Beauchamp, Margaret (d. 1482)

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Beauchamp, Margaret (d. 1482)

Countess of Somerset. Died Aug 8, 1482; dau. of John Beauchamp, 3rd baron Beauchamp of Bletso, and Edith Stourton; m. Oliver St. John; m. John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, 1439; m. Lionel Welles, 6th baron Welles; children: (1st m.) Edith St. John (who m. Geoffrey Pole, grandfather of the archbishop of Canterbury); Oliver St. John (Lord St. John); John St. John; (2nd m.) Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509); (3rd m.) John Welles, 1st viscount Welles (d. 1499).

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