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The name of father and son, who both held the Manor of
Ryme (modern
Ryme Intrinseca)
in north-west Dorset
during the latter 13th and early
14th centuries.
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The Norman Latinised form of de Beauchamp was
de Bello Campo.
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Sir Humphrey senior obtained a licence from
King Edward I
to appoint a chaplain to celebrate divine service in
Ryme and build a free chapel
"within the court" of the Manor House. He built the
chancel of the
parish church dedicated to
Saint Hippolytus of Rome there. His son, of the same name, built the nave of the
church
shortly afterwards.
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It is likely that at least some of the materials used in the building of the
church would have been the local
Ham Hill stone from the quarries at
Stoke-under-Hamdon where Sir Humphrey had family connections.
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PARISH CHURCH OF St HIPPOLYTUS, Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset
RYME INTRINSECA, Dorset
BENJAMIN JESTY
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