Sir Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester, KG * BELTZ, George Frederick, "Memorials of the Order of the Garter from Its Foundation to the Present Time," London: William Pickering, 1841. Thomas, Sixth Lord Le Despencer -- Earl of Gloucester… Arms: Quarterly, Argent and Gules; in the second and third quarters a fret Or; over all a bend Sable.