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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of S. Edmund, King [20 Nov.]. Burgherssh (Elizabeth) la Despenser. 1To be buried in the church of Our Lady of Teukesbury near her lord Edward, Sire le Despenser, and her son Thomas, 2 Sire le Despenser. Directions for funeral, chantries, &c. To Geffrey …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… the Morrow of Feast of Purification of V. Mary [3 Feb.]. Despenser (John le).To Margaret his wife and Thomas his son …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… estates in Wilsford and Lake, with many others to Hugh le Despenser. 30 These were forfeit to the Crown after Despenser's death, and may have been granted to William de …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a wood and lands in the western part of the parish to Hugh Despenser 58 and in 1310 conveyed the manor of Winstone to Geoffrey of Pulham, 59 who sold it to Despenser later that year. 60 Subsequently it descended with the part of Bisley manor that Despenser acquired, reverting to the Crown on the death of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In the reign of Edward II., this place belonged to Hugh le Despenser, on whose execution at Bristol it escheated to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13th-century surnames 67 such as Parker, Porter, Franklin, Despenser, and Marshall; other names were derived from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was erected in 1763, at the expense of Lord le Despenser, and is an elegant structure in the Grecian style, … of considerable beauty to the memory of Sarah, Baroness le Despenser, with many memorials of the Dashwood family and … Whitehead, the poet, which he had bequeathed to Lord le Despenser. The church occupies an eminence finely clothed …