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Sir Henry Beaumont

Birth
Wednesbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England
Death
16 Nov 1471 (aged 24–25)
Wednesbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England
Burial
Wednesbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England Add to Map
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(Sir) Henry Beaumont (1446-1471), of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and Egginton, Derbyshire. [Son of Henry Beaumont (1410-1448) of Wednesbury and Tynmore and Joan Heronville, widow of William Leventhorp.] He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire on 11 April 1471, and was knighted at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 3 May 1471. He married Eleanor, daughter of John Sutton [VI, 1st] Baron Dudley. He died on 16 November 1471 and was buried in Saint Bartholomew's Church, Wednesbury.

In his will, proved on 30 November 1471, he left his lands at Egginton, Derbyshire, to his wife Eleanor, and the rest of his estates to his eldest son John. He asked to be buried in Wednesbury Church and that a chaplain should celebrate mass for him for three years after his death. He left 100 shillings to the church to pay for the chaplain's services.

Henry and Eleanor Beaumont were the parents of:

1. (Sir) John Beaumont (1470-1503) of Wednesbury.

2. James Beaumont, ancestor of the Beaumont family in Suffolk.

3. Constance, who was born ca 1467; she married in 1508, John Mytton of Weston under Lyziard, Staffordshire, who died on 13 October 1532.

Henry Beaumont's widow Eleanor later married her second husband George Stanley of [Hammerwich].

http://comerfordfamily.blogspot.com/2009/07/comberford-appendix-1-beaumont-family.html

[History of the Dudley Family]
(Sir) Henry Beaumont (1446-1471), of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and Egginton, Derbyshire. [Son of Henry Beaumont (1410-1448) of Wednesbury and Tynmore and Joan Heronville, widow of William Leventhorp.] He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire on 11 April 1471, and was knighted at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 3 May 1471. He married Eleanor, daughter of John Sutton [VI, 1st] Baron Dudley. He died on 16 November 1471 and was buried in Saint Bartholomew's Church, Wednesbury.

In his will, proved on 30 November 1471, he left his lands at Egginton, Derbyshire, to his wife Eleanor, and the rest of his estates to his eldest son John. He asked to be buried in Wednesbury Church and that a chaplain should celebrate mass for him for three years after his death. He left 100 shillings to the church to pay for the chaplain's services.

Henry and Eleanor Beaumont were the parents of:

1. (Sir) John Beaumont (1470-1503) of Wednesbury.

2. James Beaumont, ancestor of the Beaumont family in Suffolk.

3. Constance, who was born ca 1467; she married in 1508, John Mytton of Weston under Lyziard, Staffordshire, who died on 13 October 1532.

Henry Beaumont's widow Eleanor later married her second husband George Stanley of [Hammerwich].

http://comerfordfamily.blogspot.com/2009/07/comberford-appendix-1-beaumont-family.html

[History of the Dudley Family]


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  • Created by: Jayne Felthauser
  • Added: Jun 24, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180684862/henry-beaumont: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Henry Beaumont (1446–16 Nov 1471), Find a Grave Memorial ID 180684862, citing Saint Bartholomew's Cemetery, Wednesbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England; Maintained by Jayne Felthauser (contributor 47933782).