Richard Beauchamp was a medieval Bishop of Hereford

Bishop of Hereford

The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.The Bishop's residence is...

 and Bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset...

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He was the son of Walter Beauchamp

Walter Beauchamp

Sir Walter Beauchamp was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household...

, Speaker of the House of Commons in 1416 and studied at Oxford University.

Beauchamp was nominated to the see of Hereford on 4 December 1448 and consecrated on 9 February 1449.

Beauchamp was translated to the see of Salisbury on 14 August 1450 and died on 18 October 1481.