Richard Beauchamp, 5th (13th) Earl of Warwick,
He mar 2ndly, 1423, to Isabel le Despenser
[born 1400,
descendant of Edward III].
She was widow of his 1st cousin Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester.
He received the captured
Joan of Arc in 1431.
The English contrived to have her burnt by the church.
He died 30 April 1439, in Rouen.
Body brought back to England.
He was buried in the
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.
Isabel died 27 December 1439,
at the Minories,
London, age 39 yrs.
She was buried Jan 1440 (new style year) at
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
See findagrave.
5th Earl had issue by 1st wife:
Other view of above.
Tomb of
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
in background.
Photo 2008.
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From here.
Wider shot of tomb of Richard Beauchamp, 5th (13th) Earl of Warwick.
Church of St Mary in Warwick.
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and full size.
Photo 2009.
From here.
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Front and back views of above effigy.
From A Student's History of England
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1916).
See here.
Originally from Stothard's Monumental Effigies.
Also here.
The Beauchamp Chapel, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.
Painting at
Warwick Castle.
Taken at angle.
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and full size.
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The Beauchamp Chapel, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.
Tomb of Richard Beauchamp, 5th (13th) Earl of Warwick, in centre.
Tomb of
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
on LHS.
Photo c.1875.
From here.
Origin here.
The Beauchamp Chapel, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.
Tomb of Richard Beauchamp, 5th (13th) Earl of Warwick, in centre.
Photo 2006.
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From here.
See other angle.
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