Henry BEAUFORT

Male Abt 1375 - 1447  (72 years)


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  • Name Henry BEAUFORT  [1, 2, 3
    • Henry Beaufort, born about 1375, ordained priest, bishop of Lincoln, 19 July 1398, Lord Chancellor of England, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester 14 Mar 1405, Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of San Eusebio, 24 May 1426, Papal legate in England, died testate at Winchester 11 Apr 1447, buried at Winchester Cathedral (will dated 20 Jan. 1446/7). His will names his daughter and her husband. The mother of his daughter was said to have been Alice fitz Alan, wife of John Cherleton, 4th Lord Cherleton of Powis (died 19 Oct 1401) D.N.B 2:41-48 ("Beaufort was ambitious, haughty, and impetuous...seems to have clung unduly to his office as trustee of the family estates of the House of Lancaster, which must have given him command of a considerable sum of money...His speeches in parliament are marked by a constitutional desire to uphold the crown by the advice and support of the estates of the realm...Family relationships gave him a place in Europe such as was held by no other statesman, and made him the fittest representative of his country abroad"). TAG 32:10-11 (Jan. 1956) ("participated (shamefully) in the trial of St. Jeanne d'Arc at Rouen, 24 May 1431") [1]
    Birth Abt 1375  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Fact Dean of Wells Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Bishop of Lincoln Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Chancellor Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Bishop of Winchester Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact 2nd Earl of Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Chancellor of Oxford University Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Chancellor of England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Bishop of Winchester Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact Cardinal Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact 1 In his youth had an affair with Lady Alice Fitz Alan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 11 Apr 1447  [2, 3
    Burial Winchester Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I04702  Main Tree
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2016 

    Father John Of GAUNT,   b. Mar 1340, St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Katherine DE ROET,   b. 1350, Picardy, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1395/6  [1, 4
    Married 13 Jan 1396  Lincoln Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F02881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Alice FITZ ALAN,   b. 1373/5, Arundel, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1415 (Age 40 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Joan BEAUFORT,   b. 1391/2  [Birth]
    Family ID F33197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2016 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    2. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    4. [S02776] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1998, Vol. 152 April.

    5. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000

    6. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).