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Thomas Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester

Thomas Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester,
born 1373.
See wikipedia.
He mar Constance of York [grand-dau of Edward III].
He took part in the Epiphany Rising against Henry IV in Jan 1400.
He was lynched by a mob loyal to the King at Bristol, Jan 1400, age 27 yrs. They beheaded him.
He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
She died 1416.
Thomas and Constance had issue:

1. Isabel le Despenser,
   born (after her father's death) 26 July 1400.
   See wikipedia.
   She mar 1stly, 1411, to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester and had issue.
   She mar 2ndly, 1423, to Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick and had issue.

Inscription (after 1439) to Isabel le Despenser on the chantry she erected at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
It says: "MEMENTOTE DOMINAE ISABELLAE LE DESPENSER COMETISSAE DE WARREWYK".
Translation: "Remember Lady Isabella Despenser, Countess of Warwick".
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Close-up of her name: "Isabellae le Despenser".

Isabel le Despenser (born 1400, died 1439).
From the Beauchamp Pageant, c.1483-1494.
From here.