Arms of Henry De Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan - The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel - St. John's, Isle of Man
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A framed picture of the arms of Henry De Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan, are displayed inside the The Royal Chapel in the village of St. John's.
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Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 01/24/2021
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A framed picture of the arms of Henry De Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan, are displayed inside the The Royal Chapel in the village of St. John's.
This is one of a series of pictures which hang on the walls of The Royal Chapel which depict the arms of the successive Lords of Man, and the successive Lieutenant Governors from the Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765.
Source: 'The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel - A brief history and guide' (copies of which are available inside the Church).
On this picture below the representation of the arms is the following description:
'ARMS OF HENRY DE BEAUMONT
1310 & 1312-1313The dates shown being before the purchase of the Island by the British Crown indicate that Henry de Beaumpont was Lord of Man twice, for the fisrt time in 1310 and then from 1312 to 1313.
On Wikipedia it is noted that Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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