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Margaret Beauchamp, Countess of Shrewsbury

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over his father's attempt to divide his inheritance between the issues of both his marriages. In 1457 her stepson and Lord Berkeley came to an agreement, which was sealed by the latter's marriage to Lady Joan Talbot, Margaret's stepdaughter. In 1463 Margaret and Lord Berkeley agreed that they would
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claim to the disputed estates for some years, including laying siege to Berkeley castle in 1422, a settlement was reached in 1425 following the death of the countess and the birth of a son to the earl's second wife. The dispute was reignited in 1439, when Margaret's father died and Lord Berkeley
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captured Berkeley castle and took Lord Berkeley prisoner. Margaret took the initiative in the ensuing legal settlement, by which Lord Berkeley under duress conceded property and was required to enter into substantial
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The following year when Lord Berkeley's wife Isobel appeared on his behalf at court in Gloucester, Margaret had her seized and imprisoned in Gloucester castle. where she died shortly after.
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and both being descendants of the houses of Clare and Despenser. She received the title of Countess of Clermont through the bravery of her husband during the wars with
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on his death in 1417. These lands were also claimed by her mother, to whom she and her two sisters were coheirs.
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Following her husband's death in 1453, Margaret was drawn into a dispute with her stepson
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Lord and Lady Talbot were distantly related to each other, having a shared ancestor in
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The Family of Talbot Lords Talbot and Earls of Shrewsbury in the Fifteenth Century
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seized possession of properties that had been conceded to the earl in 1425.
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Vol. 1, Ed. Thomas Hearne, Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, London, 1775.
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Camden, William. "Of the Antiquity of Epitaphs in England."
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Ancestors of Margaret Beauchamp, Countess of Shrewsbury
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mutually drop all legal actions against each other.
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Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Berkeley 841:Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley 138:Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick 116:Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick 1287:Fleming, Peter; Wood, Michael (2003). 1149: 1038: 1034: 1022: 914: 899:Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley 815:Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley 794: 790: 786: 776: 674: 563: 559: 547: 439: 340:Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick 329: 325: 321: 158:Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley 1219: 1209: 1205: 1193: 1190: 1180: 1167: 1157: 1153: 1137: 1134: 1124: 1111: 1101: 1097: 1085: 1082: 1072: 1056: 1046: 1042: 1016: 1006: 990: 980: 976: 964: 958: 948: 932: 922: 918: 902: 896: 886: 870: 860: 856: 844: 838: 828: 812: 802: 798: 770: 760: 747: 737: 733: 721: 718: 708: 692: 682: 678: 662: 659: 649: 636: 626: 622: 610: 607: 597: 581: 571: 567: 541: 531: 515: 505: 501: 489: 483: 473: 457: 447: 443: 427: 421: 411: 395: 385: 381: 369: 363: 353: 337: 333: 7: 695:Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk 234:John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk 103:Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk 1443:A Collection of Curious Discourses. 289:John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 201:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 72:John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 1083:14. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle 166:James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley 14: 460:Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 203:, by whom she had five children: 1059:Gerard de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle 252:The Berkeley Inheritance Dispute 199:On 6 September 1425 she married 208:John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle 179:in Spain and imprisoned in the 93:John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle 1: 1474:15th-century English nobility 935:Hugh le Despenser the Younger 171:Her paternal grandfather was 82: 42:Drawing of Margaret from the 210:(1426 – 17 July 1453) 1510: 1484:Daughters of British earls 1469:15th-century English women 1143: 1036: 1028: 908: 792: 788: 668: 561: 553: 433: 327: 323: 232:(1443 — 1507), married to 213:Sir Louis Talbot (c. 1429) 160:; however, the Barony and 1207: 1199: 1174: 1155: 1151: 1118: 1099: 1091: 1066: 1044: 1040: 1000: 978: 970: 942: 920: 916: 880: 858: 850: 822: 800: 796: 754: 735: 727: 702: 680: 676: 643: 624: 616: 591: 569: 565: 525: 503: 495: 467: 445: 441: 405: 383: 375: 347: 331: 164:had passed to his nephew 63:14 June 1467 (aged 62–63) 35: 30: 297:St Faith under St Paul's 1402:Pollard, A. J. (1968). 1390:Fleming & Wood 2003 1378:Fleming & Wood 2003 1366:Fleming & Wood 2003 1354:Fleming & Wood 2003 1342:Fleming & Wood 2003 748:23. Margaret de Norwich 295:Margaret was buried in 1168:30. Sir William Pipard 719:11. Margaret de Ufford 31:Countess of Shrewsbury 1019:Elizabeth de Berkeley 230:Lady Elizabeth Talbot 142:Elizabeth de Berkeley 1112:29. Eleanor FitzAlan 140:and his first wife, 1191:15. Margaret Pipard 660:5. Margaret Ferrers 220:Lady Eleanor Talbot 146:Isabel le Despenser 1479:English countesses 486:Katherine Mortimer 162:castle of Berkeley 148:, gave him a son. 134:Margaret Beauchamp 126:Elizabeth Berkeley 25:Margaret Beauchamp 16:English noblewoman 1419:, pp. 49–50. 1331:978-0-7524-5669-0 1323:The History Press 1311:978-0-7524-5669-0 1303:The History Press 1291:. pp. 29–32. 1270: 1269: 1266: 1265: 873:Margaret Mortimer 637:21. 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Index


Rous Roll
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
among others
John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle
Eleanor Talbot
Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Elizabeth Berkeley
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Elizabeth de Berkeley
Isabel le Despenser
Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley
castle of Berkeley
James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
John of Gaunt
Tower of London
Richard II
Henry IV
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle
Lady Eleanor Talbot
King Edward IV
Lady Elizabeth Talbot
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
King Edward I
France
Lord Berkeley's
Duke of Somerset

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