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BEAUMONT 6i never as Earlof Buchan. He »z., before June 1337, Eleanor, da. of Henry,(^) Earl of Lancaster, by Maud, da. and h. of Sir Patrick Chaworth. He d. between 10 and 25 May 1342. His widow(*') ?«., in 1345, Richard (FitzAlan), Earl of Arundel, (with whom she had intrigued in her husband's lifetime) and d. 11 Jan. 1372, at Arundel, being bur. at Lewes. in. 1342. 3. Henry (Beaumont), Lord Beaumont, s. and h., aged two years at his father's death, b. in Brabant (during his mother's attendance on the Queen Consort Philippe), and had conse- quently to be naturalised by Act of Pari. (1351) 25 Edw. IH. In 1360 he did homage for his lands, and from 14 Aug. (1362) t^6 Edw. Ill to 24 Feb. (1368/9) 42 Edw. Ill, was sum. to Pari, as a Baron. (') He m. Maud, widow of Sir Nicholas Lovain, da. of John (de Vere), 7th Earl OF Oxford, by Maud, da. of Bartholomew Badlesmere, [Lord Badles- mere]. He d. i-j June 1369, and was bur. at Sempringham, co. Lincoln. His widow m., 3rdly, Sir John Devereux, who was bur. 1393, at Grey Friars, Newgate. She also was bur. there. IV. 1369. 4. John (Beaumont), Lord Beaumont, s. and h., aged eight at his father's death, was knighted by Edward III, 23 Apr. 1377, and had livery of his lands (1382-83) 6 Ric. II. He served in the French wars and against the partizans of Pope Clement VII. In 1389 he was P.C. and Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, and Admiral of the North, and was Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1392/3 till his death. He was sum. to Pari. 20 Aug. (1383) 7 Ric. II to 13 Nov. (1393) 17 Ric. II. K.G. 1393- In Oct. 1395 ^^^ °"^ °^ ^h^ Embassy to France to demand the Princess Isabel in marriage for the King. He m. Catherine, da. and h. of Thomas Everingham, of Laxton, Notts. He d. 9 Sep. 1396, at Stirling, and was bur. at Sempringham afsd. Will dat. 8 Sep., pr. 26 Oct. 1396, at Lincoln. His widow d. 1426. V. 1396. 5. Henry (Beaumont), Lord Beaumont, s. and h., aged 1 6 at the death of his father. K.B. at the Coronation of Henry IV, 13 Oct. 1399. In 1 410 and 141 1 he was one of the Commis- sioners to treat of peace with France. He was sum. to Pari, as a Baron from 25 Aug. (i404)() 5 Hen. IV to 22 Mar. (14 13) i Hen. V.('=) He m.y before July 1405, Elizabeth, da. of William Willoughby, [Lord WiLLouGHBY OF Eresby]. He d. June 1 41 3, and was bur. at Sempringham afsd. Will dat. 14 June, in London, pr. 10 Sep. 141 3, at Lincoln. His widow d. shortly before 12 Nov. 1428.0 (') As to his supposed name of Plantagenet, see vol. i, p. 183, note "c." V.G. () She had dower on Little Grendon (Perivale), Midx., 27 Feb. 1342/3. V.G. ("^) There is a proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. (^) "In 1405 Grey [Richard, Lord Grey de Codnor] was engaged in a contro- versy with Lord Beaumont as to which of them was entitled to precedency, the earliest record of such a dispute between two Barons. {Proc. Privy Council^ vol. ii, p. 105)." Diet. Nat. Biog. (•) Pipe Rolh. V.G.