Sir Thomas Beauchamp, MP

Family and Education

? yr. s. of John Beauchamp of Lillesdon, Som. by his w. Joan. m. (1) bef. 1390, Elizabeth (b.1365/6), da. and coh. of Sir John Stretch of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel, Devon, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) bef. 1422, Eleanor, da. and h. of Roger Silveyn of South Bradon, Som., 1da. Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399.1

Beauchamp died on 2 Feb. 1444. As his son, John, had predeceased him, his heir was his grand daughter Alice, the wife of John Speke. A year later his widow became involved in a dispute over Whitelackington, in which Sir Thomas’s last wishes were called into question, but she proved able to retain the manor at least until 1462.

Biography

History of Parliament Trust Online