Background
Anne de Beauchamp was born at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire). However, this was contested by her three older half-sisters, children of her father"s first marriage to Elizabeth, heir of Berkeley.
Anne de Beauchamp was born at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire). However, this was contested by her three older half-sisters, children of her father"s first marriage to Elizabeth, heir of Berkeley.
Anne Beauchamp was the mother of Anne Neville, Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Richard III. She became the wife of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick. One of these, Lady Eleanor, was married to Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (killed at the First Battle of Street Albans in 1455). The litigation over the Warwick inheritance only fueled the enmity between this branch of the Nevilles and the Beauforts who were closely related.
Anne Beauchamp"s husband, Richard, was the grandson of Lady Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, sister of the Duke"s late father.
Richard Neville succeeded in keeping the Warwick and Despencer estates intact. She was in sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey in 1486 when she petitioned Henry VII for the return of her estate.
She recovered a small portion, but only on condition that she broke the entail and remit the bulk of them to Henry VII."The "Warwick and Spencer lands", her own patrimony became part of the crown estate.".