Despenser, Edward le (1335/6 - 1375)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 3
Properties - 2
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1336-03-24
Death Date: 1375-11-11

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Burghersh, Elizabeth de (1342 - 1409)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

4th Baron Le Despenser

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1355-09
    Vacated 1375-11-11
  • 4th Baron Le Despenser
    Assumed 1357-12-15
    Vacated 1375-11-11
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1361
    Vacated 1375-11-11

Lands

  • London (city-county)
  • Sussex

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1365-1366 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Despenser's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Despenser's Entertainers Despenser, Edward le (1336 - 1375) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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)