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DESPENSER 277 CO. Glamorgan, aged 39, and was bur. in Tewkesbury Abbey. ("') Will dat. at his manor of Llanblethian, 6 Nov. 1375, pr. in the Church of St. Mary of the Arches, London, 11 Feb. 1 375/6. C") The King took Elizabeth's homage and fealty for her father's lands in England and Ireland, 22 Feb. 1375/6, and she had livery thereof, 22 and 24 Feb.(') On 22 Feb. she also had livery of her dower, and on 23 May following of the knights' fees and advowsons of her dower, which had been assigned to her by the King.() She, who was aged 27 and more in May 1369,0 d'. 26 July est heres ejus propinquior et etatis duorum annorum et amplius [etatis duorum annorum — co. Hereford: fuit etatis duorum annorum xxij die Septembris proximo ante obitum predicti Edwardi — co. Gloucester, March of IValcf^y Inq., city of London (2), Thursday the Feast of St. Lucy (2) [13 Dec] 1375; cos. Notts, Northants, Leicester, Devon, Saturday the vigil of Epiphany, Monday after St. Hilary, and Monday before the Conversion of St. Paul (2) [5, 14, 21 Jan.] 1375/6; co. Worcester (3), 5, 7, and 7 Dec. 1375; Bucks (2), Friday after the Conception of the Virgin [14 Dec] 1375 and 8 Feb. 1375/6; co. Warwick, Friday the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul [25 Jan.] 1375/6. "... dictus Edwardus obiit in festo [ar die dominica in festo] sancti Martini ultimo preterito." Heir, aged 2 and more, as before [incorrectly called Henry,aged2 — co. Notts]. (Ch. /«y./>. to., Edw. Ill, files 252, 253: Exch. Inq.p. m.,l, file 39, no. 8, and Enrohnents, nos. 173, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183). {') " Edwardus 2"' obiit in Cambria apud Lanblethian in die sancti Martini anno 1375 et sepultus est apud Theok' ante ostium vestiarii juxta presbiterium ubi uxor ejus edificavit capellam ex lapidibus arte mirifica constructam que dedicata est in honore sancte Trinitatis." {Chron. of Tewiesiur, f. 227V). This chapel still remains. On the roof of it is the knight's effigy, kneeling, under a canopy, and facing the high altar. C") Lambeth Reg., Sudbury, fF. 89 v-90: Lincoln Reg. (no probate), vol. xii, f. 165 v. "Edward' le Despenser sire de Glawmorg' et Morgann' . . . nostre corps destre enterree deyns nostre abbeye de Teukesbury iouste nostre auncestres gisauntz al couste de South'." if) Of the manors of Killoteran and Ballygunner, co. Waterford, 22 Feb., and of the castle and a moiety of the lordship of Ewias Lacy [now Longtown], 24 Feb., which her husband had held at his death as of her right and inheritance. Two writs de non intromittendo, 20 and 22 Feb., liberated to her the manor of Upton-on-Severn, which she and her husband had held jointly at his death, and 9 manors and 5 advow- sons, CO. Suffolk, which she had inherited from her mother. {Close Roll, 50 Edw. Ill, p. I, mm. 18, 13). On 24 Feb. the Chancellor, John Knyvet, was ordered to take her fealty. (Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 445, no. 30930). The Irish manors had been restored to them, 4 Mar. 1372/3, having been forfeited because Edward had not gone nor sent men to Ireland on or before Easter 43 Edw. Ill to defend that land, in accordance with the ordinance of 42 Edw. Ill, he being then staying in Lombardy by the King's orders. {Patent Roll, 47 Edw. Ill, p. I, m. 11). (■*) Namely, of the castle and vill of Caerphilly, the country of Senghennydd, the hamlet of Rudry, Ynys-yr-ysgallon, the manor of Whitchurch, the manor and country of Talafan, the vill of Cowbridge, the castle and manor of Llanblethian, the country of Rhythyn, co. Glamorgan, the manor and borough of Tewkesbury, the castle and manor of Hanley, some 60 knights' fees, and 7 advowsons. {Close Roll, 50 Edw. Ill, p. I, mm. 13, 12). (') " Bartholomeus de Burgherssh' chivaler." Writs of diem cl. ext. 20 Apr. 43 Edw. III. Inq., Suffolk (2), Essex, Wednesday the vigil of, and Friday and Monday