SPENCER, Earl Thomas de

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• Name	SPENCER, Thomas de
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	22 Sep 1373	Essendon, Hertsfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jan 1400	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Death	13 Jan 1400	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  WAC	5 Feb 1937	SLAKE
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  Father	DESPENCER, Baron Edward Le ,   c. 24 Mar 1335, Essendon, Hertsfordshire, EnglandEssendon, Hertsfordshire, England d. 11 Nov 1375, Llanbethian, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	BURGHERSH, Baroness Elizabeth ,   b. 1342, Ewias, Hertsfordshire, England Ewias, Hertsfordshire, Englandd. 26 Jul 1409, Ewias, Hertsfordshire, England (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1373
  Family ID	F19688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ENGLAND, Princess Constance ,   b. Abt 1374, York, Yorkshire, England York, Yorkshire, Englandd. 28 Nov 1416, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F23959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas le Despenser, 5th Lord le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester, K.G.; went with Richard II to Scotland 1385, and to Ireland 1399; was sent to the Tower on a charge of complicity in the murder of Duke of Gloucester; joined in the plot to seize Henry IV, and was beheaded at Bristol, 13 January 1399-1400, aged 26. THE COMPLETE PEERAGE VOL 1 P.27, 28; OFFICIAL BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND VOL 1 P.3; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; He was Knight of the Garter. He was beheaded. During the Second Barons' War of 1264–67, William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick, was a supporter of King Henry III. The castle was taken in a surprise attack by the forces of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, from Kenilworth Castle in 1264. The walls along the northeastern side of the castle were slighted so that it would be useless to the king. Maudit and his countess were taken to Kenilworth Castle and held until a ransom was paid. After the death of William Mauduit in 1267, the title and castle passed to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Following William's death, Warwick Castle passed through seven generations of the Beauchamp family, who over the next 180 years were responsible for most of the additions made to the castle. In 1312, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, was captured by Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, and imprisoned in Warwick Castle until his execution on 9 June 1312. A group of magnates led by the Earl of Warwick and Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, accused Gaveston of stealing the royal treasure. Under Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl, the castle defences were significantly enhanced in 1330–60 on the north eastern side by the addition of a gatehouse, a barbican (a form of fortified gateway), and a tower on either side of the reconstructed wall, named Caesar's Tower and Guy's Tower. The Watergate Tower also dates from this period. The gatehouse features murder holes, two drawbridges, a gate, and portcullises – gates made from wood or metal. The facade overlooking the river was designed as a symbol of the power and wealth of the Beauchamp earls and would have been "of minimal defensive value"; this followed a trend of 14th-century castles being more statements of power than designed exclusively for military use. The line of Beauchamp earls ended in 1449 when Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick, died. Richard Neville became the next Earl of Warwick through his wife's inheritance of the title. During the summer of 1469, Neville rebelled against King Edward IV and imprisoned him in Warwick Castle. Neville attempted to rule in the king's name; however, constant protests by the king's supporters forced the Earl to release the king. Neville was subsequently killed in the Battle of Barnet, fighting against King Edward IV in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses. Warwick Castle then passed from Neville to his son-in-law, George Plantagenet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Castle