An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . a ^ commifi ordinationi & difpofitioni dileftorum executorum tefta- menti mei, D. Roger! de Mortuomari, & Wiilieimi primo- * CEKITI MEI, COMITIS WaREWICI. [ 32 ] William de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, they left IfTuethree other fons, viz. John, to whom his father gave thelordfhip of Holt in Worcefterfliire, and who was g


An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . a ^ commifi ordinationi & difpofitioni dileftorum executorum tefta- menti mei, D. Roger! de Mortuomari, & Wiilieimi primo- * CEKITI MEI, COMITIS WaREWICI. [ 32 ] William de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, they left IfTuethree other fons, viz. John, to whom his father gave thelordfhip of Holt in Worcefterfliire, and who was grand-father of John created Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminfter,by patent, the loth of October, 1377 J; which branch ofthe family ended in heirs female, from one of whom ftrJohn Guife, of Gloucefterfhire, baronet, is defcended jj :Walter de Beauchamp, of Powick and Alcefter, of whomand his IfTue I fhall particularly treat, as fir Fulke Grevile,the firft lord Brooke, was by Elizabeth the heirefs abovementioned lineally defcended of him, and inherited from himthe manor of Alcefter : Thomas de Beauchamp, who diedunmarried: and four daughters; Sarah, the wife of Richardlord Talbot; Joane, married to fir Bartholomew de Sudley;Ifabel, and Sibil, both of whom died William de Beauchamp was. In right of his mother,Earl of Warwick, baron of Hanflape, and one of thechamberlains to the king in his ex-chequer ; and in right of his father,baron of Elmley, hereditary con-ftable of the caftle of Worcefter, andhereditary fherifF of that the 9th day of February, inthe 52d year of king Henry III. hedid his homage, as nephew and heirto William Mauduit, the laft earl ofWarwick, for all the lands defcendedto him by his fathers death (n). He diitinguifhed himfelf, among(n) Rot. Fin. 52. Hen. III. m. 9. J The laft baron Beauchamp of Kldderminfler died in the8th year of king Henry V. leaving Margaret, his fole daughterand heir, married, firft, to fir John Pauncefort, knight, andfecondl


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