Isabel de Beaumont

1318 - 1360  (42 years)

• Name	Isabel de Beaumont
  Birth	1316 or 1318  [1]
  Father: Henry, Lord Beaumont Mother: Alice Comyn [1, 3]
  History	birth to death
  She was the first woman in England to hold the title of duchess. [1] In March 1332, she was with her husband at Grosmont Castle. [1] In 1341, she accompanied her husband to the Low Countries and in 1345 to 1347, to Gascony. [1] In 1344, she partitioned the Pope on behalf of two of her clerks. [1] On 24 March 1356, the king granted permission for Henry and Isabel to alienate their joint manor of Hannington in Wiltshire to the new college. [1] In 1359, her husband submitted the following partition to the Pope. The same [Duke of Lancaster]. Whereas his principal chaplain had a papal indult to hear the confessions of himself his wife, children and household, he prays for an extension of the same to cases reserved to bishops. The same. Whereas the principal chaplain had papal licence to hear the confessions of the duke, Isabella his wife, and their then children and household, he [the Duke] prays that it may extend to persons in the same relation to him, present and future. On 30 May 1359, the Pope granted the petitions: To Henry, duke, and Isabella, duchess of Lancaster. Extension for ten years of the indult granted by Clement VI. That their chaplains or other fit priests should hear confessions, to cases reserved to bishops. To the same duke Henry. Extension of the indult granted him by Clement VI. That his chaplains should give him and Isabella his wife plenany remission at the hour of death, to another wife, if he takes one after the death of Isabella. This is the last reference to Isabel in the records.
  Death	by 1360  [1]
  Burial	Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  The College of the Annunciation of St. Mary in Newarke, Leicester endured for almost two centuries. The college was suppressed under the Act for the Dissolution of Chantries, and ceased to exist. The church and many of the other buildings fell into decay, and were eventually demolished, bringing an end to the 14th century tombs of Henry, Isabel and the other Lancasters. [1]
  Person ID, Branch	I23440
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2020

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester ,   b. Abt 1310   d. 24 Mar 1360/61, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 51 years)  [3]
  Marriage	by 24 Jun 1330  [1]
  Issue: 1. Maud of Lancaster (1340-1362) 2. Blanche of Lancaster (1342-____) [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 12 years and 6 months - He : ~ 20 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F8101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Burial - - Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1710] Verity, Brad. "The First English Dutchess: Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster", (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 1, 2005). [S1803] Verity, Brad & Andrew MacEwen. "Corrections and Additons: Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,2009). [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).