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Elizabeth De BURGHERSH

Elizabeth De BURGHERSH[1, 2]

Female 1342 - 1409  (67 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth De BURGHERSH  [3, 4, 5
    Born 1342  Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Jul 1409  [3, 4
    Alt. Death Aug 1409  [5
    Alt. Death 
    FamilySearch ID GXJM-WYG 
    _UID 635C3D37049F41559C1006CF4DD5D9AF97D4 
    Person ID I13248  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 

    Father Bartholomew 4Th Baron De BURGHERSH, Kg, Sir,   b. Abt 1320, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1369, Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Cicely De WEYLAND,   b. 10 Oct 1318, Rouse Hall, Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Aug 1354  (Age 35 years) 
    Married Abt 10 May 1335  1st Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8
    Family ID F6739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward II 1St Baron Le DESPENSER, Kg, Sir,   b. 24 Mar 1335-1336, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1375, Llanbethian, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1354  [9
    Alt. Marriage Bef Dec 1364  [3, 4, 5
    Alt. Marriage 
    Children 
     1. Phillip le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1357, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Anne Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1360, Llanbethian, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 30 and 31 Oct 1426, Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1365, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1415, Bugbrooke, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Elizabeth Le DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1367, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 10 and 11 Apr 1408, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Cicely DESPENSER,   b. 1370, Essendine, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1408, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     6. Thomas Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Gloucester, Kg,   b. 22 Sep 1373, Essendine, Rutlandshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1399-1400, Beheaded At Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     7. Hugh DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1375, Essendine, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1411, London, , Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F6738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth de Burghersh, age 27+ at father's death, b. c 1342, d. 26 July 1409; m. bef. Dec 1364 Sir Edward Despenser, KG (14-8), b. c 24 Mar 1335/6, d. 11 Nov 1375, Lord of Glamorgan. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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      BARONY of BURGHERSH (V, 3)

      ELIZABETH, according to modern doctrine, suo jure BARONESS BURGHERSH daughter and heir by 1st wife, aged 27 at her father's death. She married, before December 1364, Edward DESPENSER [LORD LE DESPENSERI, who d. 11 November 1375. She died a widow, August 1409. Will, calling herself Elizabeth de Burghersh, Dame le Despencer, dated 4 July, and proved 10 August 1409.
      [Complete Peerage II:427, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 70-35 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 13-9, 14-8 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:427 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 13-9 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 70-34 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 13-8 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 1030 (Reliability: 3).