Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Falkirk and subsequently, as a capable servant of the crown under King Edward I. After the succession of Edward II in 1307, however, he soon fell out with the new king and the kings favourite Piers Gaveston. Warwick was one of the main architects behind the Ordinances of 1311, that limited the powers of the king and banished Gaveston into exile.

In midJuly Warwick had to withdraw from government to his estates, due to illness. Political leadership was soon left almost entirely to Lancaster, when Warwick died onAugust 1315. The chronicler Thomas Walsingham reported rumours that the king had him poisoned. He was buried at Bordesley Abbey in Worcestershire, an establishment to which his family had served as benefactors. In value, his possessions were second only to those of the earl of Lancaster among the nobility of England. His lands, though primarily centred on Warwickshire and Worcestershire, were spread out over nineteen counties as well as Scotland and the Welsh Marches. His heir was his oldest son, whom he had named Thomas after the earl of Lancaster. Thomas, born probably onFebruary 1314, did not succeed to his fathers title until 1326, as Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick. In the meanwhile his possessions went into the kings hand, who donated his hunting dogs to the earl of Pembroke. A younger son, named

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