Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh

Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh (born November 30, 1396 , † between October 7, 1413 and October 7, 1414) was an English nobleman.

Richard le Despenser was a son of Thomas le Despenser, 2nd Baron Despenser and Constance Langley . His father rebelled unsuccessfully against the new King Henry IV in 1399 and was executed as a traitor in January 1400. His possessions were confiscated and his titles were revoked. Richard's mother, Constance, received part of the property back.

Richard inherited the title of Baron Burghersh in August 1409 following the death of his grandmother Elizabeth de Burghersh, the only daughter of Bartholomew Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh . The still minor was married to Eleanor de Neville, a daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort , after May 13, 1412 . On April 8, 1413, he was on the eve of the coronation of Henry V to the Knight of the Bath beaten. He died childless, the exact date of his death is controversial. Possibly he died on October 7, 1413, but at the latest before April 16, 1414, according to other information not until October 7, 1414. He was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey . With him, the le Despenser family died out in the male line. His sister Isabel became his heiress . His widow married Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland , after his death in October 1414 .

Web links

Sir Richard le Despenser, 4th Lord Burgersh on thepeerage.com , accessed July 28, 2015.
Cracroft's Peerage: Burghersh, Baron (E, 1329/30 - abeyant 1449)

Individual evidence

^ TB Pugh: Despenser, Thomas, second Lord Despenser (1373-1400). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
↑ The Peerage: Sir Richard le Despenser, 4th Lord Burghersh. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .
↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Burghersh, Baron (E, 1329/30 - abeyant 1449). Retrieved June 30, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Le Despenser, Richard, 4th Baron Burghersh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1396
DATE OF DEATH	between October 7, 1413 and October 7, 1414

[1] TB Pugh: Despenser, Thomas, second Lord Despenser (1373-1400). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

[2] The Peerage: Sir Richard le Despenser, 4th Lord Burghersh. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .

[3] Cracroft's Peerage: Burghersh, Baron (E, 1329/30 - abeyant 1449). Retrieved June 30, 2015 .