BEAUMONT, John (by 1508-58/64), of Thringstone and Gracedieu, Leics. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1508, 1st s. of George Beaumont of Thringstone by Joan, da. of Thomas Pauncefoote of Hasfield, Glos. educ. prob. I. Temple. m. (1) Isabell, da. of John Dutton of Dutton, Cheshire, 1da.; (2) c.1539, Elizabeth (d.1588), da. of William Hastings, 2s. Francis and Henry 2da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 60, 172; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. lxxi. ped. bet. pp. 144-5; PCC 53 Rutland; DNB.

Offices Held

Reader, Clement’s Inn Feb. 1530; Autumn reader, I. Temple 1537, Lent reader 1538, 1543, treasurer 1547 – 49, gov. 1547.

J.p. Leics. 1531 – 52, Derbys. 1543 – 52; commr. musters, Leics. 1539, subsidy, Leics. and Leicester 1542, chantries, Leics. and Warws. 1546, Derbys., Leics., Notts. and Warws, 1548, relief, Derbys. and Leics. 1550; other commissions, Leics. and Notts. 1531 – 52; escheator, Leics. 1535 – 36; recorder, Leicester 1537 – 42, 1550 – 51; receiver-gen. ct. wards Jan. 1545 – Dec. 1550; steward and keeper, Dalby and Rothley, Leics. 1545 – 53; custos rot. Leics. c. 1547; master of the rolls Dec. 1550-June 1552: surveyor, ct. augmentations Derbys. and Leics. in 1552.LP Hen. VIII , v, viii, xi-xiv, xx, xxi; C60/355, m. 8; 66/801; 193/12/1; CPR, 1548–9, pp. 135, 137; 1549–51, p. 329; 1550–3, p. 305; 1553, pp. 352, 356; Stowe 571, f. IIV; Leicester Recs. ed. Bateson, iii. 459.

Parlimentarian

BEAUMONT, John (by 1508-58/64), of Thringstone and Gracedieu, Leics. and London.

Main residences: Thringstone; Gracedieu, Leics; London.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BEAUMONT, John (by 1508-58/64)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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