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Beauchamp, Thomas De b. February 14, 1313 d. November 13, 1369
English Nobility. He was one of the Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter in 1348. He was related to the Kings of England and held many offices under them including: Hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, Warden of the Scottish Marches, Marshall of England, and Sheriff of Warwick and Leicester counties. He was known for his military prowess and fought in many battles: in Scotland, in France in command at Valenciennes, and with the King at Tournai, at...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael Schwing)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
de Beauchamp, Richard b. January 28, 1382 d. April 30, 1439
English Aristocracy. 13th Earl of Warwick. Succeeded to the title in 1401, attaining his majority in 1403. Served the Prince of Wales, who later became Henry V. He spent much of his life fighting in the Hundred Years' War against France, and in 1419 was created Count of Aumale in Normandy. On the death of Henry V, Richard became tutor to the infant King Henry VI, fulfilling this duty in 1437. Afterward he was appointed Lieutenant of Normandy and France, and spent the last years of his life on...[Read More]
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Dudley, Ambrose b. 1528 d. February 21, 1590
English Aristocracy. Born the son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guildford. He served with his father in repressing the Norfolk rebellion of 1549, and was knighted as a result. When Edward VI died young, he joined with his father and brothers in a plan to supplant Mary and place Jane Grey, his sister-in-law, on the throne. When the plot fell apart, he was committed to the Tower, convicted of treason along with Lady Jane, and his brothers, Henry and Guildford, in November...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Dudley, Lettice b. 1539 d. December 25, 1634
English nobility. Lettice, Countess of Leicester, lady-in-waiting and romantic rival of Queen Elizabeth I, was one of the most notorious women in Tudor England. Born Lettice Knollys at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, into a staunchly Protestant family, she was Elizabeth's maternal cousin and her junior by six years. Cultivating their striking resemblance to the point of impersonation, she dressed and traveled in as regal a style as Elizabeth, who boxed her ears for her audacity. Unlike the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Dudley, Robert b. 1579 d. July 19, 1584
English Nobility. Baron of Denbigh, son and heir of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, nephew and heir of Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick. His tiny suit of armor is in Warwick Castle.
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Dudley, Sir Robert b. 1532 d. 1588
Earl of Leicester. Born the fifth of thirteen children of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Guildford. Dudley was first introduced to Princess Elizabeth when he was about eight years old, establishing the basis for a life long friendship. At eighteen, Dudley married Lady Amy Robsart, an heiress in her own right, daughter of Sir John Robsart of Syderstone. Dudley took a seat in the House...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Plot: Beauchamp Chapel
Greville, Fulke b. October 3, 1554 d. September 30, 1628
Statesman, Author. The son of Sir Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke, he was born in Warwickshire, England, and educated at Shrewsbury School and Cambridge University. He was a close friend of Sir Philip Sidney. Greville was a favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1597 and made him a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. After serving four terms in Parliament, he was Treasurer of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Landor, Walter Savage [memorial] b. January 30, 1775 d. September 17, 1864
Author. Walter Savage Landor was born in Warwick, the son of a wealthy doctor. He was educated at Rugby School, from which he was expelled, possibly for writing an indecent poem, and at Trinity College, Oxford, from which he was, again, expelled, this time for firing a gun into the room of a Tory undergraduate. After a quarrel with his father, he moved to Wales, with "one servant and a chest of books." His first volume of poems appeared the following year (1775). His father died in 1805, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Oken, Thomas d. 1573
Mercer in Warwick, master of the guild of the Holy Trinity & St. George, Baliff of Warwick & a Burgess in the town.
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Parr, William b. 1512 d. October 28, 1571
English Aristocracy. Born the son of Sir Thomas Parr and Maud Green, and brother to Katherine Parr. He was said to have loved poetry, music, and living well. He married Anne Bourchier, Baroness Bourchier, the daughter of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, in February 1526. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and was made Baron Parr of Kendal in 1539. In April 1543, he obtained an Act of Parliament, repudiating his wife for adultery, and declaring her children belonged to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Puckering, Sir Thomas b. 1592 d. 1636
Son of Sir John Puckering (speaker of the House of Commons), companion of Henry, Prince of Wales, member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Warwickshire 1625.
St Mary Churchyard, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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