Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser
(Left)
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser,
and (right) his wife Elizabeth de Burghersh.
From a painting on the interior of their
chantry at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
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Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser,
born 24 March 1336.
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wikipedia.
He fought with
The Black Prince
at the
Battle of Poitiers
in 1356.
He was summoned to Parliament as a Baron in 1357.
He mar
Elizabeth de Burghersh
[dau of
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh].
He
died 11 November 1375, at Cardiff.
He was buried in
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
In his memory his widow Elizabeth
erected the beautiful chantry,
Trinity Chapel, in
Tewkesbury Abbey.
Elizabeth died 1409.
She was buried in
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
They
had issue:
- Margaret le Despenser.
She
mar
Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
and had issue.
- Elizabeth le Despenser,
born 1365.
She mar John Arundel
and had issue.
- Thomas Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester,
born 1373.
Wider shot of the painting of
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser, and his wife Elizabeth,
with religious figures.
In their
chantry at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Photo 2026.
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2019 photo
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2023 photo.
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2013 photo
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2018 photo.
The chantry of Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (died 1375).
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Called
Trinity Chapel.
There is a kneeling figure of Edward Despenser in stone on the roof of the chantry.
See
plaque.
See
pp.91-93
of
[Masse, 1901].
The chantry of Lord Edward Despenser, Tewkesbury Abbey (left of the pillar).
360 view from the altar side. Click to rotate.
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The chantry of Lord Edward Despenser, Tewkesbury Abbey.
View from the altar side.
Note the figure of Edward Despenser on the roof.
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The chantry of Lord Edward Despenser.
View from the other side (from the ambulatory).
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See interior.
The Kneeling Knight
There is a
kneeling effigy of
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser,
on his chantry.
Known as "The Kneeling Knight".
The kneeling effigy of
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser,
on his chantry.
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The kneeling effigy of
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser.
Photo 2011.
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From Chris Shervey.
Creative Commons.
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From here.
Sketch of the kneeling effigy of
Edward Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser.
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Sketch dated 1863.
Published 1879.
From here.
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