Beauchamp.) “when rescue came not from the lord William Beauchampe their maister, they deliuered it vnto the said Foukes”
Richard II 40
- with Edmund de la Pole (Edmund de la Pole informed William Beauchamp about the earl's arrival, prompting the earl's return to England.) “His brother doubting what might be laid to his charge if he shuld conceale this matter from the lord William Beauchampe lord deputie of the towne, streightwaies aduertised him thereof, who tooke order that the earle should foorthwith be sent backe againe into England to the king”
Richard II 47
- child: Eva de Beauchamp “in the right of Eua, one of the daughters and heires of William Bewsa or Brewcusa”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.