Eleanor (Beauchamp) Rokesley (1408 - 1467)

Born Sep 1408 in Walthamstow, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas (Ros) Roos — married after 17 Dec 1423 in Belvoir, Leicestershire,, England

Descendants

Died 6 Mar 1467 at age 58 in Baynard's Castle, London, England

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Biography

Father Sir Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl Warwick, Earl of Albemarle & Worcester, Lord Abergavenny, Sheriff of Worcestershire^[1] b. 25 Jan 1382 or 28 Jan 1382, d. 30 Apr 1439

Mother Elizabeth Berkeley^[2][3][4] b. 1386, d. 28 Dec 1422

Eleanor Beauchamp was born in September 1408 at Walthamstow, Essex, England; 2nd daughter.^[5]

She and Sir Thomas Ros, 8th Lord Roos obtained a marriage license on 17 December 1423; They had 2 sons (Sir Thomas, 9th Lord Ros; & Richard, Esq.) and 1 daughter (Margaret, wife of Sir William, 3rd Lord Botreaux, & of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Burgh).^[6]

Eleanor Beauchamp married Sir Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, Duke Somerset, Constable of England, son of Sir John Beaufort, 1st Earl Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, Chamberlain of England and Margaret Holand, before 21 October 1434; Date of Papal Indult. They had 4 sons (Henry, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Marquess & Earl of Dorset, Earl of Somerset; Edmund, Duke of Somerset; John, Marquess of Somerset; & Thomas) and 6 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, & of Sir Richard Darrell; Eleanor, wife of Sir James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, & of Sir Robert Spencer; Anne, wife of William Paston, Esq; Joan, wife of Sir Robert St. Lawrence, & of Richard Frye, Esq; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henry FitzLewis; & Isabel).^[7]

Eleanor Beauchamp married Walter Rokesley, Esq. after 22 May 1455.^[8]

Eleanor Beauchamp died on 6 March 1467 at Baynard's Castle, London, Middlesex, England, at age 58.^[9][10] Her heir was her grandson Edmund.^[10]

Family 1

• Sir Thomas Ros, 8th Lord Ros b. 26 Sep 1406, d. 18 Aug 1430

Children

• Sir Thomas, 9th Lord Ros
• Richard, Esq
• Margaret, wife of Sir William, 3rd Lord Botreaux, & of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Burgh

Family 2

• Sir Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, Duke Somerset, Constable of England b. c 1406, d. 22 May 1455

Children

• Henry, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Marquess & Earl of Dorset, Earl of Somerset
• Edmund, Duke of Somerset
• John, Marquess of Somerset
• Thomas
• Margaret, wife of Sir Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, & of Sir Richard Darrell
• Eleanor, wife of Sir James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, & of Sir Robert Spencer
• Anne, wife of William Paston, Esq
• Joan, wife of Sir Robert St. Lawrence, & of Richard Frye, Esq
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Henry FitzLewis
• Isabel

Family 3

• Walter Rokesley, Esq.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 381.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 614.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 146-147.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 297-298.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 647-649.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 258-259
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 75.
8. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 301.
9. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 498
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and A. C. Wood, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1-50 ', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 3, Henry VII (London, 1955), pp. 1-32. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp1-32 [accessed 7 October 2020].

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. IV p. 500-502, 650-657

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Eleanor_Beauchamp

• Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, Volume 1, page 149, under Beauchamp

• Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, Volume 3, page 457, 1st marriage.

• Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, Volume 4, page 43, 2nd marriage.

• Marlyn Lewis.

Note

Note: 1. The source indicates confusion about Eleanor's mother. Some say Isabel le Despencer. The complete Peerage says her mother is Elizabeth de Berkeley.

• Royal and Noble Genealogical Data

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