Isabel (Beauchamp) le Despenser (abt. 1270 - bef. 1306)

Born about 1270 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 30 May 1306 before about age 36 in England

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Biography

Isabel de Beauchamp was the daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl Warwick, 6th Baron Beauchamp and Maud FitzJohn.^[1][2] Her birth date is uncertain. Her parents married before 1270^[3][4] and an estimate of about 1270 may not be unreasonable.

Isabel married twice. her first husband was Patrick de Chaworth.^[1][2] They had one child:

• Maud, who married Henry of Lancaster^[1][2]

Patrick de Chaworth died a little before 7 July 1283.^[1][2][5]

Between 10 September 1285 an 27 January 1287 (when they were fined 2000 marks, afterwards remitted,^[5] for marrying without licence), Isabel married Hugh le Despenser.^[1][2][5] They had six children:

• Sir Hugh, 2nd Lord Despenser, favorite of Edward II, who was executed 4 Nov 1326, shortly after his father^[1][2][5]
• Sir Philip, husband of Margaret de Goushill^[1][2]
• Aline, wife of Sir Edward, Lord Burnell^[1][2]
• Isabel, wife of Gilbert de Clare, of Sir John, 1st Lord Hastings, and of Sir Ralph, 1st Lord Monthermer^[1][2]
• Margaret, wife of Sir John, 2nd Lord St. Amand^[1][2]
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Ralph, Lord Camoys^[1][2]

Isabel died shortly before 30 May 1306.^[1][2][5]

Research Notes

Douglas Richardson and other sources show her husbands as (1) Patrick de Chaworth and (2) Hugh le Despenser. Lacking source citations, husbands Henry Lovet and William Blount (and his children) were detached from this profile. Also detached was Thomas Despencer-155 (now Despenser-41). Hugh & Isabel did not have a son named Thomas. Noland-165 20:33, 30 April 2015 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, pp. 64-67, DESPENSER 5, Google Books (only part of entry viewable at 25 August 2021)
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 440-443, DESPENSER 10
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 134, BEAUCHAMP 4, Google Books
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 285, BEAUCHAMP 9
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} G E Cokayne. The Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. IV, St Catherine Press, 1916, pp. 265-267 (in entry for Isabel's 2nd husband Hugh le Despenser), Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree’s source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree’s source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Cokayne, G E. The Complete peerage, revised edition, Vol. IV, St Catherine press, 1916, pp. 265-266 (in entry for Isabel's 2nd husband Hugh le Despenser), Internet Archive
• Weis, Frederick Lewis (with additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr. and William R Beall). The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, 5th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999, p. 3, line 4.5
• Wikipedia:Isabella de Beauchamp
• Wikipedia:Hugh Despenser the Elder

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Isabel de Beauchamp is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod and is found in trails badged by the Magna Carta project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Alsop Gateways (Elizabeth, George, and Timothy): badged in 2015, re-reviewed July 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Mary Bourchier: trail was badged in 2019 and is set out HERE.
• Edward Bromfield (MCA I:331-333 BROMFIELD): badged July 2021. See trail HERE.
• Nathaniel Burrough (MCA I:375-376 BURROUGH): trail badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Claypoole Gateways (James, Edward and Norton): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trail HERE.
• William Clopton: badged 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Saint Leger Codd (MCA III:481-484 SAINT LEGER): trail badged 2019. See trail HERE.
• Coytemore Gateways (Elizabeth and Thomas): badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Anne Derehaugh (MCA II:62-63 DEREHAUGH): trail badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Edward Digges: badged in 2020. See the trail HERE.
• William Farrar (MCA II:141-142 FARRER): trail badged Nov 2022. This trail is set out HERE.
• Harleston Gateways (John and Elizabeth) (MCA II:355-363 HARLESTON): badged 24 Aug 2021. See the trail HERE.
• Warham Horsmanden: badged May 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Anne Humphrey: badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trails HERE (see also West trail).
• Henry Isham: trail badged Nov 2022. See trail HERE.
• Edmund Jennings: badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Kempe Gateways (Richard, Edward, Edmund and Matthew) (MCA II:468-470 KEMPE): badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• Nathaniel Littleton: badged in December 2017. See the trail HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged, re-reviewed in February 2024. See the trail HERE.
• Richard More: badged trail can be seen HERE.
• Richard Palgrave: trail was badged 19 March 2021 and can be seen HERE.
• Herbert Pelham: badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trails HERE (see also West trail).
• Alexander Spotswood: badged in 2015 and needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Jemima Waldegrave (MCA I:354-355 BURES): trail badged Nov 2022. See the trail HERE.
• West Gateways (Thomas, Francis, John, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trail HERE.

Isabel also appears in unbadged trails (need further work) to the following Gateways:

• Blakiston Gateways (Nehemiah and George): needs development. See the trail HERE.
• Olive Welby: trail needs further development. See the trail HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".