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Name: Richard DESPENSER, Lord Burghersh
Sex: M
Birth: 30 Nov 1396 ^b
Death: Before 16 Apr 1414 in Merton, Surrey ^d
Burial: Tewkesbury ^u

Parents:

Father:
Thomas DESPENSER, K.G., Earl of Gloucester Birth: 22 Sep 1373 Death: 13 Jan 1399/1400 in Bristol

Mother:

Constance PLANTAGENET Birth: Abt 1374 Death: 28 Nov 1416

Family:
Marriage:

Eleanor NEVILLE on After 23 May 1412 .^m1
Eleanor NEVILLE Birth: 10 Death: Abt 1472/3

Bibliography

Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. III.4 (#601-#820): Das Feudale Frankreich und sein Einfluss auf die Welt des Mittelalters. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1989. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES III.4 #[0-9]*].
Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p282, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p455],
parents:: [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p334, Burke Peerage p741, CP IV p282, Richardson PA p270, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p453],
father:: [Ref: CP II p427]

Sources for death Information

date:: 14 Oct 1414 [Ref: Burke Peerage p741]; 7 Oct 1414 [Ref: CP XII/2 p382]; at age 14, abt 1410 [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p334]; before 16 Apr 1414 [Ref: CP II p427 (with corr in XIV p124), CP IV p282 (with corr in XIV p257), Richardson RoyalAnc v2p455, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p357],
place:: [Ref: CP II p427]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP II p427]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eleanor NEVILLE

date:: after 23 May 1412 [Ref: CP II p427]; first marriage of Eleanor [Ref: CP IX p716, ES III.4 #712, Faris PA2 p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p237, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p357, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p340],
names:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p455]

1. Richard DESPENSER, Lord Burghersh m. Eleanor NEVILLE

m. Eleanor NEVILLE father: Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland mother: Joan De BEAUFORT

Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

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