Hugh le Despenser II Lord Falmouth 
Hugh le Despenser II was born in 1223 in Rhyall, Rutland, Wales.1 Hugh le Despenser II's father was Hugh le Despenser. His paternal grandparents were Thomas le Despenser and Rohese Unknown. He was an only child. He died due to Slain in battle of Evesham, Yorkshire. at the age of 42 on August 4th, 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England.1 General Notes
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Per Cokayne's "Complete Peerage (Despenser, pp. 259-261): This Hugh was at the parl. of Oxford, 1258, he was one of the 12 elected by the barons to
redress grievances and treat with the council of KING HENRY III. Appointed
Justiciar of England 1260. Attended Montfort's parl. of 1063. Was at the
battle of Lewes 1264. In 1265 he was appointed an arbiter between the Earls of Leicester [Simon de Montfort (RIN 2884*)] and Gloucester [GILBERT DE CLARE (RIN 726)]. He was prominent in the rebellion against KING HENRY III and died alongside Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Eversham in 1265.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1169 in of Elington, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1218
- b.1197 in of Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England d.23 FEB 1237/38 in Sibsey & Aukborough, Lincolnshire
- b.~ 1172 in Ryhale, Rutlandhsire, England
- b.1223 in Rhyall, Rutland, Wales d.04 Aug 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
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Details of Hugh le Despenser II's family with Aliva Basset Cts of Norfolk
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Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child @ p 29, Some Early English Pedigrees @ p 59, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ line 4 p 3, large-G675.FTW, 11615-2.ftw, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 4th ed, p 139, Falls the Shadow, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 148A p 131
Further sources/citations:
Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child @ p 29, Some Early English Pedigrees @ p 59, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ line 4 p 3, large-G675.FTW, 11615-2.ftw, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 4th ed, p 139, Falls the Shadow, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 148A p 131
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