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Despenser, Edward le (1335/6 - 1375)

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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.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron Le Despenser

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Lands

  • London (city-county)
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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.