Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar

Birth Name Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar 1 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a
Also Known As Lord Despenser, Hugh le Despenser of Falmouth
Gramps ID I33881
Gender male
Age at Death 42 years, 7 months, 3 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E45207] 1223 Rhyall, Rutland, Wales  
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Death [E45208] 1265-08-04 Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England  

Cause: Slain in battle of Evesham, Yorkshire.

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_FA1 [E45209]   1st Lord Despenser.  
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_FA2 [E45210] 1258-07-00 Baron’s Justiciar after Oxford Provisions forced on Henry III.  
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_FA3 [E45211]   Henry then dismissed him.  
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_FA4 [E45212] 1263-07-13 Present at Henry’s capitulation to de Montfort at Tower of London.  
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_FA5 [E45213] 1264-04-09 Tried to control London riots after the fall of Northampton to Royalist forces.  
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_FA6 [E45214]   Offered sanctuary to Jews in the Tower of London during said rioting.  
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_FA7 [E45215]   Steadfast ally of Simon de Montfort despite his father in law being Royalist.  
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_FA8 [E45216] 1264-05-14 Fought directly under Simon de Montfort in the new reserve command at Lewes.  
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_FA9 [E45217]   Formally renounced his allegiance to Henry III on the eve of the battle.  
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_FA10 [E45218]   of Loughborough & Arnesby, Leicestershire.  
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father le Despenser, Hugh [I34309]11971237/8-02-23 (Julian)
         Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar [I33881] 1223 1265-08-04

Families

    Family of Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar and Cts of Norfolk, Aliva Basset [F13516]
Married Wife Cts of Norfolk, Aliva Basset [I33882] ( * 1241 + about 1281-04-11 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E59561] before 1260    
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
le Despenser, Eleanor [I21545]about 12521328-10-01
le Despenser, Anne (Joan) [I36805]about 1258about 1322
Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder [I34404]1260/1-03-01 (Julian)1326-10-27

Narrative

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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.

Pedigree

  1. le Despenser, Hugh [I34309]
    1. Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar
      1. Cts of Norfolk, Aliva Basset [I33882]
        1. le Despenser, Eleanor [I21545]
        2. le Despenser, Anne (Joan) [I36805]
        3. Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder [I34404]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
      • Source text:

        b abt 1223 at Laughbors, Leicestershire

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        his 2nd m, m abt 1260

  2. Moncreiffe: Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child [S70502]
      • Page: p 29
      • Page: p 29
      • Source text:

        b abt 1223 at Laughbors, Leicestershire

      • Page: p 29
      • Page: p 29
      • Page: p 29
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        m abt 1260

  3. Vernon M. Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees [S185978]
      • Page: p 59
  4. Frederick Lewis Weis: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 [S72360]
      • Page: line 4 p 3
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        no parents, no title

      • Page: 4th ed, p 139
      • Page: p 139 line 124, line 4 p 3
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        no date

  5. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

      • Citation:

        Penman "Here be Dragons" p. 285, makes him brother to Gwenllian verch Rhys who m Ednyfed Fychan. But, Online db (Univ. of Hull?) I had him son of Gwenwynwyn of Powys.

  6. large-G675.FTW [S468232]
      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

      • Page: line 132A pp 116-117
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        living in 1031

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        living in 1031

  7. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
      • Source text:

        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

  8. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S11883]
      • Page: 72:31, 50:41, 58:30, line 148A p 131
      • Source text:

        b 1223

      • Page: line 50 p 52
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        d 1306

      • Page: line 148A p 131
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        d 1265

      • Page: line 148A p 131
      • Page: line 50 p 52, line 148A p 131
      • Source text:

        no date

  9. G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage [S336368]
      • Page: Despenser, p 261, iv 259-261
      • Source text:

        b 1223

      • Page: II 259-261
      • Source text:

        d 1265

      • Page: II: 259-61
  10. Sharon Kay Penman: Falls the Shadow [S67318]
  11. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S331348]
      • Source text:

        no date