Despenser, Isabel le (1400 - 1439)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Other Last Names

Beauchamp

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1400-07-26
Death Date: 1439-12-27

Siblings

Male

Despenser, Richard le (1396 - 1414)

Female

Despenser, Elizabeth ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beauchamp, Richard (1397 - 1421/2)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1411-7-27
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Beauchamp, Richard de (1381/2 - 1439)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1423-11-26
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Beauchamp, Richard de (1381/2 - 1439)

  1. Male offspring: Beauchamp, Henry de (1425 - 1446) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Anne de (1426 - 1492) (patron)

From Beauchamp, Richard (1397 - 1421/2)

  1. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Elizabeth (1415 - 1448) (patron)

Primary Title

Lady Bergavenny
7th Baroness Burghersh

Titles

  • Lady Bergavenny
    Assumed 1411-07-27 (date of 1st marriage)
    Vacated 1423-11-26 (date of 2nd marriage)
  • 7th Baroness Burghersh
    Assumed By 1414-04-16
  • Countess of Worcester
    Assumed 1420/1-02 (date 1st husband created to the earldom)
    Vacated 1439-12-27
  • Countess of Warwick
    Assumed 1423-11-26 (date of 2nd marriage)
    Vacated 1439-12-27

General Lands Note

Sister and heir of Richard le Despenser (d by 16 April 1414)

Details of Properties

Residence

  • London (city-county)
    A residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1423-03-26
    Divested: 1439-12-27
  • Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
    A residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1423-03-26
    Divested: 1439-12-27
  • Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
    Residence after 2nd marriage
    Acquired: 1423-03-26
    Divested: 1439-12-27
  • Elmley Castle, Worcestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Family residence; inherited from brother Richard
    Acquired: By 1411-04-16
    Divested: 1439-12-27

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1427-1428 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s
Performance 1421-1421 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley , Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels
Performance 1421-1421 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley , Gloucestershire Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrel/s Despenser, Isabel le (1400 - 1439) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lady de Bergavenny's Minstrels Despenser, Isabel le (1400 - 1439) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Elmley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)