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[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

Executed via hanging, drawn & quartered, disembowelled.

Fled with Edward II upon the rebellion of Queen Isabella and
Roger Mortimer.

Earl of Gloucester.
Granted the forfeited estates of his wife's 1/2 sister Joan
when Joan was declared a rebel.
His wealth was enormously increased by Eleanor's 1/3 share of
the de Clare estates.
Said fortune was increased enormoously by violence from 1321-6.
Estates & fortune forfeited.
Buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
2nd Lord Dispenser.

Concerning the partition of the de CLARE estates after the
death of the last Gilbert, p 170-171: "Hugh Despenser and
Eleanor [Gilbert's sister] received the lordship of Glamorgan,
the most important of all the Clare holdings, along with
Rotherfield in Sussex and scattered manors in Devon and
Somerset. In addition, each heir acquired two-ninths of the
liberty of Kilkenny in Ireland, although there is no evidence
that any of them every visited it. (P) The death of the
countess in the summer of 1320 completed the division of the
estates among th heirs. Maud probably died on July 2, and the
properties she held in dower must have been partitioned shortly
thereafter. Each received an equal portion of her third of
Kilkenny. More importantly, Despenser obtained a substantial
share of the honor of Gloucester, including the manor and town
of Tewkesbury, the manor of Bushley and the castle and manor of
Hanley in Worcester, and other demesne lands in Berkshire,
Oxford, and Buckingham. The partition of the Clare estates has
been described as "the most important territorial upheaval of
the reign." [Denham-Young *Vita Edwardi Secundi, pp xii-xiii*]"
Estates & fortune partially restored.

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