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Birth:          ABT 1269 Witnesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Death:          16 Feb 1311 Drayton, Norfolk, England

Notes
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he following is a post to SGM, 16 Jan 2002, by Rosie Bevan:

From: cbevan AT paradise.net.nz (cbevan AT paradise.net.nz)
Subject: Joan de Beaumont
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2002-01-16 15:05:03 PST

Recently it has been shown by John Ravilious that Joan de Beaumont, da of Richard 
Beaumont of Witnesham, and wife of Giles de Brewse d.1311, was also wife of 
Edmund Bacon who died in 1337.

The ancestry of Joan has been something of a puzzle, but today I came across a 
possible placing for her through information from W.A.Copinger, The Manors of 
Suffolk, (Fisher-Unwin,1905) v.1. Unfortunately this volume does not cover 
Witnesham, but it appears that the Beaumont, or Bellomonte family, had interests in 
other manors in Suffolk - namely a third share of Groton and Semere, Levenya 
Strattons manor in Assington and possibly Boxfield.

These were held by Godfrey de Bellomonte who died without issue in 1293 and was 
succeeded by his brother Sir John Bellomonte who died in 1297, leaving a widow 
Alice. He was succeeded by his son Richard Bellomonte, who held in 1299. 
Chronologically it is possible that Joan is daughter of this Richard.

A full pedigree of the descendants of Robert Cokefield (d. temp. Richard I), is shown 
on p.111 and includes that of Sir John Bellomonte which is reproduced below.

1.Robert de Cokefield
2.Gunnora de Cokefield=William Drayton
3.Alicia de Drayton=William de Bellomonte 8 John [1206/7]
4.William de Bellomonte of Drayton=Alicia da. and coh. of Fulco d'Oyri
5.Godfrey de Bellomonte d.s.p.=Cecilia de Ferrers s.[sister?] and h of Hugo de Ferrers 
s. of William E. of Derby
5.John de Bellomonte

If Joan was a descendant of Sir John de Bellomonte, it is difficult to tell by the 
devolution of the above manors, as their history afterwards as given by Copinger is 
rather patchy. Hopefully the above may help in uncovering further information about 
the Beaumonts.

Cheers

Rosie

- - - - - - Rosie then added in a post 21 Mar 2003:

I have since come across information that the de Beaumonts also held a manor in 
Salle, the parish where the Brewes family owned the manor of Stainton. Salle had 4-5 
manorial properties in the 1300s.

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COLNE ENGAINE (Essex) & WITNESHAM (Suffolk),

In 1066 Lewin held a manor in Colne which passed to Terry and before 1086 to Terry's 
brother Walter the Deacon. With Terry's other lands, including Witnesham (Suff.) it 
passed to Walter of Bacton. In 1286 Walter of Colchester and his wife Joan conveyed 
to the bishop of Norwich the service of half a knight's fee which Ascelina Furneaux 
held in Colne Engaine. In 1325 Robert son of Giles Brewosa was succeeded as 
overlord of two quarter fees in Colne Engaine, held of the manor of Witnesham, by his 
brother John. There is no later reference to the Brewosa overlordship of the quarter 
fee which formed Bromptons manor and which by 1503 was held of Colne Engaine 
manor. From: 'Colne Engaine: Manors', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: 
Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 107
-110. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?
compid=15187&strquery=witnesham Date accessed: 27 April 2012.

NOTE: According to CP (See notes for daughter Joan), Richard was of Witnesham, 
and must have passed it to Giles & his sons through the marriage of Richard's dau. 
Joan. According to the text above, Witnesham was held at an early time by Walter of 
Bacton, and land in Bacton was conveyed by William de Beaumont to his son John. 
Also Richard's step-mother Alice's 2nd husband, John Spring, was said to be "of 
Witnesham". This is often held in the right of the wife, a widow who hold the property 
in dower.

So Witnesham could have been the maritigium or inheritance of Richard's father 
John's unknown 1st wife and given as dower to John's 2nd wife Alice (and her 
husband) for life. Richard may have been born there, but he never held Witnesham 
because it was held by his step-mother Alice and her 3rd husband John Spring for life, 
and they outlived him. His daughter & heir Joan inherited it. This is the most likely 
explanation as to how Witnesham was carried from John Spring, the 3rd husband of 
Alice, widow of John Beaumont, to Robert son of Giles Braose/Brewes.

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DRAYTON,

Rectors.

1307, Richard de Bellomonte, or Beaumont, by Walter de Langton,Bishop of Litchfield, 
&c.

From: 'Taverham Hundred: Drayton', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the 
County of Norfolk: volume 10 (1809), pp. 409-413. URL: http://www.british-
history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78704&strquery=drayton beaumont Date accessed: 
26 April 2012.

NOTE: Richard's father John's widow conveyed Drayton to Bishop Walter de Langton, 
who must have placed Richard as Rector late in his life. The next Rector was in 1311 
after Richard's death.

Parents
DE BEAUMONT John (ABT 1249 - BEF 24 Sep 1298)
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Siblings
DE BEAUMONT Richard (ABT 1269 - 16 Feb 1311)

Marriage To ____ Alice (ABT 1270 - AFT 1323)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Alice ABT 1270 - AFT 1323
DE BEAUMONT Joan (ABT 1289 - AFT 1316)

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