B4056-Beauchamp

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Name of the family:

Beauchamp

Blason:

Gu. a fess betw. six crosses crosslet or.

Crest(s):

Out of a ducal coronet or, a swan's head gu.

Supporters:

On the seal of Richard de Beauchamp, who died 1439, the shield is supported by two bears. The cognisance of the Earls of Warwick was a bear supporting a ragged staff.

Info about the family:

Elmley Castle, co. Worcester, founded in England by Henry de Beauchamp, one of the companions of William the Conqueror. His descendant William de Beauchamp, of Elmley Castle become in 1268 Earl of Warwick as heir to his mother, Isabel de Mauduit, sister and heiress of William de Mauduit, Earl of Warwick. Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, was one of the Founder Knights of the Garter. Henry de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, was created, 5th April, 1444, Duke of Warwick, and d. 11th June, 1445, when the Dukedom expired. Lady Anne de Beadchamp, sister and eventually heiress of the Duke, m. Richard Neville, "the King Maker," afterwards Earl of Warwick). (The original coat was simply gu. a fess or; the crosses crosslet were added on the marriage with the heiress of Maoduit

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62

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