As the sole heir of her brother Richard, Baron Burghersh, Isabel le Despenser succeeded him in 1414 as suo jure Lady Burghersh.[5]
Isabel married twice, to cousins of the same name.
Her first husband was Richard de Beauchamp, K.G., 2nd Lord Abergavenny, Earl of Worcester (created February 1420/1). They married in or before 1415[6] and had one daughter
Richard, Earl of Warwick, married Isabel, widow of his cousin Richard, Earl of Worcester, on 26 November 1423 at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire.[5][10] They had two children:[10]
The baroness, styled countess of Warwick in her will, died at Friars Minoresses in London, and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey which received 100 marks from her will[12] and was where her father had been buried in 1399/1400.[4]
In her will, dated 1 December 1439 and proved 4 February 1439/40,[5] "Dame Isabell, Countesse of Warrewyk... requested to be buried in Tewkesbury Abby. She desired her statue to be made naked, with Mary Magdalen, St. John, and St. Anthony near and poor men and women about her tomb. She bequests her head jewels to Tewkesbury and gifts to the shrines of Tewkesbury, Caversham, Walsingham, Wo'ster etc. Other jewels to be sold for the purposes of the will. Gifts of brooches and money to legatees. Tewkesbury to be endowed with 100M."[13]
Sources
↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, volume I, pages 146-150 BEAUCHAMP 8.
↑ J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 151-203', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 50-64. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol20/pp50-64 [accessed 21 November 2020].
↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume II, page 453 DESPENSER 13.i., 14.
↑ Furnivall, Frederick J. The Fifty Earliest English Wills. London. Page 116[8]
Furnivall, Frederick J. The Fifty Earliest English Wills. London. Page 116[9]
Furnivall, F.J. (1882). "Countess of Warwick, 1439." The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London: A.D. 1387-1439, with a Priest's of 1454. Early English Text Society, 78, pp. 116-119. Google Books.(see: Space:Early English Text Society)
Lewis, M. (2013, August 28). "Isabel le Despenser," (citing Richardson; CP:II). ORTNCA. Web.(see: Richardson, D. (2013). Royal Ancestry, I, pp. 319)
Richardson, D. (2011).Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., pp. 76-78. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Salt Lake City, UT. Google Books.(see: "9. Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser," I, p. 166.[10], BERGAVENNY 8.)
Richardson, D. (2013). Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
Thanks to contributors. Special thanks to Michelle Brooks for straightening out the families of these two Richards.
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Medieval Land Project has Isabel married to two Richard Beauchamps but lists the fathers as either "Henry" or "Thomas" Beauchamp. Otherwise it all tracks. Did William Beauchamp go by more than one name?
Thanks. There is a mistake in Medlands (by no means the only mistake in Medlands) about her first husband. If you click on the links in her Medlands entry to her husbands, you will find the correct information about who they are:
thanks. The 26th had a citation to Richardson's 2011 Magna Carta Ancestry but his Royal Ancestry - published 2013 - has the 27th. I removed the top-of-profile text that had the older info.
Also, I just noticed, in the Stats section, her father’s death date is listed as d. Jan 1300/1400. I believe that should be 1399/1400, unless it’s a different interpretation of the dual year in January than I’ve seen.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 335 BERKELEY 8a.
Child of Thomas Berkeley, Knt., by Margaret Lisle:
Elizabeth Berkeley, married Richard Beauchamp, KG.K.B.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 297 BEAUCHAMP 13.
Richard Beauchamp, married (1st) Sept. 1392 but before 5 October 1397 Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, by Margaret, daughter of Warin de Lisle. She was born about 1386-7. They had three daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Elizabeth. He married (2nd) 26 Nov. 1423 Isabel Le Despenser, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one son, Henry (or Harry), and one daughter, Anne.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 319 BERGAVENNY 13.
Richard Beauchamp, born about 1397. He married Isabel Le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Thank you!
On 5 May 2013 at 21:52 GMT J Pictet wrote:
Warning: she married two cousins with identical names.
I removed the style around the mention of Warwick's children with his first wife, it made it really hard to read. Also probably not according to style guidelines.
I think the CLN for both hubbies should be Worcester and Warwick. Some may recognize the order of the bath v.s. garter to separate them, but I doubt regular traffic will.
I deleted 1439 as the "marriage end date" for her second marriage, which isn't really relevant as she didn't marry a 3rd time or have more kids & died the same year as her husband. It also displayed as "married November 26, 1423 to 1439 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire"... Since 1439 isn't needed, I think "married November 26, 1423 in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire" looks better).
I replaced marriage date for 2nd marriage in the datafield with date (and place) given for the marriage by Richardson (see text). The date that had been there was "after December 28, 1422." Was that a contract date or dispensation date?
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#IsabelDespencerdied1439
- her first husband is shown on Medlands as Richard Beauchamp, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#RichardAbergavennydied1422, Earl of Worcester and Lord Abergavenny, son of William, as on his WikiTree profile
- her second husband is Richard Beauchamp, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#RichardWarwickdied1439, Earl of Warwick, d, 1439, shown on Medlands as son of Thomas, again as on his WikiTree profile.
I am afraid Medlands always needs to be treated with a degree of caution.
edited by Michael Cayley
Child of Thomas Berkeley, Knt., by Margaret Lisle:
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 297 BEAUCHAMP 13.
Richard Beauchamp, married (1st) Sept. 1392 but before 5 October 1397 Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, by Margaret, daughter of Warin de Lisle. She was born about 1386-7. They had three daughters, Margaret, Eleanor, and Elizabeth. He married (2nd) 26 Nov. 1423 Isabel Le Despenser, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one son, Henry (or Harry), and one daughter, Anne.
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). Vol., I, page 319 BERGAVENNY 13.
Richard Beauchamp, born about 1397. He married Isabel Le Despenser, daughter of Thomas le Despenser, by Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, (5th son of King Edward III of England). They had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Thank you!
Warning: she married two cousins with identical names.