Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435)

Other Last Names

Beauchamp

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1375
Death Date: 1435-11-14

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1396-2-20
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Beauchamp, William de (1343 - 1411)

  1. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Joan (d. 1430)

Primary Title

Lady Abergavenny

Titles

  • Lady Abergavenny
    Assumed Before 1395/6-02-20 (Date Abergavenny castle entailed on Abergavenny and wife)
    Vacated 1435-11-14

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
    Primary residence after husband's death
  • Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire
    Husband's residence; Held in dower from the death of her husband to her own death
    Acquired: 1395/6
    Divested: 1435-11-14

Lands

  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Honour
    Acquired: 1411-05-08
    Divested: 1435-11-14
    Held in dower from the death of her husband to her own death

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1427-1428 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s
Performance 1421-1421 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley , Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels
Performance 1421-1421 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley , Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels Fitz Alan, Joan (1375 - 1435) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)