Brief Life History of Joan
When Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland was born on 29 January 1375, in Beaufort-en-Vallée, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France, her father, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was 34 and her mother, Katherine de Roët, Duchess of Lancaster, was 26. She married Sir Robert Ferrers in 1391, in Beaufort-en-Vallée, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 13 November 1440, in Howden, Yorkshire, England, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Documents identity, birth, and death of Joan Beaufort [no link or image]
- Joan Beaufort Neville, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joan Beaufort in entry for Edward, Sir Neville, "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898"
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1382 · Wycliffe's Bible
John Wycliffe, English theologian and professor at the University of Oxford, completed a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into Middle English. This translation is known as Wycliffe's Bible and was completed around 1382.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English (originally French) Beaufort . It is found mainly among African Americans. Compare Bluford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#JoanBeaufortdied1440 as of 7/13/2016 JOAN Beaufort ([1379]-Howden, Yorkshire 13 Nov 1440, bur Lincoln Cathedral). A late 1 …
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