Section NN: 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^[1]. He married (EG-15) ISABEL DE BEAUCHAMP of Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, daughter of (EG-10) William, 9th Earl of Warwick and (ZY-6) Maud (FITZ JOHN), who was born about 1236, and died about 30 May 1306 of Elmley Castle. ^[14]
Child:

+ 2 i. BARON HUGH² LE DESPENCER, b. in Oct. 1292; d. on 29 Nov. 1326 in Herefordshire, England; m. after 14 June 1306 (O-31) ALIANORE DE CLARE, b. in Oct. 1292, d. on 30 June 1337, daughter of (O-27) Sir Gilbert and (RH-45) Joan "of Acre" (ENGLAND).

Generation Two

2. BARON HUGH² LE DESPENCER (Hugh¹), son of (1) Hugh¹, Earl of Winchester and (EG-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, (O-31) ALIANORE DE CLARE, daughter of (O-27) Sir Gilbert and (RH-45) Joan "of Acre" (ENGLAND), who was born in Oct. 1292, and died on 30 June 1337. ^{[4, 16, 13, 10, 24]}
Knight, executed at Hereford (DoC)
Children:

+ 3 i. ISABEL³ LE DESPENCER, b. about 1312; d. about 1372; m. on 9 Feb. 1320/1 (PW-8) RICHARD II "COPPED HAT" FITZ ALAN, 9TH EARL OF ARUNDEL of Arundel, Sussex, England, b. about 1313, d. on 24 Jan. 1375/6^[15], son of (PW-6) Edmund, 9th Earl of Arundel and (RH-43) Alice (de WARENNE).

+ 4 ii. ELIZABETH DESPENCER, d. on 13 July 1389; m. (I-13) MAURICE DE BERKELEY, d. on 3 June 1368^[1], son of (I-11) Thomas "the Rich", 3rd Lord Berkeley and (ADF-17) Margaret (de MORTIMER).

+ 5 iii. SIR EDWARD LE DESPENCER, d. on 30 Sept. 1342; m. on 20 April 1335 in Groby, Leicestershire, England (PP-27) ANNE DE FERRERS, d. on 8 Aug. 1337^[1], daughter of (PP-22) Sir William and Ellen (_____).

Generation Three

3. ISABEL³ LE DESPENCER (Hugh², Hugh¹), daughter of (2) Baron Hugh² and (O-31) Alianore (de CLARE), was born about 1312^[11], and died between 1362 and 1382^[11]. She married on 9 Feb. 1320/1, (PW-8) RICHARD II "COPPED HAT" FITZ ALAN, 9TH EARL OF ARUNDEL of Arundel, son of (PW-6) Edmund, 9th Earl of Arundel and (RH-43) Alice (de WARENNE), who was born about 1313, and died on 24 Jan. 1375/6^[15]. ^{[8, 18, 9, 12, 26, 21]}
Children: See (PW-8) Richard II "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN, 9th Earl of Arundel

4. ELIZABETH³ DESPENCER (Hugh², Hugh¹), daughter of (2) Baron Hugh² and (O-31) Alianore (de CLARE), was born between 1306 and 1327, and died on 13 July 1389^[1]. She married (I-13) MAURICE DE BERKELEY, son of (I-11) Thomas "the Rich", 3rd Lord Berkeley and (ADF-17) Margaret (de MORTIMER), who died on 3 June 1368^[1]. ^{[3, 17]}
Child: See (I-13) Maurice de BERKELEY

5. SIR EDWARD³ LE DESPENCER (Hugh², Hugh¹), son of (2) Baron Hugh² and (O-31) Alianore (de CLARE), was born between 1306 and 1321, and died on 30 Sept. 1342^[1]. He married in Groby, on 20 April 1335, (PP-27) ANNE DE FERRERS^[1], daughter of (PP-22) Sir William and Ellen (_____), who died on 8 Aug. 1337^[1]. ^{[5, 14, 10, 25]}
Child:

+ 6 i. SIR EDWARD⁴ LE DESPENCER, b. about 24 March 1335/6; d. on 11 Nov. 1375; m. in 1364 (II-4) ELIZABETH DE BURGHERSH, b. in 1342^[1], d. about 26 July 1409^[1], daughter of (II-3) Bartholomew and Cicely (de WEYLAND) DE BURGHERSH.

Generation Four

6. SIR EDWARD⁴ LE DESPENCER (Edward³, Hugh², Hugh¹), son of (5) Sir Edward³ and (PP-27) Anne (de FERRERS), was born about 24 March 1335/6^[1], and died on 11 Nov. 1375^[1]. He married in 1364, (II-4) ELIZABETH DE BURGHERSH^[1], daughter of (II-3) Bartholomew and Cicely (de WEYLAND) DE BURGHERSH, who was born in 1342^[1], and died about 26 July 1409^[1]. ^{[6, 19]}
Children:

+ 7 i. ELIZABETH⁵ LE DESPENCER, d. about 10 April 1408; m. before 1385 (PW-19) JOHN DE ARUNDEL, b. on 30 Nov. 1364^[2], d. on 14 Aug. 1390^[2], son of (PW-12) John, Marshal of England and (AAJ-4) Eleanor (MALTRAVERS).

+ 8 ii. MARGARET LE DESPENCER, d. on 3 Nov. 1415; m. (PP-32) ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH LORD FERRERS OF CHARTLEY of Chartley, Staffordshire, England, b. on 31 Oct. 1357^[20], d. on 12 March 1412/3^[20], son of (PP-29) John and (ALW-5) Elizabeth (de STAFFORD) DE FERRERS.

Generation Five

7. ELIZABETH⁵ LE DESPENCER (Edward⁴, Edward³, Hugh², Hugh¹), daughter of (6) Sir Edward⁴ and (II-4) Elizabeth (de BURGHERSH), was born between 1356 and 1371, and died between 10 Feb. 1408 and 10 June 1408^[22]. She married before 1385, (PW-19) JOHN DE ARUNDEL^[22], son of (PW-12) John, Marshal of England and (AAJ-4) Eleanor (MALTRAVERS), who was born on 30 Nov. 1364^[2], and died on 14 Aug. 1390^[2]. ^{[23, 7]}
Child: See (PW-19) John de ARUNDEL

8. MARGARET⁵ LE DESPENCER (Edward⁴, Edward³, Hugh², Hugh¹), daughter of (6) Sir Edward⁴ and (II-4) Elizabeth (de BURGHERSH), was born between 1356 and 1376, and died on 3 Nov. 1415^[20]. She married (PP-32) ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH LORD FERRERS OF CHARTLEY of Chartley, son of (PP-29) John and (ALW-5) Elizabeth (de STAFFORD) DE FERRERS, who was born on 31 Oct. 1357^[20], and died on 12 March 1412/3^[20].
Child: See (PP-32) Robert FERRERS, 5th Lord Ferrers of Chartley

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

+	3	i.	ISABEL³ LE DESPENCER, b. about 1312; d. about 1372; m. on 9 Feb. 1320/1 (PW-8) RICHARD II "COPPED HAT" FITZ ALAN, 9TH EARL OF ARUNDEL of Arundel, Sussex, England, b. about 1313, d. on 24 Jan. 1375/6^[15], son of (PW-6) Edmund, 9th Earl of Arundel and (RH-43) Alice (de WARENNE).
+	4	ii.	ELIZABETH DESPENCER, d. on 13 July 1389; m. (I-13) MAURICE DE BERKELEY, d. on 3 June 1368^[1], son of (I-11) Thomas "the Rich", 3rd Lord Berkeley and (ADF-17) Margaret (de MORTIMER).
+	5	iii.	SIR EDWARD LE DESPENCER, d. on 30 Sept. 1342; m. on 20 April 1335 in Groby, Leicestershire, England (PP-27) ANNE DE FERRERS, d. on 8 Aug. 1337^[1], daughter of (PP-22) Sir William and Ellen (_____).

+	7	i.	ELIZABETH⁵ LE DESPENCER, d. about 10 April 1408; m. before 1385 (PW-19) JOHN DE ARUNDEL, b. on 30 Nov. 1364^[2], d. on 14 Aug. 1390^[2], son of (PW-12) John, Marshal of England and (AAJ-4) Eleanor (MALTRAVERS).
+	8	ii.	MARGARET LE DESPENCER, d. on 3 Nov. 1415; m. (PP-32) ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH LORD FERRERS OF CHARTLEY of Chartley, Staffordshire, England, b. on 31 Oct. 1357^[20], d. on 12 March 1412/3^[20], son of (PP-29) John and (ALW-5) Elizabeth (de STAFFORD) DE FERRERS.