1235 July "Pro Willelmo de Bello Campo et uxore ejus.—Rex concessit Willelmo de Bello Campo et Ide, uxori sue, consanguinee regis, quod manerium de Neuport, quod est dos ipsius Ide, tota vita sua quietum sit de sectis comitatus et hundredorum et de auxilio vicecomitis et visu franci plegii. Et mandatum est vicecomiti Bedef' quod predictum manerium quietantiam illam habere permittat, sicut predictum est. Averia etiam ipsius Willelmi que pro predictis cepit, ut dicitur, deliberari faciat. Teste ut supra. Ipsi Willelmus et Ida habent inde literas patentes de narratione predicte quietantie." [1]
1257 June 30 "For William de Beauchamp. The king has given respite from William de Beauchamp of Bedford and Ida his wife until the Assumption of Blessed Mary from 60 m. which they owe to the king and which are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer concerning several debts. And order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire, that having accepted security from the aforementioned William and Ida that they will fully render the aforesaid money to the king at the same term wheresoever the king shall then be, to then permit them to have that respite." [2]
1260 William de Beauchamp died (before 16 April 1261).
1261 "16 April. Tower of London. For Ida de Beauchamp. The king has pardoned Ida de Beauchamp the 5 m. at which she was amerced last year before Gilbert of Preston in an assize of novel dissesin that Simon of Pattishall arraigned before the same Gilbert against her, concerning a tenement in Craul'. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause Ida to be quit from the aforesaid 5 m.
For Ida de Beauchamp. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit her to be quit therefrom. And [to release] the distraint etc. [3]
1262 William de Beauchamp's son William de Beauchamp died on August 20 (Sunday after August 15). "516. William db Bello Campo de Bedeford.
Writ, 6 Oct. 46 Hen. III. Inq. (undated and defective.) He died on Sunday after the Assumption of the Blessed Mary.
[Bedford.] Staunford town. On Thursday after the Assumption, before his death, came his attorney bringing his letter patent, and seised Geoffrey le Bus of all his land in Staunford, and his men were in seisin thereof until the escheator came on Friday in the week following, and took it into the king's hands.
Writ, 6 Oct. 46 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
[Bedford.] Ravenesden. On Thursday, after the Assumption came his attorney &c. (as above) and seised the attorney of Richard de Braham of his land and mill in Ravenesden, and he was in seisin thereof until the escheator came on Friday after the said William's decease and took the land into the king's hands.
Writ, 15 Oct. 46 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
[Bedford.] Herdwyk. On Thursday after the Assumption came his attorney &c. (as above) and seised the attorney of Gilbert son of Walter of his land in Herdwyk, and he was in seisin thereof until the escheator came on Friday &c. (as above).
Writ, 22 Oct. 46 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.) on the petition of Ida de Bello Campo.
[Bedford.] Dilewyk manor is held by Lady Ida de Bello Campo for life by fine made in the king's court between her and the said William, and she was in seisin of the services of all the free tenants (names given), before the death of the said William.
C. Hen. in. File 26. (11.) [4]
1266/7 Ida was mentioned in an inquisition on 30 January (Sunday after 25 January). "656. Thomas de Hauvill alias de Hauvile.
Writ, 1 Jan. Inq. Sunday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 51 Hen. III.
Henry his son, aged 12, would be his heir if he had any land of fee.
Buckingham. Linford manor (extent given) held of the fee of Neuport of the
barony of Sir Roger de Somery, and Lady Ida de Bello Campo holds (it) in
dower, to whom the said Thomas used to render yearly 6s. rent and 4s. for
view of frank pledge. (See No. 685.) C. Hen. III. File Si. (10.)" [5]
1267 October " ... custodi manerii de Havering' quod in forinseco bosco regis de Havering' faciat habere Ide de Bello Campo consanguinee regis duo robora ad focum suum de dono regis ubi propinquius ... commodius ad opus ipsius Ide poterunt inveniri. Teste rege ut supra." [6]
The Oxford DNB article about William de Beauchamp of Bedford, states, [7]
William de Beauchamp of Bedford (c.1185-1260), judge and sheriff, was the son of Simon de Beauchamp (c.1145-1206/7) [see under Beauchamp, de, family] and his wife, Isabella, whose antecedents are unknown. William's first wife, Gunnora (d. before 1220), was the daughter of William de Lanvaley of Walkern, Hertfordshire. His second wife, Ida (d. 1266x9), was the daughter of William Longespée, earl of Salisbury (d. 1226), and hence a granddaughter of Henry II. William succeeded his father in 1207 and was charged a relief of 600 marks and six palfreys for the barony … Beauchamp's eldest son, Simon, died in Gascony in 1256 and in 1257 he obtained royal licence to grant the barony to William de Beauchamp [see under Beauchamp, de, family], his eldest surviving son. He died at an advanced age in 1260.
The Oxford DNB article about this Beauchamp family states, [8]
[Simon de Beauchamp] was succeeded by his son, William de Beauchamp (c.1185-1260), who served in the royal army in Ireland in 1210 and Poitou in 1214, but who joined the rebels in 1215 and was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III. Captured at the battle of Lincoln, he was soon restored to favour. … In his later years, William served as a baron of the exchequer, as sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and as hereditary almoner at the coronation of Henry and Eleanor in 1236. …
In 1257 William surrendered his barony to his third son William de Beauchamp (d. 1262), his elder sons John and Simon [iii] having predeceased him. He died at an advanced age in 1260. The younger William held the barony for only five years until his death, reputedly by poison, after which the Beauchamp lands were in wardship while his brother and heir John de Beauchamp (b. after 1241, d. 1265) was a minor. John was killed fighting for Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham on 4 August 1265. His niece and heir Joan, Simon [iii]'s daughter, died soon after. Of John's three sisters, Matilda (d. by 1275) married first Roger de Mowbray and second Roger Lestrange (d. 1311), Ela married Baldwin de Wake, and Beatrice married first Thomas fitz Otto and second William de Munchensi, of Edwardstone, Suffolk. The barony was broken up by division between the sisters and their heirs. The Beauchamp family arms were quarterly or and gules, a bend gules.
[1] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry III, Vol. 3, A.D. 1234-1237 (London: HMSO, 1908), 119, [InternetArchive].
[2] Henry III Fine Rolls Project, Fine Rolls of Henry III, Fine Rolls of Henry III, 41/825 (30 June 1257), [Fine_Rolls_Project].
[3] Henry III Fine Rolls Project, Fine Rolls of Henry III, 45/360 and 45/361 (16 April 1261), [Fine_Rolls_Project].
[4] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 1, Henry III (London: HMSO, 1904), 146, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 1, Henry III (London: HMSO, 1904), 205, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[6] A. E. Stamp, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry III, Vol. 13, 1264-1268 (London: HMSO), 352, [FHLBook], [BritishHistoryOnline].
[7] Emma Mason, "Beauchamp, William de (c.1185–1260)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition), [Oxford_Dictionary_National_Biography], [OxfordDNB(UM)].
[8] Kathryn Faulkner, "Beauchamp, de, family (per. c.1080–c.1265)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition), [Oxford_Dictionary_National_Biography], [OxfordDNB(UM)].