John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp

Who was John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp?

John de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset was born at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somersetshire, England to John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Somerset and Lady Margaret St. John. He was Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1359 to about 1361.

King Edward III of England issued a commission to Beauchamp from 1359 to act as Warden and Keeper of the ports of Kent. In 1359 he participated in the expedition by Edward III into Gascony. In 1360 he was also to be made Admiral of the Fleet. He married Lady Alice Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer. Alice and John had no children.