Peerage Record – 11865

     Eleanor Beauchamp was the daughter of John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Margaret St. John.¹ She married Sir John de Meriet.¹ She married John Blount, son of Sir Walter Blount, before 1357.² She died on 13 June 1391.³
     Her married name became Blount.² Her married name became de Meriet.¹

     Sir John de Meriet married Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Margaret St. John.¹

     Sir John de Meriet was born on 24 March 1345/46.¹ He was the son of Sir John de Meriet and Eleanor Beauchamp.¹ He married Elizabeth FitzAlan, daughter of Sir Edmund FitzAlan and Lady Sibyl Montagu, circa 1373.² He died on 26 July 1391 at age 45.¹
     He was also known as Sir John Meryett.²

     Elizabeth Meriet was born on 13 December 1386.¹ She was the daughter of Sir John de Meriet.¹ She and Urry Seymour were engaged.¹ She died circa 1401, without issue.^1,2

     Urry Seymour and Elizabeth Meriet were engaged.¹

     Sir Gilbert Turberville married Cicely Beauchamp, daughter of John Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Margaret St. John, on 14 September 1368.³
     He lived at Coity, Glamorgan, Wales^G.²

     Sir William Seymour was the son of Sir Roger de St. Mauro and Cicely Beauchamp.¹ He married Margaret de Brockbury, daughter of Simon de Brockbury and Joan de la Mare.² He died on 25 August 1391.³
     He fought in the Hundred Years War circa 1359, where he attended The Black Prince in Gascony.³

     Roger Seymour was born circa 1367.¹ He was the son of Sir William Seymour and Margaret de Brockbury.^1,2 He married Matilda Esturney, daughter of Sir William Esturney.³ He died in 1420.²
     He succeeded as the 4th Baron Beauchamp, of Hatch in 1394, de jure.

     John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Warwick) was born after 1314.¹ He was the son of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and Alice de Toeni.¹ He died on 2 December 1360, unmarried.¹ He was buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral, The City, London, England^G.¹
     In 1338 he attended the King into Flanders.¹ He fought in the Battle of Sluys in 1340.¹ He fought in the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, where he carried the Standard-Royal.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1348.^1,2 He was Admiral of the Fleet off Calais in 1349.¹ He was appointed Knight Banneret in March 1348/49.³ On 1 March 1348/49 he was advanced to the degree of Banneret.¹ He was created 1st Lord Beauchamp, of Warwick [England by writ] on 25 November 1350.¹ He held the office of Admiral for the Western Seas in 1355.¹ He held the office of Captain of Calais on 14 January 1354/55.¹ He held the office of Admiral for the North, South and West between July 1360 and December 1360.¹
     On his death, his title became extinct.¹

     Joan Clopton is the daughter of Sir Walter Clopton.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Walter Walcot before 1366.¹ She married, secondly, Roger Beauchamp, son of Roger Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Bletsoe), after 1366.¹
     From before 1366, her married name became Walcot.¹ From after 1366, her married name became Beauchamp.¹