William Peveril de Beauchamp, Sr.

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Two brothers, parents not known. From a chronological point of view, they could have been otherwise unrecorded sons of Hugh de Beauchamp (see above). However, it is not known whether Hugh was the only member of the Beauchamp family who came to England from Normandy. The connection with the Peveril family (see the document UNTITLED ENGLISH NOBILITY P-S), suggested by the name William Peveril [I] de Beauchamp, has not been traced.

1. WALTER [I] de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire ([1080/95]-[1130/May 1133]). His birth date is estimated very broadly based on his marriage before 1114. Henry I King of England notified "Osberto de Abetot et ministris [et] forestariis de foresta de Feccham" that he had granted a fox-hunting licence in his forest in Feckenham to "Waltero de Bello Campo" by charter dated to [1110/16][758].

- BEAUCHAMP of ELMLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE.

2. WILLIAM Peveril [I] de Beauchamp (-[1151/57]). The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Peur de Belcapo" in Gloucestershire[759]. "…Willelmo de Bellocampo…" witnessed the charter dated to [1142/46] under which "M. imperatrix, Henrici regis filia et Anglorum domina et Henricus filius comitis Andegavie" confirmed the rights of "Unfrido de Buhun" in the lands he held on the death of her father[760]. "Willelmus Peuerel de Bellocampo, frater Walteri de Bellocampo" donated "uillam…Chodestun" {Cutsdean} to Worcester Cathedral priory, with the consent of "Willelmo Peuerel herede meo", by charter dated to [1149/57][761]. A charter dated to [1151/57] confirmed the previous donation and that, after the death of "Peuerellus de Bellocampo", "Guuillelmus Peuerel ipsius filius et heres" confirmed his father´s donation[762]. m ---. The name of William´s wife is not known. William & his wife had one child:

a) WILLIAM Peveril [II] de Beauchamp (-after 1166). "Willelmus Peuerel de Bellocampo, frater Walteri de Bellocampo" donated "uillam…Chodestun" {Cutsdean} to Worcester Cathedral priory, with the consent of "Willelmo Peuerel herede meo", by charter dated to [1149/57][763]. A charter dated to [1151/57] confirmed the previous donation and that, after the death of "Peuerellus de Bellocampo", "Guuillelmus Peuerel ipsius filius et heres" confirmed his father´s donation[764]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record "Peverel de Bello Campo…Stephanus de Bello Campo" each holding two knights´ fees from "Hamo filius Meinfelin" in Buckinghamshire[765].