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From: John Carmi Parsons <>
Subject: Re: John Beaufort's parents
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:05:54 -0500 (EST)


According to the Armitage Robinson (Robertson?) biography of John of Gaunt,
Blanche was not Katherine's daughter by Swynford, but Gaunt's OOW child by one
of Queen Philippa's damsels. The mother's name is known but escapes my memory
at the moment; possibly Marie de St-Hilaire, but that might also have been HER
mother's name (both her parents are known).

The date usually given for John Beaufort's birth is ca 1372. If Katherine's
first husband died late in 1371, John could still have been conceived in said
husband's lifetime. But in fact we don't know exact dates or even years of
birth for any of the four children Katherine and Gaunt produced.

John Parsons

On 9 Mar 1999, Dcrdcr4 wrote:

> Hi Brynjulf:
>
> John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, son of John of Gaunt, was born circa 1371
> (being aged 21 in 1392). According to King Richard III, he was "gotten in
> double adultery," that is, both of his parents were married to other parties at
> the time of his conception and apparently also his birth. His mother,
> Katherine de Roet's husband, Sir Hugh Swinford, died overseas in November,
> 1371. By her Swinford marriage, she had a son, Sir Thomas Swinford, born circa
> 1368, and a daughter, Blanche, who married Sir Thomas Morieux.
>
> Does anyone know any Swinford or Morieux descendants?
>
> All for now. As ever, Douglas Richardson
>
>
>
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