Edward Le Despenser II

• Preferred Name: Edward Le Despenser II^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Edward Despenser
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 11 NOV 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorgan, Wales at LATI: N1.4636 LONG: E3.4417 with note: Corrected place
  
• Occupation: Member of Parliament1357
  
• Birth: 24 MAR 1336 in Essendine, Rutland, England at LATI: N2.7013 LONG: E0.4526
  
• Burial: AFT 11 NOV 1375 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
  
• FSID: LZ2W-NR3
  
• Title (Nobility): 1357 with note: Description: 1st Baron Despenser
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Poitiers19 SEP 1356 in Poitiers, Vienne, France at LATI: N6.5833 LONG: E0.3333
  
• Title (Nobility): 1357 with note: Description: Baron Despenser
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1357 in England with note: Description: He became 1st Lord Despenser (Baron Despenser) when he was summoned to Parliament
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Edward Despencer, 1st Baron Despencer, KG (also called le Despenser) c. 24 March 1335 or 1336 – 11 November 1375; was the son of another Edward Despenser and Anne Ferrers, sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.
  
  Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France and was present at the Battle of Poitiers. In recognition of his conduct in the French wars, he was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1357. At the same time, he also became a Knight of the Garter.
  
  He was a friend and patron of Jean Froissart[1] and the eldest brother of Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.
  
  There is a statue of him on the top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey, renowned as the "KNEELING KNIGHT".
  
  Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh, daughter of Bartholomew Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh.
  They had the following children:
  - Margaret Despencer (died 3 November 1415), married Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
  - Elizabeth Despenser (died 10 or 11 April 1408) married
  (1) John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel (30 November 1364 – 14 August 1390)
  (2) William Zouche, 3rd Baron Zouche
  - Thomas Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1400), married Constance of York
  - Hugh Despencer
  - Cicely Despencer
  - Anne Despencer (died 30 October 1426) married (1) Hugh de Hastings and (2) Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_le_Despencer%2C_1st_Baron_le_Despencer
  
  Warwick Castle
  During the Second Barons' War of 1264–67, William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick, was a supporter of King Henry III. The castle was taken in a surprise attack by the forces of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl
  
  Life Scetch
  Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG (also called Despenser) (c. 24 March 1335 or 1336 – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne Ferrers, sister of Henry, Lor
  
  === b. Sir Edward Despencer was a Knight of ===
  b. Sir Edward Despencer was a Knight of the Garter. r. Sir Edward Despenser, K.G., b. ca. 24 Mar. 1335/6, d. 11 Nov. 1375; m. 1384, Elizabeth de Burghersh (70-35), d. ca. 28 Jul. 1409. ["60 Colonists" by Weis, line 74-34.]
  
  === !Records of Annis and Chad Flake; Eng Am ===
  !Records of Annis and Chad Flake; Eng Am Vol4, p 317-18; Eng Pub AC Viz of Kent Vo 12; Lives of the Queens of eng. vol p 277, 297; complete Peerage Vol 5 p 702-12; 374-5; ancestral lines by Melvin E. Jone, p 147, 265-6, 37; Adventure in Research AFB 113-5; Magna Carta Vol 5, 1672-73; dict or Nat biog Vol 10 378-82 vol29, 389-97; Ruts 3 p 19;
  
  === !SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Ce ===
  !SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists p. 62. 4th Lord Despenser, of Glamorgan and Morgannwg, Wales. He accompanied the Prince of Wales to Gascony in September 1335. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Dec 1357. He was with the King in the invasion of France, October 1359 to 1360.
  
  === !Lord of Glamorgan ===
  !Lord of Glamorgan
  
  === PA1 Clare 9 Edward le Despenser Knight, ===
  PA1 Clare 9 Edward le Despenser Knight, K.G. 4th Lord Despenser of Glamorgan and Morgannwg, Wales, son and heir was born at Essendine, Rutland, about 24 Mar. 1335/6 and was nephew and heir of Hugh le Despenser. He was married before 2 Aug. 1354 to Elizabeth de Burghersh, dau and heiress of Bartholomew de Burghersh of Ewyas Lacy, co. Herefore, Stert and Colerne, Co. Wilts. 4th Lord Burghersh by his first wife Cecliy, daughter of Richard de Weyland, Knight. She was born in 1342 (age 27 at her father's death). He accompanied the Prince of Wales to Gascony in Sep. 1355. He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Dec. 1357 by writs directed Edwardo le Despenser, whereby he is held to have become Lord le Despenser. He was with the King in the invasion of France, Oct. 1359 to 1360. Edward le Despenser, lord of Glowmorg died testate age 39 at Llanbethian, Co. Galmborgan on 11 Nov. 1375. Elizabeth de Burghersh, Dame le Despenser died testate about 26 Jul 1409. There were buried at Tewkesbury Abbey. MCS4 14-8 Sir Edward Despenser K.G. b. Essendine 24 Mar. 1335/6 d. Llanbethian 11 Nov 1375 m. bef. Dec. 1364 Elizabeth de Burghersh d. 26 July 1409.
  
  === !Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charle ===
  !Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants Page 118
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Despenser,_1st_Baron_Despenser ===
  
  Burke, Sir Bernard. "Despencer-Barons Despencer, Earl of Gloucester." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962. (p. 167).
  Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. (pp. 173–4) googlebooks Retrieved May 26, 2008
  
  === Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despen ===
  Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG (also called Despenser) (c. 24 March 1335 or 1336 – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne, the sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349.
  
  Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France, and was present at the Battle of Poitiers. In recognition of his conduct in the French wars, he was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1357. At the same time, he also became a Knight of the Garter.
  
  Lord of the Manor of Tewkesbury, is remembered today chiefly for the effigy on his tomb, which shows him in full color kneeling on top of the canopy of his chantry, facing toward the high altar.
  
  === Knight of the Garter aft. 3/24/1360/1. ===
  Knight of the Garter aft. 3/24/1360/1.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.45, 50, 52; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.2 ===
  Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.274-278
  
  === Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
  Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 13-9 p. 15.

• m. BEF 2 AUG 1354 in England

1. Margaret le Despenser, b. ABT 1365 in Essendine, Rutland, England     d. 3 NOV 1415 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
2. Elizabeth Despenser, b. ABT 1367 in England     d. 11 APR 1408

1. Title: Famous Kin
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2. Title: Appendix I of "Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia: 1610-11"
   Note: Although the book is compiled by Vina Chandler Price, Appendix I was included at the request of Mrs. Margaret Scruggs Carruth, and was researched by Miss Kett and by Mr. H. E. Forrest (after the death of Miss Kett, which took before 1930). Both Miss Kett and Mr. Forrest were reputed to be professional genealogists. Mr Forrest is also referred to as the "Antiquarian Editor" of the Shrewsbury Chronicle I looked H. E. Forrest online and found that he is also the editor of the following books: --"Shrewsbury Burgess Roll", published in 1924 by the Shrewsbury and Shropshire Archaeological and Parish Register Society --"The old Churches of Shrewsbury: Their History, Architecture and Associations", published in 1920 by Shrewsbury, Wilding & Son --"Some Old Shropshire Houses and their Owners: Braggington (with a plate), Dinthill, Whitley, & Play-Y-Court", published in 1915 by Shropshire Archaeological & Natural History Society. Margaret Scruggs Carruth is a charter member of "Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede". She served as Registrar when it was first organized, and is listed as member #22. To be eligible for membership, a person must descend from one or more of the Barons of Runnemede. The Barons forced King John to agree to the Magna Carta, a charter constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges. Mrs. Scruggs claims eligibility for membership through John Price who supposedly descended from eleven of the Barons. Appendix I provides two different lineages. One is from Robert Fitzwalter (who was one of the Barons of Runnemede) to John Price (born 1584-5), and the titular character of this book. The 2nd is from Elystan Glodrydd app Cyhelin ap Ifor (933-1010) (who was Prince of Ferlllys and founder of the Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales) back to the same John Price.
   Page: On pg. 517 (13th Gen), Edward Lord de Spencer is identified as the husband of Elizabeth de Burghersh (daughter of Bartholmew de Burghersh); and the father of Margaret de Spencer.
   
3. Title: Geni - Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer
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4. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
   Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 337
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5. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Elizabeth, late the wife of Hugh le Despenser, le Spenser or le Spensers, formerly wife of Giles de Badelesmere
   Author: A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 145', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 414-420. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp414-420 [accessed 19 January 2020].
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   Note: 523. ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH LE DESPENSER, LE SPENSER or LE SPENSERS, FORMERLY WIFE OF GILES DE BADELESMERE. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III [1359]. SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Craule, 13 June, 33 Edward III. Rotherfeld. The manor with a parcel called ‘Erugge’ annexed thereto and a hundred held there twice a year, held for life of the inheritance of Edward le Despenser, son of Edward le Despenser, brother of the aforesaid Hugh, by gift of Edmund de Grymesby and William de Osberston by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees. She died on 1 June last. Edward le Despenser, son of Edward le Despenser, brother of the aforesaid Hugh, aged 22 years and more, is kinsman and heir of the said Hugh and the premises belong to him after the death of the said Elizabeth. She held no other lands in the county of the inheritance of the aforesaid Edward, as they understand. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. BERKS. Inq. made at Farndon, 1 July, 33 Edward III. Stanford. The manor (extent given) held for life by the said Elizabeth, having been given to her, Hugh her late husband and his heirs by Edmund de Grymmesby and William Dosberston by fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. John the Baptist, 18 Edward III, of the duke of Lancaster by service of one knight’s fee. She held no other lands in the county. She died on 30 May last. Edward le Despenser, son of Edward le Despenser, brother of the aforesaid Hugh, aged 22 years and more, is kinsman and heir of the same Hugh. SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Andevere, 15 June, 33 Edward III. Asshelegh. The manor (extent given), including rents in Little Sombourne, and works of customers with ‘chirchette,’ held for life as above by gift of the same Edmund and William, of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz. keeping the forest of Little Bere by Winchester. Upsombourn. Two carucates, containing 300a. land, similarly held. She held no other lands in the county. Date of death and heir as in the last inquisition. WILTS. Inq. made at Malmesbury, 18 June, 33 Edward III. Sherston. The manor (extent given), including 2 watermills which cannot grind in summer, and 180a. wood, held for life as above, by gift of the same, of the king in chief by knight’s service. Date of death and heir as in the last inquisition. OXFORD. Inq. made at Boreford, 2 July, 33 Edward III. Shipton and Boreford. The manors (extents given), including at Boreford a market, and a fair on the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, held for life as above by gift of the same, of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees. She held no other lands in the county. Date of death and heir as in the last inquisition. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. WORCESTER. Inq. taken at Hanleigh, 13 June, 33 Edward III. Hanleigh. The manor (extent given), including a castle, a close between Blakemor and Hanleigh, a new park with deer, a wood of 50a. called ‘Clifhey,’ the park of Blakemor, a chace called ‘Malverne,’ and 8qr. oats yearly paid by the townships of Colewell and Mathun for common in the same chace; held for life in dower by assignment of the king of the inheritance of Edward le Despenser, son of Edward le Despenser, kinsman and heir of Hugh her late husband. Marteleye. The manor (extent given), including 12 1/2a. meadow worth 18s. 9d., when they can be mown by flooding of the water called ‘Temede,’ and 35l. yearly rents of tenants by ancient demesne, held of the king in chief by knight’s service, by gift of William de Osbirston and Edmund de Grymesby, to her and Hugh her late husband and his heirs. She died on 30 May last. The aforesaid Edward le Despenser, aged 23 years and more, is heir to these lands and tenements. The heir of her blood is not known. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Teukesbury, 12 June, 33 Edward III. Teukesbury. The manor (extent given), including a chief messuage with garden, vineyards, and stews, messuages held by the chaplain of Asshchurch and Walter le Bruggewright, 16s. from la More, a fishery in the Severn (Sabrina) with a boat and in the Avon (Abona), burgesses holding 114 3/4 burgages, who pay customs called ‘sustale’ and ‘stallage,’ customers who owe a custom called ‘benerth’ and carry the lord’s salt from Wych to Teukesbury; held in dower of the king in chief by knight’s service of the inheritance of Edward le Despenser, as in the last inquisition. MARCH OF WALES [now GLAMORGAN]. Lamblethian. The castle and manor (extent given), including the barton of the castle, two watermills, a windmill and a fulling mill, held in dower of the king in chief by knight’s service as above. Talvan. The castle situate in a park, manor and country (extent given), similarly held. Kenefeg. The castle and manor (extent given), including 144 burgages in the borough of Kenefeg, similarly held. Tripharlth (?). The country (extent given), similarly held. Ruthyn. The country (extent given), similarly held. Neeth. The castle, town and manor with the hamlets of Kilthibebilth and Britton (extent given), including prisage of ale and market tolls in the town, and 5 corn mills and fisheries in Glyneth water &c., and a ferry at Britton, similarly held. Radur. The manor, similarly held. Date of death and heir as in the last inquisition. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. LONDON. Inq. taken before John Lovekyn, mayor, 5 July, 33 Edward III. St. Katherine Coleman parish. A tenement with shops and garden held in dower by endowment of Giles de Badlesmere, her former husband, of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city, and paying a yearly quit rent of 47s. 4d. to the prior of Holy Trinity, London. She held no other lands in fee in the city. She died on 31 May in the 33rd year. The reversion of the aforesaid tenement was assigned to Elizabeth, late the wife of the earl of Northampton, sister and one of the heirs of the aforesaid Giles, in her pourparty. She is dead and her son and heir is Roger de Mortuo Mari, now earl of March, aged 30 years and more. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. OXFORD. Inq. taken at Fynmer, Saturday, 21 June, 33 Edward III. Fynmer. Two parts of the manor (extent given), including two parts of a court and garden, a park and a watermill, held for life in dower of the king (service not specified). She died on 30 May in the 33rd year. Heir, Roger de Mortuo Mari as above, of full age. Writ, 2 June, 33 Edward III. SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Craule, 13 June, 33 Edward III. Drayton. The manor held in dower after the death of Giles de Badlesmere, of John de Somery and Nicholaa his wife by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee, of the inheritance of Roger de Mortuo Mari, son and heir of Elizabeth, countess of Northampton, as above, to whom the reversion belongs after the countess’s death. She held no other lands in the county of the said inheritance. She died on 1 June last. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. KENT. Inq. taken at Derteford, 8 June, 33 Edward III. Erehith. The manor held in dower as above after the death of Giles de Batillesmere, of the king in chief as of his castle of Dover by service of two knights’ fees. She died on the last day of May last. Heir, Roger de Mortuo Mari, as above. The heir of her blood is not known. KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury, 17 June, 33 Edward III. Rydelyngwelde and Cherleton. The manors held in dower as above of the king in chief, Rydelyngwelde by service of finding an armed man for guarding the sea (super wardam maris) there, and Cherleton as parcel of the barony of Chylham, service not known, of the inheritance of Maud de Ver, countess of Oxford, sister and one of the heirs of the aforesaid Giles, married to John de Ver, earl of Oxford, to whom the reversions belong as part of her pourparty. She died 1 June last year. The heir of her blood is not known. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Craule, 13 June, 33 Edward III. Laghton. The manor, and the hundred of Scheplake, except 200a. wood in Waldern, parcel of the manor of Laghton, held in dower after the death of Giles de Badlesmere, as above, of the king in chief as of the honour of Laigle by service of doing suit at the court of Rype every three weeks. The manor and hundred belong to Maud [de Vere], as above, who is 30 years of age and more. She held no other lands in the county of the inheritance of the said Maud. The 200a. above excepted are of the inheritance of Thomas de Roos, son and heir of Margery de Roos, sister and one of the heirs of Giles de Badillesmere. The said Elizabeth died on 1 June last year. The heir of her blood is not known. SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Crauley, 13 June, 33 Edward III. Bourn and Heghyngton. The manors (extents given) held in dower as above, of the king in chief, Bourn by service of one knight’s fee and Heghyngton by service not known; and after the death of the said Elizabeth the manors belong to Thomas de Roos, son and heir of Margery de Roos, sister and one of the heirs of Giles de Badelesmere, by fine levied in the king’s court between William de Roos of Hamelak, knight, deceased, brother of the aforesaid Thomas, querent, and Thomas de Arundel and Margery his wife, mother of the same Thomas, deforciants. [She held 200a. wood in Waldern, parcel of the manor of Laghton, of the inheritance of Thomas de Roos aforesaid.] She held no other lands &c. in the county. The said Elizabeth died on 30 May last. Her heir is not known. Writ, 1 June, 33 Edward III. BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Preston, Monday the feast of St. John the Baptist, 33 Edward III. Preston. Two parts of the manor held of the king in chief by service of paying 4s. yearly for ward of the castle of Rouchester. She died at Asshelee [Ashley] on 20 May, 33 Edward III [1359]. Thomas de Roos, knight, aged 23 years, is her heir.
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6. Title: Edward le Despenser, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-KNPW : 10 September 2021), Edward le Despenser, ; Burial, Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England, Tewkesbury Abbey; citing record ID 16441301, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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