Sir
Edward
le Despenser
formerly Despenser
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
John (Despenser) le Despenser, Gilbert (Despenser) le Despenser, Hugh (Despenser) le Despenser, Margaret (Despenser) le Despenser, Isabel Despenser, Eleanor (Despenser) Despencer, Joan (Despenser) le Despenser, Elizabeth (Despenser) Berkeley and William (Zouche) la Zouche [half]
Husband of
Anne (Ferrers) le Despenser
— married
20 Apr 1335 in Groby (in Ratby), Leicestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edward (Despenser) le Despenser KG, Hugh (Despenser) le Despenser, Gilbert (Despencer) le Despenser, Thomas (Despencer) le Despenser and Henry (Despenser) le Despenser
Died
at about age 27
in slain at Morlaix in Brittany (France) while serving on an expedition
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Biography
Sir Edward le Despenser
b. circa 1315, d. 30 September 1342
Father Sir Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Lord le Despenser, Constable of Oldham Castle b. c 1290, d. 24 Nov 1326
Mother Alianore de Clare b. c 23 Nov 1292, d. 30 Jun 1337
Sir Edward le Despenser was born circa 1315 at of Eyworth, Bedfordshire, England.2 He married Anne de Ferrers, daughter of Sir William Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Margaret/Alice de Segrave, on 20 April 1335 at Groby in Ratby, Leicestershire, England; They had 5 sons (Sir Edward, 4th Lord le Despenser; Sir Thomas; Henry, Bishop of Norwich; Sir Hugh; & Gilbert). Sir Edward le Despenser died on 30 September 1342 at Battle of Morlaix, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France.
Family
- He married Anne de Ferrers on 20 April 1335.[1]
Children
- ◦Sir Edward le Despenser, Lord Glamorgan & Morgannwg, 4th Lord le Despenser b. c 24 Mar 1336, d. 11 Nov 1375
- ◦Sir Hugh le Despenser b. c 1338, d. 2 Mar 1374
- ◦Sir Thomas le Despenser b. c 1341, d. Feb 1381
- ◦Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich, Canon of Salisbury, Rector of Bosworth, Canon of Lincoln, Rector of Elsworth, & Archdeacon & Canon of Llandaff b. c 1343, d. 23 Aug 1406
Research Notes
Despencer-119 - a profile for Anne, attached as a daughter, needs support. Her profile shows a birth date well after Edward died (1346 and 1342, respectively) & there is no mention of a daughter named Anne in this profile.
Sources
- ↑ A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 135', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 274-292. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp274-292 [accessed 21 November 2020].
- Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 448-451
- Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. II p. 72-75.
- Marlyn Lewis.
- [S2847] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 274-278; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., p. 15; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 91; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 983.
- Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, pp 67-68, 72, 296.
- Plantagenet Ancestry, pp 268-269
- Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, pp 443-445, 448, 450-451; Vol. III, p. 152.
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Although his exact whereabouts before the execution of his father are unknown, it is believed that he was among the children living with their mother Eleanor during her imprisonment in the Tower of London (November 1326 - February 1328).[3] He was clearly too young to be seen as a threat to Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, unlike his older brother, Hugh (who was imprisoned by the two in 1327).
Marriage and children After coming into his estates in November 1334, he soon married Anne Ferrers of Groby, (sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers). They had four surviving sons:
Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1336–1375); inherited the Despenser estates from his paternal uncle Hugh.[2] Hugh le Despenser (died 1374), married Alice Hotham, had issue. Thomas le Despenser Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich Later life Like a few of his brothers, Edward served in Edward III's military campaigns. In 1342, he accompanied his older brother Hugh to mainland Europe.[3] Although they were originally heading for Gascony, they were diverted to Brest to aid King Edward's ally the Countess of Montfort in the Breton Civil War. On September 30, 1342, he and his brother's forces joined the English and helped achieve a victory against the French army at Morlaix.[3] Edward died during the Sieges of Vannes (1342).[4]
no support found for a daughter named Anne - ok to detach Despencer-119?
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