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Sir Hugh Le Despencer
- Preferred Name: Sir Hugh Le Despencer[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- FSID: GVXK-T8K
- Birth: BEF 1223
- Burial: in Evesham All Saints with St Lawrence, Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.0994 LONG: E1.9453 with note: Evesham Abbey changed Saints names several times according to Chronicles of Evesham Abbey. Likely the last change caused it to be for "All Saints."
- Death: 4 AUG 1265 with note: Description: Slain by Roger Mortimer the 1st Baron Wigmore at the Battle Evesham.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron le Despencer, Justiciar of England
- Occupation: Knight, Justicar of England, 1st Baron le Despencer, Earl with note: Geni.com
Preferred Parents:
Father: Sir Knight Hugh I le Despencer High Sheriff of Berkshire, b. 1197 in Ryhall, Rutland, England d. 23 FEB 1237 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Family 2: Joan de Acre,
- Eleanor Despenser, b. 1248 in Righall, Rutland, England d. 1 OCT 1328 in England
Family 3: Aline Basset Countess of Norfolk Baroness of Wycombe, b. 1228 in Wooton Basset, Wiltshire, England d. 11 APR 1281 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
- Joan Despenser, b. 1263 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 8 JUN 1322 in Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England
- Eleanor Despenser, b. 1248 in Righall, Rutland, England d. 1 OCT 1328 in England
- Hugh Le Despencer, b. 1 MAR 1260/61 d. 27 OCT 1326
- Hugh le Despenser 1st Earl of Winchester, b. 1 MAR 1261 in Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 27 OCT 1326 in Bristol Castle, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#HughDespencerWinchesterdied1326A;
- Title: Hugh le Despenser (justiciar) - Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Despenser_(justiciar);
- Title: Hugh Le Despencer, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1H44 : 12 December 2022), Hugh Le Despencer, ; Burial, Evesham, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England, Evesham Abbey; citing record ID 8885957, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1H44;
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