Guy BEAUCHAMP

1272 - 1315  (43 years)

• Name	Guy BEAUCHAMP
  Born	1272
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	10th Earl of Warwick
  Cause of Death	Illness, possibly poison
  Died	12 Aug 1315
  Person ID	I43353	Main
  Last Modified	4 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Earl William BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1237,   d. 1298  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Maud FITZJOHN,   d. ?
  Family ID	F30545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice DE TOENI,   b. 1275,   d. 1324  (Age 49 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lady Maud BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1311,   d. 1368  (Age 57 years) + 2. Thomas BEAUCHAMP,   b. 14 Feb 1313, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 13 Nov 1369, England  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F30538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick; born c1270; Hereditary Sheriff of Worcs and Pantler at Coronations; knighted 1296, fought in Edward I's division at victory over Scots of Falkirk 1298, at Sieges of Carlaverock 1300 and Stirling Castle 1394; for services such as these was granted Barnard Castle, Co Durham, Feb 1307 ; one of the chief opponents of Edward II's favourite Piers Gaveston; married 1st by 11 May 1297 (annulled, possibly due to non-completion or even non-consummation), as her 1st husband, Lady Isabel de Clare (married 2nd c1316, as his 2nd wife, 2nd Lord (Baron) Berkeley), daughter of 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford of the 1122 creation; married 2nd Jan or Feb 1309/10 Alice (born c1283; married 3rd by 25 Feb 1317 , as his 1st wife, 1st Lord (Baron) Zouche of Richard's Castle, Mortimer or Ashby) and died just before 8 Jan 1325 ), sister of 1st and last Lord Baron (Tony) and widow ofThomas de Leyburn, and died 12 Aug 1315. [Burke's Peerage] —— Warwick Castle was almost rebuilt by Thomas, 4th Earl of Warwick, and Richard, his heir and successor, in the reigns of Edward III and Richard II. The much admired polygon, Guy's Tower, which is thirty-eight feet in diameter and one hundred and six feet in height, was erected, it is said, by the latter. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 30, Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Note: Page: 5-5, 16-5, 101A-5 Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Note: Page: 2944 Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 —— Guy de Beauchamp is today remembered primarily for his part in the killing of Gaveston, but by his contemporaries he was considered a man of exceptionally good judgement and learning. He owned what was for his time a large collection of books, and his advice was often sought by many of the other earls. Next to Lancaster, he was the wealthiest peer in the nation, and after his death his lands and title were inherited by his son, Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick.