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Elizabeth Burghersh Despenser

Birth
Herefordshire, England
Death
26 Jul 1409 (aged 66–67)
England
Burial
Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England Add to Map
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Daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh and Cecily Weyland, granddaughter of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun, Sir Richard de Weyland and his wife, Joan.

Wife of Sir Edward le Despenser, son of Sir Edward le Despenser and Anne de Ferrers. They were married before 02 August 1354 and had three sons and four daughters:
* Hugh
* Edward
* Sir Thomas, 5th Lord Despenser
* Cecily
* Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Arundel
* Margaret, wife of Sir Robert Ferrers
* Anne, wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings

After the death of her husband in 1375, Elizabeth sold her manors of Heyrtesbury, Colerne and Stert, Wiltshire to Thomas Hungerford.The American Genealogist, Volume 84, No. 3, July 2010, Page 204: Elizabeth Burgersh married Edward le Despenser before August 2, 1354; child Elizabeth. Elizabeth died July 26, 1409, buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
Daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh and Cecily Weyland, granddaughter of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun, Sir Richard de Weyland and his wife, Joan.

Wife of Sir Edward le Despenser, son of Sir Edward le Despenser and Anne de Ferrers. They were married before 02 August 1354 and had three sons and four daughters:
* Hugh
* Edward
* Sir Thomas, 5th Lord Despenser
* Cecily
* Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Arundel
* Margaret, wife of Sir Robert Ferrers
* Anne, wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings

After the death of her husband in 1375, Elizabeth sold her manors of Heyrtesbury, Colerne and Stert, Wiltshire to Thomas Hungerford.The American Genealogist, Volume 84, No. 3, July 2010, Page 204: Elizabeth Burgersh married Edward le Despenser before August 2, 1354; child Elizabeth. Elizabeth died July 26, 1409, buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.


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