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- Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser, Constable of Gloucester Castle, Constable of St. Briavel's Castle, Warden of the Forest of Dean, Knight of the Passion of Jesus Christ.[1]
He succeeded his father in 1375 as Lord Despenser.[2]
He was created Earl of Gloucester September 29, 1397.[1]
He was 6th Baron Le Despencer[citation needed] and Lord of Glamorgan & Morgannoc.[citation needed]
Birth
Thomas le Despenser was the third son of Edward le Despenser and his wife Elizabeth (Burghersh), but first surviving son and heir. He was born September 22, 1373[1] at Essendine, Rutland, England.
Family
Parents
Father: Edward le Despenser, K.G., 4th Lord le Despenser..., born at Essendine, Rutland about 24 March 1335/6, was son and heir of Edward le Despenser by his wife Anne Ferrers. Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh before August 2, 1354.[1]
Mother: Elizabeth de Burghersh, born in 1342, was the daughter and heiress of Bartholomew de Burghersh, K.G., 4th Lord Burghersh, by his first wife, Cecily, daughter of Richard de Weyland, Knt.[1]
Edward and Elizabeth (de Burghersh) had three sons, Edward, Hugh, and Thomas, K.G., [5th Lord le Despenser], and four daughters, Cecily, Elizabeth, Anne, and Margaret.[1][3]
Marriage
Thomas Despencer married Constance York "shortly before November 7, 1379 (recorded date of gift for their marriage)".[1][4][5]
Wife: Constance, born about 1374, was the daughter of Edmund of Langley, K.G., Duke of York (5th son of King Edward III of England), by Isabel, younger daughter and co-heiress of Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile and León.[1]
Children
Thomas and Constance[6] had one son and two daughters[1] (and two additional sons who died young[2]):
Edward ( -young)[2]
Richard le Despenser, son and heir (b Nov. 30, 1396), m Eleanor Neville[1]
Hugh ( -1401)[2]
Elizabeth[1] "([1398]-young...bur Cardiff St Mary)"[2]
Isabel le Despenser (July 26, 1400-1439) m (1) Richard Beauchamp, K.B., Earl of Worcester and (2) Richard Beauchamp, K.G., K.B., Earl of Warwick[1]
Death
Sir Thomas le Despenser took part in the Epiphany Rising, a rebellion aimed at restoring Richard II; this quickly failed, and he was attainted. He was captured by a mob and beheaded at Bristol on 13 January 1400.[7]
On 13 January 1399/1400, he was beheaded by a mob in Bristol for his role in the Epiphany Rising, a plot against Henry IV of England.[7]
Sir Thomas le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, 5th Lord le Despenser, was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. His widow died Nov. 28, 1416 and was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire.[1]
Sources
ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. II page 453-5
ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. V page 449
? 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12
Source: #MCA1, Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011)
? 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 #Medieval_Lands
? #Medieval_Lands also lists a daughter Philippa, quoting the July 4, 1409 will of "Elizabeth de Burghersh Lady Despenser ... Philippa, my daughter...
? "after April 16, 1378 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England"
? #Medieval_Lands has "16 Apr 1378/7 Nov 1389"
? Constance also had an illegitimate daughter, Eleanor Holand, by Edmund Holand, K.G., 4th Earl of Kent
? 7.0 7.1 Wikipedia: Epiphany Rising
MCA1: Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), pp 75-76 #8 Edward le Despenser, K.G., 4th Lord le Despenser, lord of Glamorgan and Morganwg, Wales; #9 Thomas le Despenser, K.G., 5th Lord le Despenser
Peck, Francis. Academia Tertia Anglicana (Bettenham, London, 1727) Page 29
Beltz, George. Memorials of the Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 332-4
Wikipedia:Thomas_le_Despenser,_1st_Earl_of_Gloucester
Knights of the Garter (Heraldica list)
Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: 921Q-V2
Thomas le Despencer, Medieval_Lands:
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