Arms of Beauchamp of Hatch: Vair, as blazoned on the Collins Roll.[1] These arms suggest that the family of Beauchamp of Hatch was unrelated to the family of Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick from 1267, which bore arms: Gules, a fesse between six cross crosslets or.[2]

John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Somerset (4 October 1304 – 19 May 1343) was an English peer and was feudal baron of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.

Early life and family

He was born at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somersetshire, England, the eldest son and heir of Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Somerset (1274–1336), feudal baron of Hatch,[3] by his wife Joan Chenduit.

Marriage and children

He married Margaret St John, the daughter of John St John, 1st Baron St John of Basing, Hampshire and his wife Isabel Courtenay. By Margaret, Beauchamp had three sons and three daughters:

References

Notes
  1. Collins' Roll
  2. Sanders, I.J. – English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.51, note 2
  3. Sanders, I.J. – English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.51
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