Walter Beauchamp (died 1 January 1430) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between March and May 1416.^[1]

He was probably the second son of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick, Worcestershire. He entered into the service of Henry IV and became an esquire in the royal household. It is likely that he fought for the king at Shrewsbury in 1403 and campaigned in the north against Archbishop Scrope and the earl of Northumberland in 1405. In 1415 he served as a ‘king's knight’ in the royal army in France, as part of the retinue of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.

In 1416 he entered parliament as Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire and was elected Speaker.

In 1417 he served in France again and was at Rouen after its capture in 1419. He remained in Normandy for two years, also becoming treasurer of the royal household and treasurer at war, becoming one of the executors of Henry V's will in June 1421. Shortly afterwards he passed into the service of Queen Catherine, as steward of her household. He was also selected as one of the commoners to assist in the protection of the young Henry VI.

He died in 1430 and was buried at Steeple Lavington (now Market Lavington) church, Wiltshire. He had married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir John Roches of Bromham, Wiltshire; they had two sons, William and Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Hereford and of Salisbury.

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