Individual Details

Elizabeth Beauchamp

(By 1349 - )



"ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP, dau. & event. coh., b. by 1349, liv. 1410,Whympston in psh. of Modbury, co. Devon; m. (1) Richard, s. Adam deBranscombe; m. (2) by 1394, prob. much earlier, William Fortescue, lord of Whympston, co. Devon, b. say 1345, liv. 1410, s. William Fortescue, lord of Whympston, co. Devon, by Alice, dau. Walter deStrechlegh.
In 1401, William and Elizabeth sued her sister Joan's husband, Sir Robert Challons, re. tenements in Oulescombe and Buckerell, co. Devon, which had been possessed by Elizabeth's brother, Sir Thomas Beauchamp. In 1410, license for an oratory was granted by Bishop Stafford to William Fortescue, senior, and Elizabeth, his wife,and also to William Fortescue, junior, and Matilda, alias Mabilla, his wife, for the mansion of the said William (senior) at Whympston."
--- Weis & Sheppard, *Ancestral Roots ... *, 7th Edition, 1992, p215

Events

BirthBy 1349
MarriageRichard de Branscombe
MarriageBy 1394William Fortescue Lord of Whympston

Families