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 SAINT AMAND. 9 fell into ab'vancc.(*) His widow m. Sir Thomas Wodklok, who pre-deceased her, and d. in Whitsuu week (1426), 1 Hen. VI. Will, directing her burial to be at the Friara Preachers afsd., dat. 15 May 11 26. [The abeyance of the Barony would, according to the present doctrine as to abeyance, have terminated in 1416 by the death, B.p., of Dame Ida West, the 2d and yst. da. of the late Lord, and it would have devolved on his grandson and heir (by his lirst da.) Gerard Braybroke,('') on whose death, s.p.m., in 1422, it would again have fallen into abeyance among the 4 daughters( c ) of the said Gerard.] V. 1448/9. 4- Elizabeth, 2d but only eurv. da and h. of Gerard Biuybkoke (</. v. p. 1422) by his first wife Petrnuilla DE Grey [d. 11 11 1, which Gerard was 1st s. of Sir Gerard Braybroke (d. 1429) by his first wife (d. 1389) Eleanor, the only da. who had issue of Almaric (dk St. Amand), Lord Saint Amand last abovenamed. She, who was *. in 1409, would, on the death s.p. of the last survivor of her sisters, have become (according to the present doctrine of abeyance) sua jure Baroness Saint Amand, and her first husband was undoubtedly sum. to pari, in that dignity as stated below. She d. before 1491. *'/«?. post mortem, 7 Hen. VII. p.] SIR WILLIAM BEAUC'IIAMPof Bromham, Wilts, s. and h. of Sir WalterBEAU- CHAMP, by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir John KoCBE, of Bromham afsd., was the first husband of Elizabeth Braybroke abovenamed, whom he w.j before 1426. He was accordingly sum. to pari, as a Baron (LOUD SAINT AMAND) from 2 Jan. (144S/9) to 26 May (1455) 22 Henry V[.('') by writs directed " Wille'mn dc Beauchamp, Domtno de St. Amand." He was sewer to the King, and in 1411 Chamberlain of North Wales, lie d. 19 March (1456/7) 35 Hen. VI. Will dat. the 13th, directing his burial to lie at Steeple Lavingtou, Wilts, pr. 17 May 1457. [ii.] Sin Rouer Tocotes, sometime knight of the Body and Comptroller of the Household to the King, was second husband to this Elizabeth, but was never sum to pari, in that right. His will as " of Bromham, Wilts," dat. 2, is pr. (— ) Sep. 1492.( e ) Inq. post mortem 8 Hen. VII. (*) The coheirs were (1) his grandson, Gerard Braybroke, aged 10 in 1402 (d. v.p. 1422), s. and h. of Sir Gerard Braybroke by Eleanor, his (Almaric's) 1st da. (only child by Ida his first wife (who d. v.p. 1387), and (2) Ida, his 2d and yst. da. (only child by Eleanor, his second wife) who was also aged 10 at his death in 1402. She in. Sir Thomas West, but d. s.p. 1416. ( h ) See note " a " above. ( c ) Of these four (1) Eleanor, aged 14 in 1422, d. unm. apparently before 1426 ; (2) Elizabeth, aged 13 in 1422, was in 1426 the wife of William Beauchamp, afterwards Lord Saint Amand ; (3) Maud, aged 11 in 1422. was in 1426, wife of John Babington, but d. B.p. (1426-27) 5 Hen. VI.; (4) Eleanor (Qi/. posthumous?) aged 4 in 1426, living 1429, d. unm. probably long before 1449. See " Misc Gen. et Her." N.S. vol. ii, p. 72 (ped. of Braybrooke) and " Essex Arthasol. Soc. Transactions," vol. 5. ( d ) There is proof in the rolls of Pari, of hie sitting. (°) " A Sir Roger Tocotes, of the household of George, Duke of Clarence, was tried for being concerned in the murder of Isabel, Duchess of Clarence and her iufant sou, by administering to them poisoned ale, of which they died. — (Baga de Secretis, Bundle 1.)" [Courthope]. 0 J. H. Round has drawn the attention of the Editor to the very remarkable deeds (duplicates), of which abstracts are given in Calendar of Aneient Deeds If. pp. 506, 567. Their date is Nov. 1440, and they record a release by " Elizabeth, late the wife of Walter Beauchamp, knight, and mother of William Beauchamp, knight, and by William Beauchamp, knight, to John Corneway 11, knight," ("and Lord of Eannhope," in one of the deeds) of the manor of Milbroke, etc., and of the lands " which formerly belonged to Eleanor de St. Amand, late the wife of Almaric de St. Amand, knight." Sir. Round points out that the lauds here dealt with were the St. Amand share of the fief of Albiui of Caiuho (which had belonged to them iu Domesday Book) and