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Joan le Despenser

Also Known As: "Despencer", "Furnival"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ryhall, Rutland, England
Death: 1322
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser of Ryhall and Aliva Bassett, Countess of Norfolk
Wife of Sir Thomas III de Furnival, 1st Lord de Furnival
Mother of Eleanor de Mauley; Aline de Furnival; Katherine de Furnival; Thomas IV de Furnival, 2nd Baron Furnival; Maud Marmion and 1 other
Sister of Isabella le Despencer; Anne le Despenser; Philip le Despencer; Eleanor le Despencer, Lady of Oakhampton and Sir Hugh le Despenser, 1st & Last Earl of Winchester

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About Joan le Despenser

Joan le DESPENSER was born BEF 1266 in Ryhall, Rutland, England, and died 1322 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

He [Thomas de Furnivalle] married, 1stly, before January 1272/3 (at which date he was a minor), Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, of Ryhall, Rutland, Loughborough, co. Leicester, Parlington, co. York, &c., sometime justiciar of England, by Aline, daughter and heir of Sir Philip BASSET, of Wycombe, Bucks, &c., also justiciar of England. [Complete Peerage V:581-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family

She was the daughter of Hugh 1st Baron le DESPENSER , Sir and Aline BASSET , Countess of Norfolk. She married Thomas 1st Baron de FURNIVAL , Sir BEF JAN 1272/73 in 1st wife, son of Thomas de FURNIVAL , Lord of Hallamshire. He was born ABT 1260 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, and died BEF 18 APR 1332 in Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire, England.

Children

  1. Eleanor de FURNIVAL b: ABT 1285 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  2. Catherine de FURNIVAL b: ABT 1288 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  3. Thomas 2nd Baron FURNIVAL , Sir b: BEF 1292 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  4. Maud de FURNIVAL b: ABT 1293 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  5. Margaret de FURNIVAL b: ABT 1295 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England www.celtic-casimir.com

Joan LE DESPENSER
Born: Before 1266, Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England Married: Before Jan 1272-1273 Died: 1322, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestral File Number: 9FSB-HM.

General Notes: Joan, daughter of 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenser of the putative 1264 creation. [Burke's Peerage]

He [Thomas de Furnivalle] married, 1stly, before January 1272/3 (at which date he was a minor), Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, of Ryhall, Rutland, Loughborough, co. Leicester, Parlington, co. York, &c., sometime justiciar of England, by Aline, daughter and heir of Sir Philip BASSET, of Wycombe, Bucks, &c., also justiciar of England. [Complete Peerage V:581-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)

Marriage Information: Joan married Sir Thomas DE FURNIVAL 1st Baron Furnival, son of Thomas DE FURNIVAL Lord of Hallamshire and Unknown, before Jan 1272-1273. (Sir Thomas DE FURNIVAL 1st Baron Furnival was born about 1260 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England and died before 18 Apr 1332 in Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire, England.)


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Joan le Despenser's Timeline

1266
1266
Ryhall, Rutland, England
1276
1276
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
1286
1286
1290
1290
1292
1292
Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
1293
1293
Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England
1300
1300
1322
1322
Age 56
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England