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Philip (Despenser) le Despenser (bef. 1294 - 1313)

Sir Philip le Despenser formerly Despenser
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Biography

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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].
  6. 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. 7.0 7.1 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.
  • "Parentage of Philip Despenser" 2005 posts in soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup.
  • Wikipedia: Philip Despenser.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

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 is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod and appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:
Philip also appears in unbadged trails (needing more work) to the following Gateways:
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".




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DONE 11 Nov 2022

I will soon be developing this profile for the Magna Carta Project as a part of the Beckwith and Jennings trails to the Bigods.

posted by Traci Thiessen
edited by Traci Thiessen
Magna Carta Project info

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:

  • Philip le Despenser = Goushill (heiress)
    • Philip le Despenser = Cobham (desc Malet)
      • Hawise = Luttrell (of Hooton Pagnell)
        • ... to Gateways: Hamby, Welby
      • Philip le Despenser = Unknown
        • Alice = Sutton (of Dudley)
          • ... to Gateways: Abell, Abney, Covert, Crymes, Mackworth, Marshall, More, Rudyard, Washingtons, Wolseley
        • Joan = Roos (of Gedney)
          • ... to Gateway: Goddard
        • Philip le Despenser = Tibetot (co-heiress) (desc Albini, Clares, Lacy, Quincy, Ros)
          • Margery Despenser, sole heiress = (2nd) Roger Wentworth

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>

posted by [Living Horace]
edited by [Living Horace]
I've attached Alice to her parents. Thanks, RJ.

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