Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer

"Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, KG (also called Despenser) (c. 24 March 1335 or 1336 – 11 November 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despenser and Anne, the sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He succeeded as Lord of Glamorgan in 1349."

Origins

In Medlands (retrieved 18 April 2022):

ANNE de Ferrers (-8 Aug 1367). (daughter of WILLIAM de Ferrers of Groby.). The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records that “Edwardus…primus, frater Hugonis tertii” married “Anna filia domini de Ferrers”[436]. m (Groby 20 Apr 1335) EDWARD Le Despencer, son of HUGH Le Despencer Lord Le Despencer & his wife Eleanor de Clare of the Earls of Gloucester (-killed in battle Morlaix 30 Sep 1342). Edward & his wife had four children:

1. EDWARD (Essendine 24 Mar 1336-Llanblethian, co. Glamorgan 11 Nov 1375, bur Tewkesbury Abbey). The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names “Edwardum secundum, Thomam, Henricum, et Gilbertum secundum” as children of “Edwardus…primus, frater Hugonis tertii” and his wife “Anna filia domini de Ferrers”, adding in a later passage that “Edwardus secundus” died “in Cambria apud Lanblethian in die sancti Martini 1375” and was buried at Tewkesbury abbey[184]. .. m (before 2 Aug 1354) ELIZABETH Burghersh, daughter and heiress of BARTHOLOMEW Burghersh Lord Burghersh & his first wife Cecily de Weland of Blaxhall and Cockfield, Suffolk (before 1347-26 Jul 1409, bur Tewkesbury Abbey). …

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_le_Despencer,_1st_Baron_le_Desp...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16441301

http://www.halhed.com/t4r/getperson.php?personID=I2391&tree=tree1

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I3312&tree=E...

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I216966&tree...

http://thepeerage.com/p11650.htm#i116500