Robert de Beauchamp

  General Notes:

~ Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 246B:29, Robert V de Beauchamp of Hatch married as her second husband, Alice de Mohun, daughter of Sir Reynold de Mohun and his wife Hawise Fitz Geoffrey. Robert was Lord of Hatch, Somerset, Justice in Eyre for the Western Counties, and son of Robert IV de Beauchamp, sometimes styled Fitz Simon, Lord of Hatch, by his wife Julia. ¹⁶⁰

~Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 551, Robert de Beaucham, of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset married Alice, daughter of Sir Reynold de Mohun, of Dunster, Somerset. ⁸²¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• From Gen-Medieval Archives: Beauchamps of Hatch . ¹⁹³
From: royalancestry@msn.com (Douglas Richardson)
Subject: Re: Beauchamp of Hatch (was Payn de Beauchamp)
Date: 2 Feb 2002 23:09:56 -0800

Dear Louise and Robert:

Juliane, wife of Robert III de Beauchamp, of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, wasn't a Brett at all. Rather, my research indicates she was the daughter and co-heiress of Pain de Dourton, of Dourton, co. Buckingham.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry@msn.com

> "Robert S Baxter" <rsbaxter@bellsouth.net> wrote :
> >
> This is a totally different and unrelated Beauchamp family, the
> Beauchamps
> of Hatch descended from Simon de Valletort in the male line and
> Robert fitz
> Ivo
> in the female. I can't vouch for the complete accuracy of
this.
>
> 1. Robert fitz Ivo
> 2. Robert I de Beauchamp
> 3. Robert II de Beauchamp
> 4. dtr of Robert II de Beauchamp m. Simon de Valletort, son of
Hugh de Valletort.
> 5. Robert III de Beauchamp m. Juliania Brett
> 6. Robert IV de Beauchamp m. Alice de Mohun
> 7. Humphrey de Beauchamp m. Sybil Oliver

• Background Information. ¹⁰⁴⁷
Robert de Beauchamp was a minor when his father, also named Robert de Beauchamp "de Hache" died in 1211. This Robert was appointed Constable of Oxford and Sheriff of the county in 1215, a judge in 1234, and a justice itinerant in 1284 and 1238. He died shortly before 1 Feb 1251/2, when his son did homage for his lands.

~ "Beauchamp of Somersetshire," Notes and Queries, Tenth Series, Vol. VIII, p. 307

• Background Information. ⁹⁴⁰
Robert de Beauchamp, judge, was a minor at the death of his father, Robert de Beauchamp, lord of Hatch, Somerset, in 1211/12. Adhering to John, he was appointed constable of Oxford and sheriff of the county towards the close of 1215, and received grants of land for his service to the king. He was raised to the bench by Henry III (6 Jul 1234), and appointed justice itinerant in Aug 1234 and April 1238. He last appears as a judge in 1241/2, and died shortly before 1251/2, when his son did homage for his lands.

~ Dictionary of National Biography, 1908, Vol. II, p. 32-33

Robert married Alice de Mohun, daughter of Sir Reynold de Mohun Knight and Hawise Fitz Geoffrey. (Alice de Mohun was born about 1228 in Dunster, Williton, Somerset, England and died before 1284 in Hatch Beachamp, Somerset, England.)