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Sir John de Beaumont, KG

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Sir John de Beaumont, KG

Birth
England
Death
9 Sep 1396 (aged 34–35)
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Burial
Sempringham, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England GPS-Latitude: 52.8819444, Longitude: -0.3566667
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4th Lord Beaumont, Knight of The Garter (KG suffix) vested 1393, of Folkingham and Burton in Lincolnshire, of Loughborough, Beaumanor, Hugglescote and Arnesby in Leicestershire. Privy Councillor, Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, Admiral of the North, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Ambassador to France.


Son and heir of Henry de Beaumont and Margaret de Vere. Grandson of Sir John de Beaumont and Lady Eleanor of Lancaster, John de Vere and Maud de Badlesmere.


He was the husband of Catherine Everingham, the daughter of Adam of Nottinghamshire and Joan d'Erville. They married in 1389 and had four sons and four daughters:

* Sir Henry, 5th Lord Beaumont

* John de Beaumont

* Sir Thomas de Beaumont

* Richard de Beaumont

* Joan de Beaumont

* Elizabeth, wife of William de Botreaux

* Eleanor, nun at Amesbury

* Margaret de Beaumont


He was invested as a Knight on 23 April 1377 by King Edward III, and received livery of his lands in 1383. John was summoned to Parliament 1383 to 1393, and accompanied John Gaunt to Spain in the attempt to conquer Castile. He tilted (jousted against) the Great Chamberlain of France, Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret, in a tournament in Calais in 1393, and against the famous Boucicaut, Jean Le Maingre, Marshall of France, at Saint Ingelbert.


His will was dated the 8th of September 1396.

4th Lord Beaumont, Knight of The Garter (KG suffix) vested 1393, of Folkingham and Burton in Lincolnshire, of Loughborough, Beaumanor, Hugglescote and Arnesby in Leicestershire. Privy Councillor, Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, Admiral of the North, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Ambassador to France.


Son and heir of Henry de Beaumont and Margaret de Vere. Grandson of Sir John de Beaumont and Lady Eleanor of Lancaster, John de Vere and Maud de Badlesmere.


He was the husband of Catherine Everingham, the daughter of Adam of Nottinghamshire and Joan d'Erville. They married in 1389 and had four sons and four daughters:

* Sir Henry, 5th Lord Beaumont

* John de Beaumont

* Sir Thomas de Beaumont

* Richard de Beaumont

* Joan de Beaumont

* Elizabeth, wife of William de Botreaux

* Eleanor, nun at Amesbury

* Margaret de Beaumont


He was invested as a Knight on 23 April 1377 by King Edward III, and received livery of his lands in 1383. John was summoned to Parliament 1383 to 1393, and accompanied John Gaunt to Spain in the attempt to conquer Castile. He tilted (jousted against) the Great Chamberlain of France, Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret, in a tournament in Calais in 1393, and against the famous Boucicaut, Jean Le Maingre, Marshall of France, at Saint Ingelbert.


His will was dated the 8th of September 1396.



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