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 1336 - 1375 (39 years)
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| Name |
Edward le Despenser |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 1st Baron le Despencer |
| Birth |
24 Mar 1336 |
Essendine, Rutlandshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Nov 1375 |
Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] |
| Person ID |
I45532 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Family |
Elizabeth de Burghersh, b. ~ 1342, Burghersh, Rutlandshire, England d. 0___ 1409 (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef December 1364 [1, 2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Anne Despenser, b. ~ 1360, Essendine, Rutland, England d. 0Oct 1426 (Age ~ 66 years) |
| | 2. Sir Thomas le Despenser, Knight, 1st Earl of Gloucester, b. 22 Sep 1373, Essendine, Rutland, England d. 13 Jan 1400, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 26 years) |
| | 3. Margaret le Despenser, b. ~ 1360 d. 3 Nov 1415 (Age ~ 55 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16613 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Biography
Edward le Despenser, K.G., 4th Lord le Despenser, lord of Glamorgan and Morganwg, Wales..., born at Essendine, Rutland about 24 March 1335/6, was son and heir of Edward le Despenser by his wife Anne Ferrers. Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh before August 2, 1354.[1]
King Edward I was his great-great-grandfather (through his paternal grandmother, Eleanor de Clare).[2]
Family
Parents
Father: Sir Edward le Despenser[3] (born c 1315, d. 30 Sep 1342), son of Sir Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Lord le Despenser, by his wife Alianore (Eleanor) de Clare
Mother: Anne de Ferrers[4] (born c 1315, died 8 August 1367), daughter of William de Ferrers and Ellen Margaret Segrave
Wife
Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh before 2 August 1354. She was born before July 26, 1347.[5]
Elizabeth was the daughter and heiress of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, 4th Lord Burghersh, Justiciar of Chester, Steward & Constable of Wallingford & St. Valery, by his first wife Cicely de Weyland[6] (Cecily de Weland) of Blaxhall and Cockfield, Suffolk.[5]
Children
Edward and Elizabeth had 3 sons and [5[7]] daughters:[8]
Edward (died at age 12[9]
Hugh
Cecily[10]
Elizabeth (d. 10 Apr 1408), wife of Sir John, 2nd Lord Arundel, & of Sir William, 3rd Lord Zouche
Anne (d. Oct 1426), wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings, & of Sir Thomas, 4th Lord Morley
Margaret (b. c 1366, d. 3 Nov 1415), wife of Sir Robert Ferrers
Philippa (d. after after 4 Jul 1409)[5]
Thomas (b. 22 Sep 1373, d. 16 Jan 1400), 1st Earl Gloucester, 5th Lord Despenser, Constable of Gloucester & St. Briavel's Castle
Note: order of children from #Medieval Lands: sons Edward, Hugh, then four daughters, then Philippa; Thomas was last child:
"The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names “Cecilia…Elizabeth…Annam…et Margaretam” as the four daughters of “Edwardus…secundus, filius…Edwardi” and his wife, born after their two older brothers"[11]
"The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names “Thomam le Despencer et comitem Gloucestriµ” as the last child of “Edwardus…secundus, filius…Edwardi” and his wife"[11]
Death
Sir Edward le Despenser died 11 November 1375.[12] at Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales and was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.[13]
(Royal Ancestry) Sir Edward le Despenser. 4th Lord le Despenser, died at Llanblethian, Glamorgan (Wales) 11 Nov. 1375.
(Wikipedia) The monument (tomb) of Edward Lord Despenser at Tewkesbury Abbey: He was Lord of the Manor of Tewkesbury, and remembered today chiefly for the effigy on his monument, which shows him in full color kneeling on top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel canopy facing toward the high altar. His chantry is an intact stone-cage chapel of St. Mary and Holy Trinity on the south side of the presbytery: 1390/1440. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_le_Despencer,_1st_Baron_le_Despenser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury_Abbey http://www.findagrave.com Sir Edward le Despencer (1136-1375)
The will of "Edward Lord Despenser Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannock", dated 6 Nov 1375, chose burial "in the abbey of Tewksbury", bequeathed property to "Elizabeth my wife...Ralf de Ferrers my uncle...John d´Odingsells".[11]
Edward's widow died July 26, 1409.[5]
The will of "Elizabeth de Burghersh Lady Despenser", dated 4 Jul 1409, chose burial "in the church of Our Lady at Tewksbury betwixt my...husband Edward Lord Despenser and my son Thomas le Despenser", bequeathed property to "the Lady Morley my daughter...the Lady Margaret Ferrers my daughter...Philippa my daughter...Elizabeth daughter to the aforesaid Margaret".[11]
Sources
Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 451-453
MCA: Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011)
Vol 2, pp 75-76 #8 Edward le Despenser, K.G., 4th Lord le Despenser, lord of Glamorgan and Morganwg, Wales; #9 Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser.
Knights of the Garter (Heraldica list)
Wikipedia: Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
Marlyn Lewis.
Medieval Lands:
Medieval Lands: Edward Despencer
Medieval Lands-son: Thomas le Despencer [4]
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