Elizabeth, 3rd Baroness Burghersh

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Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

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Edward married Elizabeth de Burghersh, daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh. They had the following children:

Thomas, who succeeded his father to the barony.

Hugh

Cicely

Elizabeth, who married firstly John Arundel, and then Hugh, Lord Zouch

Anne, who married firstly to Hugh Hastings, and then Thomas, Lord Morley

Margaret, who married Robert, Lord Ferrers of Chartley.

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Father was Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knight of the Garter, d. 1369 and Mother was Cecily de Wayland, daughter of Sir Richard de Weyland.

Elizabeth was aged 27 at her father's death. In her will, she called herself Elizabeth de Burghersh, Dame le Despenser. She survived her husband by over 30 years, but evidently never remarried.

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Elizabeth Despencer (née Burghersh), Baroness le Despencer (ca. 1342 – August, 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland. She married Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer they had six children.

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Elizabeth Despencer (née Burghersh), Baroness le Despencer (ca. 1342 – August, 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland. She married Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer they had six children.

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Elizabeth Despencer, 3rd Baroness Burghersh (ca. 1342 – August 1402) was an English noblewoman born to Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh and Cicely Weyland. She married Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and they had six children. Upon the death of her father, she inherited the title of Baroness Burghersh.www.celtic-casimir.com

Elizabeth DE BURGHERSH  	Born: 1342, Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England  	Married: Before 2 Aug 1354, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England  	Died: 26 Jul 1409  	Buried: Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestral File Number: 9GT4-B4.

Marriage Information: Elizabeth married Edward II LE DESPENSER 4th Lord Despencer, K.G., son of Sir Edward I LE DESPENSER and Anne DE FERRERS, before 2 Aug 1354 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England. (Edward II LE DESPENSER 4th Lord Despencer, K.G. was born on 24 Mar 1335-1336 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England, christened on 24 Mar 1335-1336 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England, died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales and was buried in Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.)

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Elizabeth Burghersh Despenser Birth 1342 Herefordshire, England Death 26 Jul 1409 (aged 66–67) England Burial Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England Memorial ID 63443294

Daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh and Cecily Weyland, granddaughter of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun, Sir Richard de Weyland and his wife, Joan.

Wife of Sir Edward le Despenser, son of Sir Edward le Despenser and Anne de Ferrers. They were married before 02 August 1354 and had three sons and four daughters:

• Hugh
• Edward
• Sir Thomas, 5th Lord Despenser
• Cecily
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Arundel
• Margaret, wife of Sir Robert Ferrers
• Anne, wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings

After the death of her husband in 1375, Elizabeth sold her manors of Heyrtesbury, Colerne and Stert, Wiltshire to Thomas Hungerford.

The American Genealogist, Volume 84, No. 3, July 2010, Page 204: Elizabeth Burgersh married Edward le Despenser before August 2, 1354; child Elizabeth. Elizabeth died July 26, 1409, buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

Family Members Parents

Bartholomew de Burghersh 1323–1369 Spouse

Edward le Despenser 1336–1375 Children

Elizabeth Despenser Zouche unknown–1408

Anne le Despenser Morley unknown–1426

Margaret le Despenser Ferrers 1365–1415

Thomas Le Despencer