Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester

Detail from one of the surviving seals of Waleran de Beaumont, showing chequy proto-heraldry[1]

Waleran de Beaumont (1104–1166) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. In his early adulthood, he was a member of the conspiracy of Amaury III of Montfort; later in his career, he participated in the Anarchy and the Second Crusade. During the reign of Henry II of England, Waleran's close ties to Louis VII of France caused him to fall out of grace.

  1. ^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol. XII, Part 1, Appendix J, "The Warenne Group of Chequered Shields", pp.26–9