Margery le Despenser

Margery married Roger Wentworth before 2 Mar 1423. Roger (son of John Wentworth and Agnes Dronsfield) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 24 Oct 1452. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes Wentworth was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496.
2. Philip Wentworth was born about 1424; died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England.
3. Henry Wentworth was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483.
4. Margaret Wentworth died on 20 Apr 1478.

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• Alternate birth: Between 1365 and 1366, of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England

Philip married Elizabeth de Tibetot before 23 Nov 1385. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Tibetot and Margaret Deincourt) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died before 20 Jun 1424; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1371, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

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Or Tybotot, or Tiptoft.

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Accompanied John of Gaunt to Britanny in 1378. Summoned to Parliament by writs, 17 Dec 1387 to 3 Oct 1400.

Philip married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died before 1401; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Summoned to Parliament by writs 24 Feb 1368 to 8 Jan 1370.

Died "apparently in Gascony," as multiple sources put it.

He and his wife Margaret Deincourt were the in-laws of the famous Sir John Fastolf, through their daughter Milicent.

Robert married Margaret Deincourt before 5 Jun 1348. Margaret (daughter of William Deincourt and Millicent la Zouche) died on 2 Apr 1380 in Oxendon, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 4: Despenser clarifies that this Margaret Deincourt was a daughter of Sir William Deincourt d. 1364, not of his son as originally stated in CP.

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• Alternate death: 23 Aug 1349

Philip married Joan de Cobham after Jun 1339. Joan (daughter of John de Cobham and Joan de Beauchamp) was born in of Cobham, Kent, England; died before 15 May 1357; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 15 May 1357

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• Alternate death: 6 Apr 1367

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Governor of Berwick Castle; Chancellor of Berwick. Served in the wars in France, Flanders, and Scotland. Summoned to Parliament 1 Apr 1335 to 20 Jan 1366.

John married Margaret de Badlesmere before 24 Jul 1337. Margaret (daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare) was born on 3 Dec 1314; died between 1344 and 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1315, of Badlesmere, Kent, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1315-1316, of Badlesmere, Kent, England
• Alternate death: Between 3 Dec 1344 and 4 Dec 1347

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Also called Maude de Badlesmere. Not to be confused with her sister, Margery de Badlesmere.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1301

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"He was summoned to Parliament from 20 July 1332 to 1 June 1363. In 1340 he was appointed a justice in cos. Notts and Derby to hear and determine the oppressions committed by the king's ministers and others. He was a commander at the Battle of Neville's Cross 17 October 1346. On 14 May 1347 he was summoned to join the King before Calais. He was the principal warder of the King of France when that monarch was a prisoner in England in 1359-60." [Royal Ancestry]

From Complete Peerage IV:120:

William (Deincourt), Lord Deincourt, grandson and h., being 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Deincourt, who was s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, but d.v.p. The King took his homage and he had livery of his grandfather's lands, 7 Feb. 1326/7, being then aged 26 and more. He did homage and fealty to the Archbishop of York for his lands in Burnby, 11 Feb. 1326/7. On 20 Feb. 1327/8, after the death of Joan, wife of Hamon de Mascy, he obtained possession of the messuage, &c., in Elmton, above mentioned, as the right heir of Edmund Deincourt, his grandfather. He was sum. for Military Service against the Scots from 5 Apr. (1327) 1 Edw. III to 23 Dec. (1355) 29 Edw. III, to Councils from 24 Aug. (1336) 10 Edw. III to 20 June (1358) 32 Edw. III, and to Parl. from 20 July (1332) 6 Edw. III to 1 June (1363) 37 Edw. III, by writs directed Willelmo de Eyncourt, Deyncourt, or Dayncourt. Appointed a justice, in cos. Notts and Derby, to hear and determine the oppressions committed by the King's ministers and others, 10 Dec. 1340: he was then a banneret. A commander at the battle of Neville's Cross, 17 Oct. 1346, being one of those who were thanked, 20 Oct. following, for their services. On 14 May 1347 he was sum. to join the King before Calais. He was the principal warder of the King of France when that monarch was a prisoner in England, 29 July 1359 to 24 May 1360, at Somerton Castle, co. Lincoln(c), and afterwards at Berkhamstead Castle, the King being removed to the latter place in Mar. 1359/60, by order of the Council, there being a scare of a French invasion. He m, before 26 Mar. 1326, Milicent, 1st da. of Sir William La Zouche, of Harringworth, Northants [Lord Zouche], by Maud, da. of Sir John Lovel, of Titchmarsh, Northants, and Minster Lovell, Oxon [Lord Lovel]. He d. 2 June 1364. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, July I364. She d. 11 June 1379.

(c) King John's removal to Somerton was preceded by a deplorable incident. For certain evil-doers broke into the Castle, tapped the casks of wine which had been placed there for the King's use, drew off (extraxerunt) most of the wine, and left the taps running (fausetta aperta), so that the rest of the wine was lost, in nostri contemptum et grave dampnum ac contra pacem nostram. (Patent Roll, 33 Edw. III, p. 1, m. 14 d).

William married Millicent la Zouche before 26 Mar 1326. Millicent (daughter of William la Zouche and Maud Lovel) died on 22 Jun 1379. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]