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 . came into England withWilliam the Conqueror, was Hugh de Beauchamp (q),who, in reward of his fingular fer-vices, obtained from that monarcha grant of Belinghou, or Beling-ham, in Hertfordfhire; Linclade,Solebery, and Latebery, in Bucking-hamfhire ; and forty-three other lord-ftiips in the county of Bedford (r).. The time
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 . came into England withWilliam the Conqueror, was Hugh de Beauchamp (q),who, in reward of his fingular fer-vices, obtained from that monarcha grant of Belinghou, or Beling-ham, in Hertfordfhire; Linclade,Solebery, and Latebery, in Bucking-hamfhire ; and forty-three other lord-ftiips in the county of Bedford (r).. The time of the death of this T/,e Original ^Arnis yBeaiicimmf. Hugh is not mentioned by any of our hiftorians ; but they inform usthat he left four fons, viz. Simon, who died without ifllie ;Paganel or Payne, who having married Rohais, daughterof Alberic de Vere jufticier of England, and widow ofGeffrey de Magnaville earl of Effex, became the anceftorof the Beauchamps barons of Bedford * ; Walter, of whom and (q) Cronique de Normandie, (r) Ord. Vitalis. Battel Abbeyp. 95. Roll. Lib. de Domefday. * Tlie Beauchamps, barons of Bedford, were hereditary almo-ners to the king upon the day of his coronation [1]. The male [i] Camden in Eedfordlhire. Rcgords of the Court of [ 27 ] and his ifTue I fhall particularly treat; and Milo, whofettled at Eaton in Bedfordfhire (s) : as alfo one daughter,Adeline, married to Walter dEfpec, lord of Kirkham andHelmefley in Yorklhire (t). Walter de Beauchamp, third fon of Hugh, wasfteward to king Henry I. He married Emeline (u), foledaughter, and at length heir, of Urfo de Abitot, or, as heis called in Domefday (x), Urfo de Wirceftre, hereditaryflierift of Worcefterfhire, and conflable of the caftle at(y) Worcefter *• Roger, brother of Emeline, had fucceededto his fathers dignities and large pofTeffions ; but being de*prived of them for haftily ordering one of the kings officersto be put to death, and foon after departing this life with-out ilTue
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