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Sir John Le Despencer

John was born in 1235 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. John's father was Geoffrey Le Despencer and his mother was Emma de Harcourt. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Le Despencer and Rohese (Rohaise); his maternal grandfather was Richard. He was an only child. He died at the age of 39 in 1274 in Swallowfield, Berkshire.

General Notes
- Lady Russell's "Swallowfield & its Owners" (1901).

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Count Robert II Le Despencer (De Belleme)^*
  - b.  1053 in Normandy, France d.08 May 1131 in Warham Castle, Dorset, England
  
  Count William III Talvas Montgomery De Spencer
  - b.  1090 in Ellington, Lincolnshire, England d.30 Jun 1171
  
  Agnes Of Ponthieu
  - b.  1060 in Normandy, France d.  1103 in Ponthieu, France
  
  Thurston Le Despencer
  - b.  1122 in London, England
  
  Eudes I (The Red) de Burgundy ^*
  - b.  1060 d.23 Mar 1103 in Tarsus, Asia Minor
  
  Alice (Alix) de Burgundy
  - b.  1095 in Ellington, Lincolnshire, England d.28 Feb 1141
  
  Sibylle de Burgundy
  - b.  1065 in France d.23 Mar 1102 in France
  
  Thomas Le Despencer
  - b.  1159 in Ellington, Lincolnshire, England d.  1218
  
  Geoffrey Le Despencer
  - b.  1185 in Defford, Worchestersire, England d.  1251
  
  Rohese (Rohaise)
  - b.  1165 in Ryhale, Rutlandshire, England d.  1203
  
  Sir John Le Despencer
  - b.  1235 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.  1274 in Swallowfield, Berkshire
  
  Richard
  
  Emma de Harcourt
  - d.  1270 in Portchester Castle, Hampshire, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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