Elizabeth le Despencer

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Elizabeth le Despencer (unknown)

Also Known As: "Spencer", "Le Strange"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Goxhill, Lincolnshire , England
Death: before August 1401
Lincolnshire, England
Place of Burial: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Immediate Family:

Wife of Philip le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer
Mother of Alice le Despenser; Joan le Despenser; John le Despenser; Robert le Despenser and Baron Philip le Despencer, II

Occupation: Baroness
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Elizabeth le Despencer

Not a known daughter of Roger le Strange, 5th Lord Strange & Aline le Strange

Elizabeth Spencer (unconfirmed last name)

  • Birth:  1345 - Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England
  • Parents: unknown
  • Married: Philip le Despencer
  • Death:  Aug., 1401
  • Burial: Newhouse Abbey, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, England

Sir Philip le Despenser of Goxhill and Camoys Manor, 1st Lord b 18 Oct.1342, d 04 August 1401, married Elizabeth. He was the son of Philip le Despenser & Margaret Goushill.

They had the following children:

  1. Sir Philip le Despenser of Nettlestead, Goxhill and Camoys Manor, 2nd Lord, d 20 June 1424. Married Elizabeth de Tiptoft.
  2. Alice was born 1364. Married James de Ros
  3. Joan was born 1367. Married John de Sutton
  4. John was born 1369 in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England. He died after 1 Aug 1401.
  5. Robert was born 1372 in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England. He died after 1 Aug 1401.

Notes from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53684359

Elizabeth, possibly of the last name Spenser, and parents of three sons; Sir Philip, John and Robert. 

Citations

  1. Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (2005) pages 275-76 and 612, Philip le Despenser (d.1313) was the 1st husband of Margaret Goushill (d.1349). The Philip married to Joan de Cobham was their son.
  2. Philip married Joan Cobham and had at least one child, a son Philip. See: The Complete Peerage, Vol IV (1916), p. 288 (also see footnotes).

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Elizabeth le Despencer's Timeline

1345
1345
Goxhill, Lincolnshire , England
1362
1362
Parlington, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1365
1365
Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England
1367
1367
Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England
1369
1369
Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England
1372
1372
Goxhill, Lincolnshire , England
1401
August 1401
Age 56
Lincolnshire, England
1401
Age 56
Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK