Philip le Despenser, Knt., was the younger son of Hugh le Despenser, Knt., Earl of Winchester, and Isabel de Beauchamp.[1][2][3][4] His birthdate is unknown, but he was a minor when his father gave him the manors of Parlington, Yorkshire and Alkborough, Lincolnshire by letters patent dated 12 June 1294.[3][5] His place of birth is also unknown.
Philip married Margaret de Goushill (born 1294), daughter and heiress of Ralph de Goushill and his wife Hawise, daughter of Fulk FitzWarin.[1] They were married some time before 29 June 1308, when livery of her late father's lands was given to the couple.[6] Through Margaret's inheritance, Philip held lands in Goxhill and Gedney, Lincolnshire and others.[1][7] The couple had one son:
Philip, Knt., born 6 April 1313, died August 1349, married Joan de Cobham and had issue[1]
Philip died on or before 24 September 1313,[1] the date of the writ for his Inquistion Post Mortem. His heir was his son Philip,[7] who was an infant.
His widow married second by April 1314 to John de Roos (or Ros), Knt., of Watton, Norfolk. They had no issue. Margaret died 29 July 1349.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. IV. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 214-215, NETTLESTEAD 11.
↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, pp. 233-233, NETTLESTEAD 6. Google Books.
↑ 3.03.1 G.E. Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV: Dacre - Dysart, 2nd ed. London, 1916, pp. 288-290. Archive.org.
↑ John Gage. History & Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred. London: John Deck, 1838, pp. 4, 7-8 (cites a Placita coram Rege, Term. S. Hill. 8 Edward II. [Year: 1315], Rot. 77, naming Philip le Despenser as "filio ipsius Hugonis" (son of Hugh le Despenser). Google Books.
↑ The National Archives. Discovery. E 42/63: Letters patent of Hugh le Despenser, knight, appointing Richard de Louctheburg, rector of the same church [sic] as guardian of Philip his son, a minor, to receive seisin of the manors of Parlington and Alkborough (Hauctebarg): [Yorks, W.R], [Linc.]. Date: 22 Edward I [Year: 1294].
↑Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244–1326, Vol. I. 1927, p. 275. HathiTrust: "Mandate, as Philip le Despenser, who married Margaret daughter and heiress of Ralph de Goushull..."
↑ 7.07.1 J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 34', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Vol. 5, Edward II. London: 1908, pp. 262-275. British History Online. #472.
Cokayne, G.E. and H.A. Doubleday et. al, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VI: Gordon to Hurstpierpoint, 2nd ed. London: 1926, pp. 42-3, note (e). FamilySearch.
This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project on 11 November 2022 by Thiessen-117 and reviewed for the Project the same day by Michael Cayley.
Philip also appears in unbadged trails (needing more work) to the following Gateways:
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".
Philip le Despenser (I) of Goxhill founded a cadet branch of the famous Despenser family. Through his mother, he was a descendant of Charlemagne, Rollo, Brian Boru, and the Magna Carta Sureties Roger and Hugh le Bigod:
Roger Bigod MCSB = Ida de Toeni
Hugh Bigod MCSB = Maud Marshal
Isabel Bigod = John FitzGeoffrey
Maud FitzJohn = William de Beauchamp
Isabel de Beauchamp = (2nd) Hugh le Despenser the elder
Philip le Despenser = Goushill (heiress)
His descendants include George Washington and the Mayflower child Richard More:
I will soon be developing this profile for the Magna Carta Project as a part of the Beckwith and Jennings trails to the Bigods.
edited by Traci Thiessen
Philip le Despenser (I) of Goxhill founded a cadet branch of the famous Despenser family. Through his mother, he was a descendant of Charlemagne, Rollo, Brian Boru, and the Magna Carta Sureties Roger and Hugh le Bigod:
His descendants include George Washington and the Mayflower child Richard More:
No trails are badged yet.
(The lists of Gateways are compiled by me and need checking against MCA 2011 NETTLESTEAD Vol. 4 p. 233-4 footnotes)
<s>(Alice is not currently connected to her parents)</s>
edited by [Living Horace]