Joan le Despenser
- Born: Bef 1266, Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England
- Marriage: Sir Thomas de Furnival Knight, 1st Baron de Furnival
- Died: Bef 8 Jun 1322, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
General Notes:
~ Weis's Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 148a-31, Joan le Despenser was the daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser, Justiciar of England, and his wife Aline Basset, daughter and heir of Sir Philip Basset, Justiciar of England, by his first wifeHawise de Louvaine, daughter of Sir Matthew de Lovaine. Joan married Sir Thomas de Furnival, first lord of Furnival, by Jan 1272/3. They were the parents of Maud de Furnival who married Sir John Marmion. 160
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 141 Thomas de Furnivalle married, 1st, before January 1272/3 (at which date he was a minor), Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser, of Ryhall, Rutland, Loughborough, co. Leicester, Parlington, co. York, &c., sometime justiciar of England, by Aline, daughter and heir of Sir Philip Basset, of Wycombe, Bucks, &c., also justiciar of England.
~ Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Furnivalle) Vol. V, pp. 581-582
Joan married Sir Thomas de Furnival Knight, 1st Baron de Furnival, son of Sir Thomas de Furnival Knignt, Lord of Hallamshire and Unknown. (Sir Thomas de Furnival Knight, 1st Baron de Furnival was born about 1270 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England and died before 18 Apr 1332 in Sheffield Castle, Yorkshire, England 141.)
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