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Anne (Ferrers) le Despenser (bef. 1317 - 1367)

Anne le Despenser formerly Ferrers aka de Ferrers
Born before in Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 20 Apr 1335 in Groby (in Ratby), Leicestershire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 50 in Englandmap
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Biography

Anne de Ferrers[1]

Anne, daughter of William de Ferrers and his first wife, the daughter of John de Segrave, was born before January 1317 (her father, William, remarried before 19 January 1316/7).[2] Her father was Lord Ferrers of Groby, and on 20 April 1335 she married Edward le Despenser "at Groby (in Ratby), Leicestershire".[1][3] It is likely that she was born there also.
Anne and Edward le Despenser had five sons:[1]
Anne died a widow (Edward having been slain in battle in 1342) on 8 August 1367.[1]

Research Notes

A profile for a daughter, Anne (born c1346), was detached, since Edward died in 1342 and no support is given for the relationship in either her profile or this one.

Mother's Given Name: Richardson shows Anne's mother as "[?Margaret/?Alice], daughter of John de Segrave, Knt., 2nd Lord Segrave" in Magna Carta Ancestry.[1] In Royal Ancestry, he drops Alice, but keeps the question mark in front of Margaret.[6]

Death Location: "Groby, Leicestershire" removed from datafield for death place. She probably died at Burley: "In the following year [1365] she settled half the manor of Burley, Rutland on herself for life, with remainder to her son, Sir Thomas le Despenser."[1]

Magna Carta trails

Anne is listed in Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry as a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy and ancestor of many Gateway Ancestors.[2] She is not, though, included in Magna Carta trails from Gateways to Surety Barons that the Magna Carta Project has either badged or identified as on its agenda for development.

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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), volume II, page 72-75 DESPENSER 7.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), II:295-6 GROBY 5.
  3. 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].
  4. Susan Higginbotham. "Edward le Despenser" (accessed 27 May 2020).
  5. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), II:75-76 DESPENSER 8.
  6. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013), volume II, pages 448-451 DESPENSER 12; III:153 GROBY 9.

Acknowledgements

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I have replaced the Magna Carta Project section with a self-explanatory research note, and am removing the Project from profile management.
posted by Michael Cayley
I have been unable to confirm that Anne was a Lady Companion of the Garter & intend to remove that category. If you have a source, please post it! Thanks, Liz
The category page includes a link to Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time... by George Frederick Beltz. I could not find her as Ferrers or Despenser in that book.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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