Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE, Countess of Northampton
- Born: Abt 1313, Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England
- Married (1): 27 Jun 1316, Earnwood, Kinlet, Shropshire, England
- Married (2): 1335
- Died: 8 Jun 1356, Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
- Buried: Black Friars, London, Middlesex, England
 Research Notes:
A manuscript narrating the foundation of Wigmore Abbey records that “Edmundum primogenitum”, son of “Roger comes et Johanna uxor eius”, married “Elizabetham filiam domini Bartholomei…de Badelesmere et de Ledys”. A manuscript which narrates the descents of the founders of Lanthony Abbey records the marriage of “Willielmus de Bohun”, son of “Humfredus octavus”, and “Elizabetham filiam domini Bartholomei de Badlesmere”, previously married to “domino Edmundo de Mortuomari”.
The will of "Elizabeth de Bohun Countess of Northampton", dated 31 May 1356 and made “with the leave of my husband”, chose burial “in the quire of the church of the Friars Preachers, London”, bequeathed property to “Humphrey my son...Elizabeth my daughter...my sister the Countess of Oxford...my sister Roos...Agnes Devereux, John Avenell, Richard Waldegrave”. 1
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He [Edmund de Mortimer] married, 27 June 1316, at Earnwood, in Kinlet, Elizabeth (aged 25 in 1338), 3rd daughter of Bartholomew DE BADLESMERE [LORD BADLESMERE], and sister and coheir of Giles DE BADLESMERE [LORD BADLESMERE]. He died 16 December 1331. His widow received dower in September 1332, and in 1334 obtained the castle of Bridgwater and various manors as her right by gift of Roger de Mortimer. She married, 2ndly [licence 1335], William (DE BOHUN), EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, who died in September 1360. She died June 1356. 2
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Extract from the Will of Elizabeth de Bohun Countess of Northampton, dated 31 May 1356.
I, Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton, on the last day of May 1356, with the leave of my husband, do make this my will. My body to be buried in the quire of the Church of the Friars Preachers, London; to that Church 100 marks sterling, and also the cross made of the very wood of our Saviour's Cross, which I was wont to carry about me, and wherein is contained one of the thorns of his crown ; also, I bequeath to the said Church two fair altar cloths of one suit, two of cloth of gold, one chalice, one missal, one graile and one silver bell, likewise thirty-one ells of linen cloth for making of albes one pulpitary, one portfory, and an holy water pot of silver ; to the Friars Preachers at Oxford one hundred marks, two whole vestments, with two whole copes thereto appertaining, two cloths of gold of one suit and one chalice ; to the Friars Preachers of Cambridge fifty pounds ; to those of Chelmsford twenty pounds ; to those of Exeter twenty pounds ; also I will that one hundred and fifty marks be distributed to several other convents of Friars Preachers, in such manner as Friar David de Stirington shall think best, for my soul's health ; to the Grey Friars in London five marks; to the Carmelites five marks; and to the Augustines five marks; to the Church of Rochford one pair of vestments which I used on holidays in my own Chapel ; to the Earl of Hereford my lord a tablet of gold with the form of a crucifix thereon; to Humphrey my son, a cup of silver gilt with two basons and one ewer of silver; to Elizabeth, my daughter, a bed of red worsted embroidered; to my sister, the Countess of Oxford a black horse and a nonche ; to my sister Roos a set of beads of gold and jet, with a firmaile ; to Agnes Devereux; John Avenell; Richard Waldegrave. 3
Marriage Information:
Elizabeth married Edmund II DE MORTIMER, Earl of March, son of Roger V DE MORTIMER, Earl of March, and Joan DE GENEVILLE, on 27 Jun 1316 in Earnwood, Kinlet, Shropshire, England. (Edmund II DE MORTIMER died on 16 Dec 1331 in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England.)
Marriage Information:
Elizabeth also married William DE BOHUN, son of Humphrey VIII DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford & Essex, and Elizabeth PLANTAGENET, in 1335. (William DE BOHUN was born in 1311 in Caldecot, Northill, Bedfordshire, England, died on 16 Sep 1360 in Caldecot, Northill, Bedfordshire, England and was buried in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.)
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