ABSTRACT
Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, endured the ignominy of losing in old age the good repute which he had previously enjoyed. Two leading chroniclers of Richard’s reign bear witness to his erstwhile high reputation. Warwick appears to have been a conventionally religious layman. He was particularly interested in making benefactions to foundations at Warwick. The Beauchamp family had unique reasons for pride of ancestry. Warwick’s elder brother was named after the mythical hero and his younger brother Reynbrun after the latter’s son, also the hero of a romance. In 1389 Earl Thomas procured grants of the wardships and marriage of John Beauchamp. The Beauchamps relied particularly on the services of Warwickshire and Worcestershire families and individuals. In the Winchester parliament of January 1393, Russell impeached Lilling, who as a result of his failure to answer the accusations was sentenced to imprisonment.
