Hugh Baron le Despenser, , Earl of Winchester^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1261 - 1326  (65 years)

• Name	Hugh Baron le Despenser
  Suffix	, Earl of Winchester
  Birth	1 Mar 1260/1261	of Gedney, co. Lincoln, England   [2, 13, 14]
  Christening	of Louchborough, Leicstershire
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1326	Hanged in England   [2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Notes	Due to Email probelms since March, 2000, I may have missed your Email; it is important so please Email ulster@tns.net. Thanks for your patience. I would appreciate any errors that you encounter and that you contact me immediately. Thanks for sharing freely! He became Earl of Winchester in 1322. He was a favorite of King Edward II, and his son was the King`s lover. They were both executed in 1326 by the party led by Queen Isabella, who hated her deviant husband, the King. Hugh le Despenser ("The Elder Despenser"), 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenserof the 1295 Creation and 1st and last Earl of Winchester, so created 10May 1322; called to Parliament by writ 24 June 1295, thus being deemed tohave been created a baron; sole person of rank to take Edward II's partin the quarrel with his nobles over the notorious royal favourite PiersGaveston, whom Edward was eventually induced to banish; later representedEdward in negotiating a treaty with his nobles at the time of Gaveston'smurder by them in 1312; at Battle of Bannockburn 1314; banished fromcourt by the machinations of his enemies Feb 1314/15; disinherited andexiled in perpetuity Aug 1321, through malign influence over Edward; thisjudgement reversed Jan 1321/2 and May 1322; and after Edward II had fledto Wales was convicted as a traitor and hanged 27 Oct 1326, when all hishonours were forfeited. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Hugh le Despenser, b. 1 Mar 1260/1, hanged 27 Oct 1326, Earl ofWinchester, son of Hugh le Despenser and Aline Basset. [Magna ChartaSureties] ------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Hugh le Despenser, b. 1 Mar 1260/1, hanged Oct 1326, Earl ofWinchester (son of Sir Hugh le Despenser, summoned 14 Dec 1264 LordDespenser, d. Evesham Aug 1265, & Aline Basset (m. (2) Roger Bigod),daughter of Sir Philip Basset of Wycombe, Bucks, Justiciar, and Hawise,daughter of Sir Matthew de Louvaine of Little Easton, Essex). [AncestralRoots] ------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh and his son were favorites of King Edward II (a weak king) andhelped him throw off the mastery of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Edward'sreliance on the Despencer's drew the ire of his wife Isabel. She hadbecome the mistress of Roger de Mortimer while on a diplomatic mission toFrance. In September 1326 the couple invaded England, executed theDespencers, and deposed Edward II in favor of his son, Edward III. SeeEncyclopedia Britannica, Edward II.
  Person ID	I2463	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 May 2005

  
  

  Family	Isabel DE Beauchamp, Countess of Winchester,   b. 1252, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d. BEF. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England (Age < 54 years)
  Marriage	1286	of \ Warwick, Warwickshire, England   [18]
  Children	1. Eleanor le DESPENSER,   b. 1288, Winchester, Glouchestershire, England d. Aft 1351 (Age > 64 years)   2. Ada LE DE Spenser,   b. Abt 1262, of Winchester, Hampshire, England   3. Joan LE DE Spenser,   b. Abt 1264, of Winchester, Hampshire, England d. Bef 15 Feb 1351 (Age < 87 years)   4. Aveline Or Oliva le deSpenser,   b. Abt 1266, of Winchester, Hampshire, England d. May 1363 (Age 97 years)   5. Sir Hugh IV le DESPENSER, Earl of Winchester,   b. 1 Mar 1259, , Gloucestershire, England d. 28 Nov 1326, Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered (Age 67 years)   6. Aline le Despenser,   b. ABT. 1288, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. BEF. 16 May 1353 (Age < 65 years)   7. Isabel le Despenser,   b. ABT. 1290, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 4 Dec 1334, Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 44 years)   8. Philip I le Despenser, , Sir,   b. 1290, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Sep 1313, Camoys Manor, Lincolnshire, England (Age 23 years)   9. Margaret Despenser,   b. Abt 1283, Stoke,England
  Family ID	F1130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Mar 1260/1261 - of Gedney, co. Lincoln, England Christening - - of Louchborough, Leicstershire Marriage - 1286 - of \ Warwick, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14347] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). [S14423] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5. [S14424] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030, 3045. [S16322] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edward II of England. [S14426] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5, 9-5, 14-5. [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030, 3045. [S14638] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edward II of England. [S14586] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt, II:434. [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5, 9-5, 14-5. [S14310] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030, 3045. [S14633] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edward II of England. [S14323] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt, II:434. [S14426] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5. [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5. [S14424] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 3045. [S14427] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 3045. [S14310] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 3045. [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5, 9-5.