Hugh le Despenser the Earl of Gloucester 
Hugh le Despenser the was born in Barton, England.1 Hugh le Despenser the's father was Hugh le Despenser the Elder Earl of Winchester and his mother was Isabella de Beauchamp. His paternal grandparents were Hugh le Despenser Lord Despenser and Aline Basset; his maternal grandparents were William de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn. He had a half-sister named Maud. He died on November 29th, 1326 in Hereford, England.1 General Notes
[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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1122 in of London, Middlesex, England
- 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.1223 in Rhyall, Rutland, Wales d.04 Aug 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England/Battle, England
- b.1 MAR 1260/61 d.27 Oct 1326 in Bristol
- b.BET. 1130 - 1134 in Hedington, Oxfordshire, England d.1182 in Hedington, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1175 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire d.1231 in of Headington, Oxfordshire
- b.~ 1134 in Coombe Castle, Wiltshire, England d.> 1186
- b.1211 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire d.29 Oct 1271 in Stanley, Wiltshire, England/Stanley, England
- b.~ 1170
- b.1241 in Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England d.~11 Apr 1281
- b. in f Estaines, England d.~26 Apr 1226 in of Eye, Suffolk
- d.1258
- b.~ 1221 in Lancaster
- d.1275
- b.BET. 1286 - 1290 in Barton, England d.29 Nov 1326 in Hereford, England
- b.1173 in of Elmley, Worcestershire, England d.1235
- b.1194 in of Elmsley, Warwickshire, England d.14 Apr 1236
- b.BET. 1151 - 1175 in Bramber, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1215 in Elmsley Castle, Worcestershire d.AFT. 7 JAN 1267/68 in Worcester, England
- b.1158 in of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.24 Jun 1215 in Wigmore, Hereford, England
- b.1194 in Worcestershire, England d.1268
- b.BET. 1164 - 1170 in of Derby, Derbyshire, England d.29 Apr 1252
- b.1237 in of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d.05 Jun 1298 in Elmley, Worcestershire, England
- b.1172 in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire d.Jun 1222
- b.1196 in Hanslap, Warwickshire, England d.Apr 1257
- b.1176 in Chapham, Bedfordshire, England d.1224
- b.1217 in Warwick, Warwickshire d.7 JAN 1267/68
- b.1140 in of Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.12 Dec 1204
- b.1196 in Homeslip, Buckinghamshire, England d.1246
- b.1181 in Bosworth, Leicestershire d.~Sep 1212
- b.~ 1266 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England/Warwick, England d.<30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Gloucester
- b.1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d.< 1198 in Pleshy, Essex, England
- b.BET. 1152 - 1162 in Northampton, England d.14 Oct 1213 in of Walden, Essex, England
- b.1138 in Rycott, Oxford, England d. in England
- b.~ 1208 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1172 in of Hereford, Herefordshire, England/Hereford, England d.~04 Jun 1225
- b.BET. 1132 - 1137 in of Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.1173 in Norfolk, England
- b.BET. 1244 - 1250 in Shere, Surrey, England d.16 Apr 1301
- b.~ 1150 in of Norfolk, England d.02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England/Thetford, England
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England/Thetford, England d.BEF. 18 FEB 1224/25
- b.1154 in of Norfolk, England
- b.1210 in of Thetford, Norfolk, England/Thetford, England d.1239
- b.1146 in of Caversham, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1192 in Pembroke, Wales d.WFT Est. 1237-1292
- b.BET. 1171 - 1173 in of Pembroke, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Wales
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Details of Hugh le Despenser the's family with Eleanor de Clare
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ 74-31, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 : The Barons Named and Some of @ Line 14, p. 15
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ 74-31, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 : The Barons Named and Some of @ Line 14, p. 15
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