Folkingham Castle, Seat of House Beaumont

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House de Beaumont

Louis de Beaumont
Born 1276
Status: Unmarried
Children: None
Titles: Treasurer of Salisbury, Archdeacon of North Leverton

Lands

None

Seat:
Traits: +2 Battles, +2 Wealth, +2 Survival
Phlegmatic:
- Austere: +5% income, -1 Charisma.

- Empathic: +2 Charisma, -1 to battle/joust/duel rolls.
Sanguine:
- Confident: +1 battle rolls, +1 to rout rolls against this character.

Biography
He was born before 1270, son of Louis de Brienne and Agnès de Beaumont-au-Maine and grandson of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem and great-grandson of King Alfonso IX of León making him and Edward II second cousins. Lewis suffers from a clubfoot, but in spite of this malady he and his brother are widely noted as capable knights and commanders. Lewis has close ties of patronage to Queen Isabella, and in spite of recent setbacks, he is inclined to support the King and Queen through these troubled times.

Prestige: 13
+0 prestige from lordships
+1 from Gentle Born (born to a Gentleman, Esquire, or Knight)
+2 from Child of a Baron (born to a Baronet, Baron, or Viscount)
+8 Grandparent is a King
+2 if Esquire (sons of Barons and Knights or Gentlemen who take office such as Sheriff)

Henry de Beaumont
Born 1273
Status: Married to Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan
Children: None
Titles: Lord Beaumont, Baron of x
Seat: Folkingham Castle

Lands

Sleaford: Average Income Thornton: Prosperous Income Isle of Man: Sparse Income Castles: Folkingham

Traits: +2 Battles, +2 Wealth, +2 Survival
Sanguine:
- Confident: +1 battle rolls, +1 to rout rolls against this character.
Phlegmatic:
- Empathic: +2 Charisma, -1 to battle/joust/duel rolls.

- Reserved: +1 battle rolls, -1 Charisma.

Prestige: 19.5
+1.5 prestige from lordships
+1 from Gentle Born (born to a Gentleman, Esquire, or Knight)
+2 from Child of a Baron (born to a Baronet, Baron, or Viscount)
+8 Grandparent is a King
+4 Baron
+3 if Married to a Earl/Countess/Marquess/Marchioness in their own right

Biography
Henry de Beaumont was the eldest son of Sir Louis de Brienne, Knt., (d. after 1 September 1297) who was in right of his wife Agnès de Beaumont, Vicomte of Beaumont in Maine and Seigneur of Beaumont-le-Vicomte (alias Beaumont-sur-Sarthe), Sainte-Suzanne, la Fleche, Fresnay, le Lude, etc. He was the grandson of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem and great-grandson of King Alfonso IX of León making him and Edward II second cousins. His brother Lewis de Beaumont was Bishop of Durham and his sister Isabella was wife of the prominent noble John de Vesci.
He first took up military service with Edward I while he was campaigning in Flanders in 1297 against Philip IV of France. When Edward returned to England the following year to deal with the after effects of the defeat of his northern army by the Scots at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, he was accompanied by Beaumont. In the ensuing battle of Falkirk, Beaumont was one of the young knights who had his horse killed from under him by the spears of William Wallace's schiltrons. Beaumont again attended Edward I in the Scottish wars in 1302.
Beaumont obtained large grants of manors and lands, including Folkingham, Barton-upon-Humber, and Heckington, Lincolnshire, from King Edward II. He was summoned to parliament in 4 March 1309, by Writs directed to Henrico de Bellomonte, whereby he is held to have become Lord Beaumont. He had a grant of the Lordship of the Isle of Man in 1310. The next year he and his sister, Isabel de Vesci, were banished from Court by the Ordainers as associates of Piers Gaveston, but soon returned. In 1313 he and his sister acquired the reversion of the manors of Seacourt, Berkshire, and Tackley, Oxfordshire

Family Tree

John de Brienne (d) - Berengaria de León (d) | Louis de Brienne (d) - Agnès de Beaumont (d) | Louis de Beaumont (1270) – Archdeacon of St Martin's Church, North Leverton, Treasurer of Salisbury. Henry de Beaumont, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont (1275?) - Alice Comyn (1289), Countess of Buchan Isabella de Vesci (1270?) - John de Vesci (d)