Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester,
born pre-1397.
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wikipedia.
2nd Baron Abergavenny.
He mar 1411 to
Isabel le Despenser
[born 1400, descendant of
Edward III].
Created
Earl of Worcester in 1421.
He was killed 18 March 1422 (new style year)
at the
Siege of Meaux
in NC France.
His body was taken back to England and he was buried 25 April 1422 at
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Title of Baron Abergavenny went to his
son-in-law.
Isabel remarried in 1423 to his 1st cousin
Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick.
In memory of her 1st husband, Isabel
erected c.1430 the beautiful
Beauchamp Chantry at
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Richard and Isabel
had issue:
- Elizabeth Beauchamp,
born 16 Dec 1415 [mother age 14 when conceived].
She mar Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Abergavenny [born c.1417]
and had issue.
The Beauchamp Chantry,
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Erected c.1430 by
Isabel le Despenser
in memory of her 1st husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (killed 1422).
Also called the
Beauchamp/Warwick Chantry,
because by her 2nd husband she became Countess of Warwick.
It is thought to have once had figures of Isabel and her two husbands, but these are gone.
See
plaque.
The Beauchamp chantry, Tewkesbury Abbey.
View from the aisle side.
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The inside of the chantry.
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The Beauchamp chantry.
View from the altar side.
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The inscription on the chantry, and translation.
From plaque at the site.
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