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Isabel le Despenser

Isabel le Despenser,
born 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.
She died 1439.

Isabel le Despenser.
From the Beauchamp Pageant, c.1483-1494.
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Brass of Isabel le Despenser, in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Notes from p.82 of [Masse, 1901].

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The inscription on the Beauchamp chantry

The inscription on the Beauchamp chantry that Isabel le Despenser erected at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.

The inscription and translation.
From plaque at the site. See full size.
See photos of the inscription:

• 1st section: "MEMENTOTE .. WARREWYK"
• 2nd section: "QUAE HANC .. MARIAE MAGDALENAE"
• 3rd section: "ET OBIIT LONDINIIS .. IOHANNIS EVANGELISTAE"
• 4th section: "ET SEPULTA .. AMEN"

The inscription on pp.83-84 of [Masse, 1901].

Part of the inscription, with Isabel's name.
It says: "MEMENTOTE DOMINAE ISABELLAE LE DESPENSER COMETISSAE DE WARREWYK".
Translation: "Remember Lady Isabella Despenser, Countess of Warwick".
Photo 2026. See larger and full size.

Close-up of her name: "Isabellae le Despenser".

Part of the inscription, with her year of death.
It says: "ET OBIIT LONDINIIS APUD MINORES ANNO DOMINI MCCCCXXXIX DIE SANCTI IOHANNIS EVANGELISTAE".
Translation: "and died in London at the Minories in Anno Domini 1439 on St.John the Evangelist's Day".
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Close-up of the year Isabel le Despenser died, "Anno Domini M CCCC XXXIX" (1439).