Philip le Despenser

Philip le Despenser
Bornc. 1290
Died24 September 1313
Noble familyle Despenser
SpouseMargaret de Goushill
Issue
  • Philip Despenser
  • Hawise Despenser
Father Hugh le Despenser
MotherIsabella de Beauchamp

Sir Philip Despenser (c. 1290 – 24 September 1313) of Goxhill, Lincolnshire was the son of Hugh Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his wife, Isabella de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn.[1][2] He married Margaret de Goushill, daughter of Ralph De Gousille and his wife Hawise Fitzwarine. Philip was brother to Hugh Despenser the Younger, a favorite of King Edward II.

They were parents to:

  • Sir Philip Despenser (6 April 1313 – 23 April 1349)[1][3] who was father to:

References

  1. 1 2 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 149, 159, 228, 274, 459, 463. Google eBook
  2. ↑ Complete Peerage of England (1890) lists Philip as the 4th son of Hugh Despencer; Vol. 3, p. 96 and p. 91.
  3. 1 2 Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall. Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700, Genealogical Publishing Com, Dec 31, 2004. pg 181-2. Google eBook