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'Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer' (also called Despenser) (C. 24 Mar 1335 - 1336-11 Nov 1375) was the son of another Edward le Despencer and Anne, the sister of Henry, Lord Ferrers (also spelled Ferrer) of Groby.
Le Despencer went with Edward the Black Prince to France, and was present at the Battle of Poitiers. In recognition of his conduct in the French wars, he was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1357. At the same time, he also became a Knight of the Garter.
Edward married Elizabeth de Burghersh, daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh. They had the following children:

★ Thomas, who succeeded his father to the barony.

★ Hugh

★ Cicely

★ Elizabeth, who married firstly John Arundel, and then Hugh, Lord Zouch

★ Anne, who married firstly to Hugh Hastings, and then Thomas, Lord Morley

★ Margaret, who married Robert, Lord Ferrers of Chartley.

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Burke, Sir Bernard. "Despencer-Barons Despencer, Earl of Gloucester." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962. p. 167.
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 70-35, 70-36, 74-34, 212-34.