one of the commoners to assist in the protection of the young Henry VI. He was employed as counsel by his relative, Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, to argue his claim of precedence before the House of Commons. This quarrel between the Earl of Warwick and John Mowbray, earl marshal, which took up much of the time of the session of 1425, was terminated by the restoration of the forfeited dukedom of Norfolk to Mowbray. In 1429 he was made Master of the Horse. Later life and family His older brother was Sir William Beauchamp (died c.1421), who was also a Member of Parliament. Walter married before August 1400, Elizabeth (c.1385 – February 1447), daughter and coheir of Sir John Roches (c.1333–1400) of Bromham, Wiltshire, and his wife Willelma, daughter and heir of Sir Robert de la Mare (1314–1382) of Steeple/Market Lavington, Wiltshire. They had three children: (1) Sir William Beauchamp (1410–1457), was in 1449 summoned to Parliament as 4th Baron St Amand, in right of his wife, Elizabeth Braybrooke (daughter of Gerard Braybrook) and the great-granddaughter of Almeric St Amand, 3rd Baron St Amand; (2) Richard Beauchamp (died 1482), bishop of Hereford and of Salisbury; and (3) Elizabeth Beauchamp, who married Richard Dudley, knight. Walter Beauchamp was knighted in 1415. He died on 1 January 1430 and was buried at Steeple Lavington (now Market Lavington) church. References External links 14th-century births Year of birth unknown 1430 deaths Speakers of the House of Commons of England High Sheriffs of Wiltshire English MPs March 1416 Year of birth uncertain