The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. I.
by
The Duchess of Cleveland.

Prepared by Michael A. Linton
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Beaupere : Beaupre, or Beaupreaux, from Anjou. This family bore Argent, on a bend Azure a pellet between two 'cross crosslets Or; and was seated in Norfolk from the time of the Conquest. Beaupre Hall, in the parish of Outwell, which took its name from them, was brought to John de Beaupre, "whose ancestors had considerable possessions in these townships," in the thirteenth century by Christiana de St. Omer. Edmund Beaupre, the last heir male, who received a grant of West Dereham Abbey in 1553, died in 1567.

In Cornwall the Beaupres are mentioned as land-owners in 1323, but became extinct in the course of that century. The heiress married Trevanion.—Lysons. They are also found in Shropshire. Beaupre's Chantry in Ludlow Church, was founded by Peter Beaupre; and "one Oliver Beaupre presented thereto in 1518."—Eyton's Shropshire. Beaupre Castle, near Cowbridge, "the ancient and favourite seat of the Sitsylt family," was so named from the Welsh Maes Essylt, of which it is a translation.