Richard (Beauchamp), 1st Earl of Worcester

• Name	Richard (Beauchamp)
  Suffix	1st Earl of Worcester
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2403	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

  Father	William (Beauchamp), 1st Lord Bergavenny,   d. 8 May 1411
  Mother	Lady Joan Fitzalan,   b. 1375,   d. 14 Nov. 1435  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F1208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel (le Despenser), suo jure Lady Burghersh,   b. 26 July 1400, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales ,   d. 27 Dec. 1439, Friars Minoresses, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 39 years)
  Married	27 July 1411	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth (Beauchamp), suo jure Lady Bergavenny,   b. 16 Sept. 1415, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 18 June 1448  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	14 May 2020
  Family ID	F1207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Beauchamp, with a crescent Sable for difference (Earl of Worcester) Gules, a fess between six crosses crosslet Or, the fess charged with a crescent Sable for difference. Source: Seal of Richard (Beauchamp), Earl of Worcester, affixed to Cardiff Inspeximus 20 April 1421, published in G. T. Clark (1910), Cartae et Alia Munimenta Quae ad Dominium de Glamorgancia Pertinent, volume 4 (Cardiff, 1910), Charters DCCCCLII–MCXCIV, pages 1486–88, "Charter no. MCXVI."

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 27.