Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
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Philip Le Despencer, born 1346 in Gedney, Lincolnshire
, England
, was the son and heir of Philip Le Despencer
and Joan Strange. He married Margaret de Cobham, daughter of John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham
. Philip is listed in The Complete Peerage
of England, 1890 edition, volume 3, page 96 as being the son of Philip Le Despencer. He bore the arms of Goushill, his grandmother's family, in lieu of those of Despencer. It appears that he was summoned to Parliament
, and died in 1400 or 1401. His title passed to his son Philip Le Despencer
.
Gedney, Lincolnshire
Gedney is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just to the south off the A17 Boston to King's Lynn road, east from Holbeach and north-east from Long Sutton...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, was the son and heir of Philip Le Despencer
Philip Despencer
Philip Le Despencer was the son of Hugh Le Despencer The Elder, Complete Peerage of England lists Philip as the 4th son of Hugh Despencer Vol 3, P96 and p91. He was born ca 1290 in Stoke, Gloucester, England, and married Margaret de Goushill, daughter of Ralph De Gousille and his wife Howise...
and Joan Strange. He married Margaret de Cobham, daughter of John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham
John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham
John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham was an English nobleman. He was the second baron of the family of Cobhams of Cobham. He married Joan of Beauchamp, daughter of John Lord Beauchamp; after her death, he married one Agnes Stone of Dartford....
. Philip is listed in The Complete Peerage
The Complete Peerage
The Complete Peerage The Complete Peerage The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by the Hon...
of England, 1890 edition, volume 3, page 96 as being the son of Philip Le Despencer. He bore the arms of Goushill, his grandmother's family, in lieu of those of Despencer. It appears that he was summoned to Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
, and died in 1400 or 1401. His title passed to his son Philip Le Despencer
Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer
Philip Le Despencer Born 1364 in Nettlestead, Gloucestershire, England, was the son and heir of Philip le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer and Margaret De Cobham the Dau of John De Cobham . He married Elizabeth De Tiptoft, oldest daughter and one of three heirs of Robert Tiptoft and his wife...
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