Biography of Bishop Henry Despencer 1341-1406

Paternal Family Tree: Despencer

Bishop Henry Despencer educated at Oxford University.

Before 24 Mar 1335 [his father] Edward Despencer (age 25) and [his mother] Anne Ferrers (age 36) were married. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Around 1341 Bishop Henry Despencer was born to Edward Despencer (age 31) and Anne Ferrers (age 42). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.78%.

Siege of Vannes

In 1342 [his father] Edward Despencer (age 32) was killed during the Siege of Vannes.

On 03 Apr 1370 Bishop Henry Despencer (age 29) was appointed Bishop of Norwich.

Battle of North Walsham

On 25 Jun 1381 Bishop Henry Despencer (age 40) brought the Peasant's Revolt to an end at North Walsham, Norfolk at the Battle of North Walsham.

The Chronicle of Adam of Usk. 1388. In this king’s reign, on account of the papal schism, the bishop of Norwich (age 47)¹ crossed over into Flanders with a crusade, and there he destroyed in warfare some nine thousand men of that land who sided with the French heretics; but he was forced to withdraw thence and to return to his own country by the power of the king of Franee and his army, many of the English then dying of the flux.

Note 1. Henry Spencer or Despencer (age 47), the warlike bishop of Norwich, had fought in his youth for pope Adrian against Bernabo Visconti of Milan, and received for his reward the see of Norwich in 1370. But "vulpis pilum mutat, non animum," and the bishop did not lose his taste for fighting. He was distinguished at the time of Wat Tyler's rebellion for the vigour with which he repressed the uprising in his diocese: defeating, shriving, and executing the rebels with great zeal. His crusade in Flanders got him into trouble, for he had to pay the penalty of failure by the loss of his temporalities, which were, however, afterwards restored.—Godwin, De Presul. Angl.

In 1406 Bishop Henry Despencer (age 65) died.

Ancestors of Bishop Henry Despencer 1341-1406

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar

GrandFather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mortimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Maudit

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Beaumont

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp Baroness Monthermer

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey

Father: Edward Despencer Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "Lackland" of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu

Bishop Henry Despencer 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil de Braose Countess Derby

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar

Mother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Segrave

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Segrave

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese Despencer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey de Lucy of Newington in Kent

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Nichole Cantilupe

GrandMother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby

Great x 1 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave

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Royal Ancestors of Bishop Henry Despencer 1341-1406

Ancestors of Bishop Henry Despencer 1341-1406