CP Addition: Will of Beatrice, widow of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage 3 (1913): 430-432 (sub Cornwall) includes a good
account of the life of King John's younger son, Richard, King of the
Romans, Earl of Cornwall (died 1272). As per this account, Richard
married (3rd) in 1269 "Beatrice, dau. of Walram de Fauwquemont,
seigneur de Montjoye." The editor states that Beatrice, then widow of
Richard, "died 12 October 1277, and was buried at the Friars Minor,
Oxford." Although Complete Peerage usually includes citations for
probates for titled people, no indication is made whether or not Queen
Beatrice died testate.
The information below was found in the published register of Godfrey
Giffard, Bishop of Worcester. This item indicates that Queen Beatrice
in fact died testate. It is not known if a transcript of the original
will of Queen Beatrice has survived.
"Probate of the will of Beatrice the queen, relict of Richard the King
of Almain and Earl of Cornwall, granted to Roger de Mortuo Mari,
William de Middelton, archdeacon of Canterbury, Andrew, provost of
Werde, Emeric de Briamsone, chancellor of Hertford (sic), Grimbald
Pauncefot, John Havering', and William the chaplain, rector of the
church of Rimelham, as executors. Dated at Block[ley]', the 6th of
the Kalends of November, 1277." [Reference: Register of Bishop Godfrey
Giffard, Part 2 (Episcopal Regs., Dioc. of Worc.) (1899): 91].
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royala...@msn.com