Beaupre Hall

Beaupre Hall
country house
Beaupre Hall, Outwell, Norfolk,
Country	England
State	Norfolk
Region	East of England
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Municipality	Outwell
Coordinates	52°37′02″N 0°14′00″E / 52.61720°N 0.23343°E / 52.61720; 0.23343Coordinates: 52°37′02″N 0°14′00″E / 52.61720°N 0.23343°E / 52.61720; 0.23343
Style	Medieval, Turreted Gate house
Material	stone and slate roof
Founded	Built around 1500 enlarged until 1740, Demolished 1966
Map Ref: TF513045

Beaupré Hall was a large 16th-century house mainly of brick, which was built by the Beaupres in Outwell, Norfolk, England and enlarged by their successors the Bells.Like many of Britains's country houses it was demolished in the mid-20th century.

The history of the Hall begins with its family origins, a Norman from St. Omer who dwelled and, according to Christopher Hussey "christened his domain with gallic grace, among the dull-sounding names of the danes."

The knight of St. Omer accompanied William the Conqueror's invasion of England; he "appears in the Roll of Battle Abbey, and his descendants lived here in their place of Beaupré."

Several other noted members of the St. Omer family are Sir Hugh de St. Omer and John de St. Omer, who according to the chronographer Matthew Paris, were known to have 'penned a counterblast' to a monk of Peterborough who had lampooned the people of Norfolk during the reign of King John; which elevated them to literary fame.

A Sir Thomas de St. Omer was keeper of the wardrobe to King Henry III. The Arms of his son a (fess between six cross-crosslets) appear on a monument that was formerly in the church at Mulbarton, Norfolk. Christian, his daughter and only heir, married John, the great-great-grandson of one Synulph, who lived during the reign of King Henry II, and had issue: John dicte quoque Beaupré, who lived during the reign of King Edward II, and married Katherine, daughter of Osbert Mountfort. Their son Thomas Beaupré would be raised by his grandmother Christian (last of the St. Omer's) after the death of both of his parents. Thomas was knighted by King Edward III, and married Joan Holbeache, and died during the reign of King Richard II. Generations later the Hall was in possession of Edmonde Beaupré, Esq. After his death in 1567 leaving no male heirs, the hall succeeded to Sir Robert Bell, by virtue of marriage to Edmonde's daughter Dorothie in 1559; whereby his Beaupré line became extinct.