Section NY: Descendants of Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester

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Generation One

1. HUGH1 LE DESPENCER, EARL OF WINCHESTER was born between 1232 and 1278, and died on 27 Oct. 1326[3]. He married (EE-15) ISABEL (DE BEAUCHAMP) DE CHAWORTH of Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, daughter of (EE-10) William, 9th Earl of Warwick and (AAW-6) Maud (FITZ JOHN), who was born about 1236 of Warwick, and died between 30 March 1306 and 30 July 1306 of Elmley Castle. [17]
Child:
+2i.BARON HUGH2 LE DESPENCER, b. in Oct. 1292; d. on 29 Nov. 1326 in Herefordshire, England; m. after 14 June 1306 (Q-112) ALIANORE DE CLARE, b. in Oct. 1292, d. on 30 June 1337, daughter of (Q-107) Sir Gilbert and (RV-45) Joan "of Acre" (ENGLAND).

Generation Two

2. BARON HUGH2 LE DESPENCER (Hugh1), son of (1) Hugh1, Earl of Winchester and (EE-15) Isabel (de BEAUCHAMP) (DE CHAWORTH), was born in Oct. 1292, and died on 29 Nov. 1326 in Herefordshire. He married after 14 June 1306, (Q-112) ALIANORE DE CLARE, daughter of (Q-107) Sir Gilbert and (RV-45) Joan "of Acre" (ENGLAND), who was born in Oct. 1292, and died on 30 June 1337. [7, 13, 16, 19, 27]
Knight, executed at Hereford (DoC)
Children:
+3i.ISABEL3 LE DESPENCER, b. about 1312[2, 14]; d. about 1370[14]; m. on 9 FEB 1320/1[2] (QJ-8) RICHARD II "COPPED HAT" FITZ ALAN, 9TH EARL OF ARUNDEL of Arundel, Sussex, England, b. of Arundel in 1306[2, 6], d. on 24 JAN 1375/6[2, 18], son of (QJ-6) Edmund, 9th Earl of Arundel and (RV-43) Alice (de WARENNE).
+4ii.ELIZABETH DESPENCER, b. about 1327; d. on 13 July 1389[3]; m. (H-13) MAURICE DE BERKELEY, d. on 3 June 1368[3], son of (H-11) Thomas "the Rich", 3rd Lord Berkeley and (AED-17) Margaret (de MORTIMER).
+5iii.SIR EDWARD LE DESPENCER, b. about 1315; d. on 30 Sept. 1342[3]; m. on 20 April 1335[3] in Groby, Leicestershire, England[3] (QC-27) ANNE DE FERRERS, d. on 8 Aug. 1337[3], daughter of (QC-22) Sir William and Ellen (_____).

Generation Three

3. ISABEL3 LE DESPENCER (Hugh2, Hugh1), daughter of (2) Baron Hugh2 and (Q-112) Alianore (de CLARE), was born in 1306[2, 14], and died between 1362 and 1382[14]. She married on 9 FEB 1320/1[2], (QJ-8) RICHARD II "COPPED HAT" FITZ ALAN, 9TH EARL OF ARUNDEL of Arundel, son of (QJ-6) Edmund, 9th Earl of Arundel and (RV-43) Alice (de WARENNE), who was born in 1306[2, 6] of Arundel, and died on 24 JAN 1375/6[2, 18]. [2, 11, 12, 15, 21, 24, 29]
Children: See (QJ-8) Richard II "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN, 9th Earl of Arundel
4. ELIZABETH3 DESPENCER (Hugh2, Hugh1), daughter of (2) Baron Hugh2 and (Q-112) Alianore (de CLARE), was born between 1306 and 1327, and died on 13 July 1389[3]. She married (H-13) MAURICE DE BERKELEY, son of (H-11) Thomas "the Rich", 3rd Lord Berkeley and (AED-17) Margaret (de MORTIMER), who died on 3 June 1368[3]. [5, 20]
Child: See (H-13) Maurice de BERKELEY
5. SIR EDWARD3 LE DESPENCER (Hugh2, Hugh1), son of (2) Baron Hugh2 and (Q-112) Alianore (de CLARE), was born between 1306 and 1321, and died on 30 Sept. 1342[3]. He married in Groby[3], on 20 April 1335[3], (QC-27) ANNE DE FERRERS, daughter of (QC-22) Sir William and Ellen (_____), who died on 8 Aug. 1337[3]. [8, 13, 17, 28]
Child:
+6i.SIR EDWARD4 LE DESPENCER, b. about 24 March 1336[3]; d. on 11 Nov. 1375[3]; m. in 1364[3] (IJ-4) ELIZABETH DE BURGHERSH, b. in 1342[3], d. between 26 May 1409 and 26 Sept. 1409[3], daughter of (IJ-3) Bartholomew and Cicely (de WEYLAND) DE BURGHERSH.

Generation Four

6. SIR EDWARD4 LE DESPENCER (Edward3, Hugh2, Hugh1), son of (5) Sir Edward3 and (QC-27) Anne (de FERRERS), was born about 24 March 1336[3], and died on 11 Nov. 1375[3]. He married in 1364[3], (IJ-4) ELIZABETH DE BURGHERSH, daughter of (IJ-3) Bartholomew and Cicely (de WEYLAND) DE BURGHERSH, who was born in 1342[3], and died between 26 May 1409 and 26 Sept. 1409[3]. [9, 22]
Children:
+7i.ELIZABETH5 LE DESPENCER, b. about 1365/6; d. on 11 April 1408[1]; m. before 1385[1, 25] (QJ-19) JOHN DE ARUNDEL, b. on 30 Nov. 1364[1, 4], d. on 14 Aug. 1390[1, 4], son of (QJ-12) John, Marshal of England and (ABH-4) Eleanor (MALTRAVERS).
+8ii.MARGARET LE DESPENCER, b. about 1370; d. on 3 Nov. 1415[23]; m. (QC-32) ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH LORD FERRERS OF CHARTLEY of Chartley, Staffordshire, England, b. of Chartley[23] on 31 Oct. 1357[23], d. on 12 March 1413[23], son of (QC-29) John and (ANG-5) Elizabeth (de STAFFORD) DE FERRERS.

Generation Five

7. ELIZABETH5 LE DESPENCER (Edward4, Edward3, Hugh2, Hugh1), daughter of (6) Sir Edward4 and (IJ-4) Elizabeth (de BURGHERSH), was born between 1355/6 and 1371, and died on 11 April 1408[1]. She married before 1385[1, 25], (QJ-19) JOHN DE ARUNDEL, son of (QJ-12) John, Marshal of England and (ABH-4) Eleanor (MALTRAVERS), who was born on 30 Nov. 1364[1, 4], died on 14 Aug. 1390[1, 4], and was buried in Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England[1]. [10, 26]
Child: See (QJ-19) John de ARUNDEL
8. MARGARET5 LE DESPENCER (Edward4, Edward3, Hugh2, Hugh1), daughter of (6) Sir Edward4 and (IJ-4) Elizabeth (de BURGHERSH), was born between 1355/6 and 1376, and died on 3 Nov. 1415[23]. She married (QC-32) ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH LORD FERRERS OF CHARTLEY of Chartley, son of (QC-29) John and (ANG-5) Elizabeth (de STAFFORD) DE FERRERS, who was born on 31 Oct. 1357[23] of Chartley[23], and died on 12 March 1413[23].
Child: See (QC-32) Robert FERRERS, 5th Lord Ferrers of Chartley


1. David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), BROWNE 10.
2. Ibid., CERGEAUX 10.
3. Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
4. Ibid., (21-32).
5. Ibid., (39-32+).
6. Ibid., (60-32).
7. Ibid., (74-32).
8. Ibid., (74-33).
9. Ibid., (74-34).
10. Ibid., (74-35).
11. Ibid., (8-31).
12. von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1941), 137, 257.
13. J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 118.
14. Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), 27.
15. Ibid., 27, 132.
16. Ibid., 27, 132, 307.
17. Ibid., 307.
18. Frederick Lewis Weis, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
19. Ibid., (14-6).
20. Ibid., (28B-8).
21. Ibid., (34-6, 35-6).
22. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), 171.
23. Ibid., 309.
24. Ibid., 317.
25. Ibid., 42.
26. Ibid., 42, 555.
27. Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 231, 233, 236, etc..
28. Ibid., 231, 277.
29. Ibid., 233, 236, 242, 287.