Katherine Beaumont, of Sherwell

Primary Sources

Inquisitions Post Mortem for Katherine Lutrell, Writ. 1 September 1435.
mention: John Strecche and Katherine then his wife, lately the wife of Hugh Lutrell, knight
Her IPMs give two different death dates, 31 July 1435 and 28 August 1435. James Lutrell was her kin and next heir, viz., son of John, son of Katherine, and was aged 9 years and more.

notes

He STRETCH, Sir John (1341-90), of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel (Little Hempston), Devon's only son, John, had predeceased him, leaving a widow, Katherine, who by this time was married to Sir Hugh Luttrell*, and it was she who retained possession of the manors of Sampford Arundel and Woolston until her demise in 1435.

LUTTRELL, Sir Hugh (c.1364-1428), of Dunster, Som. b.c.1364, yr. s. and event. h. of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Chilton, Devon by Elizabeth (d. 7 Aug. 1395), da. of Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon, and Margaret de Bohun, gdda. of Edw. I, wid. of Sir John de Vere. m. bef. 1384, Katherine (d. 28 Aug. 1435), da. of Sir John Beaumont† of Saunton and Sherwell, Devon, wid. of John, s. of Sir John Stretch* of Wambrook, Som., 2s. 4da.1 Kntd. by 1390.

.... The estate he had inherited after the deaths of his father and paternal grandmother in 1378 was small, though he had added to it his wife’s dower in the Stretch manors of Sampford Arundel, Somerset, and Woolston and Otterton, Devon. ... Luttrell died on 24 Mar. 1428, apparently while on a visit to one of his daughters, a nun at Shaftesbury, Dorset. Spices worth 44s. were purchased at Shaftesbury, presumably to embalm his body, which was then carried to Dunster. The cortege passed through Bridgwater, where the churchwardens spent 12d. on torches. A further sum of nearly £10 went to the provision of white and black cloth to make gowns and capes for 16 poor people who attended the funeral. Luttrell’s obit was celebrated at Bruton, and a monument was erected to his memory in Dunster church. Thus died one of the most outstanding west country figures of www.findagrave.com

Lady Katherine Beaumont Luttrell
BIRTH 1354
DEATH 28 Aug 1435 (aged 80–81)
BURIAL
Priory Churchyard of St. George
Dunster, West Somerset District, Somerset, England
MEMORIAL ID 101213206

Daughter of Sir John Beaumont (d. 12 Mar. 1379/80) of Saunton and Sherwell, Devonshire, by Joan Crawthorne (d. 20 Feb. 1429).

Family Members
Spouse
Hugh Luttrell
1364–1428

Children
Robert Luttrell
1389–1437
John Luttrell
1394–1430the period. His career had spanned three reigns, in all of which he was prominent in different spheres.20