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 1379 - 1440 (~ 61 years)
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Joan Beaufort |
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Lady |
| Suffix |
Countess of Westmorland |
| Birth |
~ 1379 |
Chateau Beaufort, Anjou, France  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
- She was probably born at the Swynford manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire. Her surname probably reflects her father's lordship of Beaufort in Champagne, France, where she might also have been born.[2] In 1391, at the age of twelve, Joan married Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem, at Beaufort-en-Vallâee, Anjou. They had two daughters before he died in about 1395.
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
13 Nov 1440 |
Howden, Yorkshire, England [2, 3, 4, 6] |
| Burial |
Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [7] |
- St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604.[1] The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London.[2]
The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London. Its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominated the skyline for 300 years.[3] At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962. The dome is among the highest in the world. St Paul's is the second largest church building in area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity.[4] It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as of images of the dome surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz.[4] Services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill; Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Golden Jubilee, the 80th Birthday and the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
St Paul's Cathedral is a working church with hourly prayer and daily services.
more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral
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| Person ID |
I37042 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Father |
Sir John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, b. 6 Mar 1340, St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium d. 3 Feb 1399, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Katherine de Roet, Duchess of Lancaster, b. 25 Nov 1350, Picardie, France d. 10 May 1403, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
1396 |
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [3, 8, 9] |
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| Family ID |
F13842 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Sir Robert de Ferrers, III, Knight, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Wem, b. ~ 1373, Willisham, Suffolkshire, England d. Bef 29 Nov 1396 (Age ~ 23 years) |
| Marriage |
1391 |
Anjou, France [10] |
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| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth de Ferrers, b. 1393, (Suffolkshire) England d. 1434-1436, (Northumberland) England (Age 43 years) |
| | 2. Mary de Ferrers, b. 1394, Warwickshire, England d. 25 Jan 1458, Oversley, Warwickshire, England (Age 64 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13746 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Family 2 |
Sir Ralph Neville, Knight, 1st Earl of Westmorland, b. 1364, Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone, Durham, England d. 21 Oct 1425, Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone, Durham, England (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 29 Nov 1396 |
Chateau Beaufort, Anjou, France [1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13] |
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| Children |
| | 1. Lady Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland, b. 1397-1399, Raby, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 0___ 1472 (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Sir Richard Neville, I, Knight, 5th Earl of Salisbury, b. Abt 1400, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 30 Dec 1460, Wakefield, St. John, West Riding, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 3. Lady Katherine Neville, b. ~ 1400 d. Aft 1483 (Age ~ 84 years) |
| | 4. Robert Neville, b. 0___ 1404, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 8 Jul 1457 (Age ~ 53 years) |
| | 5. Sir George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer, b. 1407-1414, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 30 Dec 1469 (Age 55 years) |
| | 6. Sir Edward Neville, 3rd Baron of Abergavenny, b. 1414, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 18 Oct 1476, (Raby-Keverstone Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England) (Age 62 years) |
| | 7. Lady Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, b. 3 May 1415, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England d. 31 May 1495, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, England (Age 80 years) |
| | 8. Lady Anne Neville, b. 1414 d. 1480 (Age 66 years) |
| | 9. Sir William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, b. ~1405 d. 9 Jan 1463 (Age ~ 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13644 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - ~ 1379 - Chateau Beaufort, Anjou, France |
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 | Marriage - 1391 - Anjou, France |
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| Marriage - Bef 29 Nov 1396 - Chateau Beaufort, Anjou, France |
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 | Death - 13 Nov 1440 - Howden, Yorkshire, England |
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 | Burial - - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Notes |
- Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c. 1379 - 13 November 1440), was the fourth of the four children (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford. In her widowhood, she was a powerful landowner in the North of England.
Early life and marriages
She was probably born at the Swynford manor of Kettlethorpe in Lincolnshire. Her surname probably reflects her father's lordship of Beaufort in Champagne, France, where she might also have been born.[2] In 1391, at the age of twelve, Joan married at Beaufort-en-Vallâee, Anjou, Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem, and they had two daughters before he died in about 1395.
Legitimation
Along with her three brothers, Joan had been privately declared legitimate by their cousin Richard II of England in 1390. Her parents were married in Lincoln Cathedral in February 1396.[3] Joan was already an adult when she was legitimized by the marriage of her mother and father with papal approval. The Beauforts were later barred from inheriting the throne by a clause inserted into the legitimation act by their half-brother, Henry IV of England, although it is not clear that Henry IV possessed sufficient authority to alter an existing parliamentary statute by himself, without the further approval of Parliament. Soon after the legitimation, on 3 February 1397, when she was eighteen, Joan married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, who had also been married once before.
Inheritance
When Ralph de Neville died in 1425, his lands and titles should, by law of rights, have passed on to his grandson through his first marriage, another Ralph Neville. Instead, while the title of Earl of Westmorland and several manors were passed to Ralph, the bulk of his rich estate went to his wife, Joan Beaufort. Although this may have been done to ensure that his widow was well provided for, by doing this Ralph essentially split his family into two and the result was years of bitter conflict between Joan and her stepchildren who fiercely contested her acquisition of their father's lands. Joan however, with her royal blood and connections, was far too powerful to be called to account, and the senior branch of the Nevilles received little redress for their grievances. Inevitably, when Joan died, the lands would be inherited by her own children.
Death
Joan died on 13 November 1440 at Howden in Yorkshire.[3] Rather than be buried with her husband Ralph (who was not buried with his first wife, though his monument has effigies of himself and his two wives) she was entombed next to her mother in the magnificent sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral. Joan's is the smaller of the two tombs; both were decorated with brass plates – full-length representations of them on the tops, and small shields bearing coats of arms around the sides — but those were damaged or destroyed in 1644 by Roundheads during the English Civil War. A 1640 drawing of them survives, showing what the tombs looked like when they were intact, and side-by-side instead of end-to-end, as they are now.
Descendants
Joan Beaufort was mother to Cecily, Duchess of York and thus grandmother of Edward IV of England, and of Richard III of England, whom Henry VII defeated to take the throne. Henry then married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, and their son became Henry VIII of England. Henry VIII's sixth wife, Catherine Parr, was also a descendant through Joan and Ralph's eldest son, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and thus Henry's third cousin. The Earl of Salisbury was father to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, "the Kingmaker" (father of Queen consort Anne Neville).
Children of Joan Beaufort and Robert Ferrers
In 1391, at the age of twelve, Joan married Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem, at Beaufort-en-Vallâee, Anjou. They had 2 children:
Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Boteler of Wem (1393–1474). She is buried at Black Friars Church, York. She married John de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke (1389–1436), on 28 October 1407 in Greystoke Castle, Greystoke, Cumberland, and had issue.
Margaret (or Mary) Ferrers (1394 – 25 January 1457/1458). She married her stepbrother, Sir Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, c. 1413 in Oversley, Warwickshire, and had issue
Children of Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville
They had 14 children:
Lady Katherine Neville, married first on 12 January 1411 John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk; married second Sir Thomas Strangways; married third John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont; married fourth Sir John Woodville (d. 12 August 1469).
Lady Eleanor Neville (d. 1472), married first Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh, married second Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), married Alice Montacute, suo jure 5th Countess of Salisbury. Had issue. Their descendants include Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick; queen consort Anne Neville, wife of Richard III; and queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife of King Henry VIII (great-grandson of Richard's sister, Cecily).
Robert Neville (d. 1457), Bishop of Durham
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent (c.1410–1463)
Lady Anne Neville (?1411–20 September 1480), married Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny (d. 1476)
Lady Cecily Neville (1415–1495) ("Proud Cis"), married Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and mothered Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England
George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer (d. 1469)
Joan Neville, became a nun
John Neville, died young
Cuthbert Neville, died young
Thomas Neville, died young
Henry Neville, died young [6]
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