Individual Details
Roger Saint Maur SEYMOUR III
(Abt 1320 - 1393)
Sir Roger de St Mauro; married Cicely (born c1321; married 2nd by 1383 Richard Turberville and died 7 June 1394, having had issue by both husbands), elder sister and in her issue sole heiress of John Beauchamp, 3rd Lord (Baron) Beauchamp (of Hatch, Somerset), and died by 1361. [Burke's Peerage]
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Sir Roger St Maur, or Seymour, younger son of Roger and Joan (Damarel) St Maur, left Monmouthshire, which was not formally transferred from Wales to England until the reign of Charles II and settled at Even Swindon in Wiltshire. He m. Cecily, dau. of John de Beauchamp, third Lord of Beaucham[, of Hache, in Somersetshire. This marriage brought him into union with one of the most noble and wealthy families in the Kingdom, and in 1363 on the death of her brother John, without heir, Cecily became coheiress, with her sister, to all the Beauchamp estates. Sir Roger and Cecily had five children, descended not only from the Marshalls, Earls of Pembroke, by both parents, but by their mother, form Ferrars, Earls of Derby. [Mayflower Descendants p 128]
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Sir Roger St Maur, or Seymour as we may now call him, became Lord of the Manor of Woundy in succession to his father. He does not, however, appear to have spent much of his time there, preferring to reside at Evinswinden in Wilts. He married Cecilia, daughter of John de Beauchamp, Baron of Hache, in Somerset.
Camden says: "From William de St Maur, knight, who first settled at Woundy, descended Roger de St Maur, knight who married one of the heiresses of the illustrious John Beauchamp (this John Beauchamp of Hache married Cecilia, daughter of Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, as may be seen in Sir William Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire), the noble Baron de Hache, who was descended from Sybill, one of the coheiresses of that most puissant William Marshall (so called from his office), Earl of Pembroke; and from William Ferrers, Earl of Derby; Hugh de Vivon; and William Malet, men of eminent worth in their times. The nobility of all which, as also of several others, have (as may be made evident), concentred in the Right Honourable Edward de St Maur or Seymour, now Earl of Hertford, a singular encourager of virtue and learning' for which qualification he is deservedly famous."
In his description of the county of Somerset, Camden again says; "The Beauchamps, otherwise de Bellocampo, have flourished in great honour from the time of Henry II, especially since Cecilia de Fortibus, descended from the Earls of Ferrariis, and from the famous Marshall of England, William, Earl of Pembroke, was married into this family. But in the reign of Edward III, the estate was divided by sisters, between Roger de Sancto Mauro and John Meriel, both of them sprung from ancient and honourable ancestors. This is the cause why Henry VIII, after he had married Jane Seymour, Edward VI's mother, made Edward Seymour, her brother, Viscount Beauchamp.
This marriage not only greatly advanced the importance of the Seymour family, but brought them considerable increase in wealth, for, as we have seen, the Lady Cecilia was one of two sisters, the last of the Beauchamp family, and, in 1363, the entire possessions of that family were divided between them. She died in 1393, having survived her husband, by whom she had five sons, the eldest of whom, William, being the only one about whom any information is to be gathered. [Annals of the Seymours pp13-14]
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Sir Roger St Maur, or Seymour, younger son of Roger and Joan (Damarel) St Maur, left Monmouthshire, which was not formally transferred from Wales to England until the reign of Charles II and settled at Even Swindon in Wiltshire. He m. Cecily, dau. of John de Beauchamp, third Lord of Beaucham[, of Hache, in Somersetshire. This marriage brought him into union with one of the most noble and wealthy families in the Kingdom, and in 1363 on the death of her brother John, without heir, Cecily became coheiress, with her sister, to all the Beauchamp estates. Sir Roger and Cecily had five children, descended not only from the Marshalls, Earls of Pembroke, by both parents, but by their mother, form Ferrars, Earls of Derby. [Mayflower Descendants p 128]
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Sir Roger St Maur, or Seymour as we may now call him, became Lord of the Manor of Woundy in succession to his father. He does not, however, appear to have spent much of his time there, preferring to reside at Evinswinden in Wilts. He married Cecilia, daughter of John de Beauchamp, Baron of Hache, in Somerset.
Camden says: "From William de St Maur, knight, who first settled at Woundy, descended Roger de St Maur, knight who married one of the heiresses of the illustrious John Beauchamp (this John Beauchamp of Hache married Cecilia, daughter of Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, as may be seen in Sir William Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire), the noble Baron de Hache, who was descended from Sybill, one of the coheiresses of that most puissant William Marshall (so called from his office), Earl of Pembroke; and from William Ferrers, Earl of Derby; Hugh de Vivon; and William Malet, men of eminent worth in their times. The nobility of all which, as also of several others, have (as may be made evident), concentred in the Right Honourable Edward de St Maur or Seymour, now Earl of Hertford, a singular encourager of virtue and learning' for which qualification he is deservedly famous."
In his description of the county of Somerset, Camden again says; "The Beauchamps, otherwise de Bellocampo, have flourished in great honour from the time of Henry II, especially since Cecilia de Fortibus, descended from the Earls of Ferrariis, and from the famous Marshall of England, William, Earl of Pembroke, was married into this family. But in the reign of Edward III, the estate was divided by sisters, between Roger de Sancto Mauro and John Meriel, both of them sprung from ancient and honourable ancestors. This is the cause why Henry VIII, after he had married Jane Seymour, Edward VI's mother, made Edward Seymour, her brother, Viscount Beauchamp.
This marriage not only greatly advanced the importance of the Seymour family, but brought them considerable increase in wealth, for, as we have seen, the Lady Cecilia was one of two sisters, the last of the Beauchamp family, and, in 1363, the entire possessions of that family were divided between them. She died in 1393, having survived her husband, by whom she had five sons, the eldest of whom, William, being the only one about whom any information is to be gathered. [Annals of the Seymours pp13-14]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1320 | Hatch, Somersetshire, England |  | ||
| Death | 1393 | ||||
| Burial | Saint Maur | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | KNIGHT | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Saint Maur III |
Families
| Spouse | Cecily DE BEAUCHAMP (1321 - 1394) |
| Child | Sir William SEYMOUR (1342 - 1391) |
| Father | Sir Roger "Lord Of Woundy" SEYMOUR II (1284 - 1361) |
| Mother | Joan DAMERAL (1285 - 1372) |
Endnotes
1. 13143.GED, Not Given.