Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester

Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, KB (c. 1394 – c. 18 March 1421/1422) was an English peer.

William Beauchamp was the fourth son of the Earl of Warwick, and he had purchased the marcher lordship of Bergavenny from the Hastings family shortly before it died out in the male line.

There were certainly political dimensions as both families had been involved in the Lords Appellant and were also major landowners in the West Midlands and the Welsh Marches.

Due to a conveyance executed by his parents and their lawyers, a few years before his father's death, the Bergavenny entail was temporarily broken.

During her widowhood (1411–1435), Richard's mother Joan enjoyed ownership of the lordship, castle, manor, town, appurtenances and attached lands, acquired an armed, liveried following and actively sought to expand her holdings.

Arms of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (died 1422): Gules, a fesse between six crosses crosslet or a crescent sable for difference . These are the Beauchamp arms differenced by a crescent for a second son, to distinguish them from those of the senior line, the Earls of Warwick [ 1 ]