Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick (1192 – 10 October 1229), Earl of Warwick

Earl of Warwick

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, Baron of Hocknorton (Hook Norton) and Hedenton, was the son of Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Gundred de Warrenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois...

 and Margaret, daughter of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford

Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford

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 and Maud of Essex. He was also known as Henry de Newburg.

When Henry was twelve his father died and he was committed to the care of Thomas Basset of Headington, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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. It was during this time that the King had seized his estates at Gower

Gower Peninsula

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 in South Wales

Wales

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 and gave them to William de Braose

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, , 4th Lord of Bramber , court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.-Lineage:William was the most...

. This led to constant disputes between succeeding Earls and the Braose family. When he matured, he joined the court of King John

John of England

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's side and commanded the Royal Army. He fought for Henry III

Henry III of England

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 at the sieges of Mountsorrel

Mountsorrel

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 and Biham and at the storming of Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

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. In 1213 he paid two hundred and four marks eight shillings scutage

Scutage

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 towards the cost of the war in Wales

Wales

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, and the following year contributed forty two marks to that in Poictou.

Family and children

He married firstly Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Henry D'Oyly, Baron Hocknorton and Lord of the Manor of Lidney; the latter was a great-nephew of Robert D'Oyly

Robert D'Oyly

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, the builder of Oxford Castle

Oxford Castle

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. Henry married secondly Philippa, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Basset

Thomas Basset

Thomas Basset was a 12th-century English judge.Basset was the son of Gilbert Basset . He received a grant of the lordship of Hedendon, Oxfordshire, for services in war, and served as Sheriff of Oxfordshire from 1163–4...

, Lord of Headington. She married secondly Richard Siward, but divorced him in 1242. He had children:

1. Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick
   Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick
   Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick , Earl of Warwick, Baron of Hocknorton and Hedenton, was the son of Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick and Margaret D'Oili...
   
   , his heir.
2. Margaret de Newburg, 7th Countess of Warwick, married twice:
   1. John Marshal;
   2. John du Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick.
3. Alice de Newburg, married Hugo de Bastenbrege, Lord of Montfort.