Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder

Birth Name Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder 1 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a
Gramps ID I34404
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years, 7 months, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E45844] 1260/1-03-01 (Julian) England  
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Death [E45845] 1326-10-27 Bristol, England  

Cause: Executed via hanging, drawn & quartered.

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_FA1 [E45846]   Fled with Edward II upon rebellion of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer.  
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_FA2 [E45847]   Sent to help defend Bristol against the usurpers.  
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_FA3 [E45848]   Captured during its surrender on 26 Oct 1326.  
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_FA4 [E45849]   Summarily tried and hanged on 27 Oct 1326.  
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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar [I33881]12231265-08-04
Mother Cts of Norfolk, Aliva Basset [I33882]1241about 1281-04-11
    Sister     le Despenser, Eleanor [I21545] about 1252 1328-10-01
    Sister     le Despenser, Anne (Joan) [I36805] about 1258 about 1322
         Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder [I34404] 1260/1-03-01 (Julian) 1326-10-27

Families

    Family of Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser the Elder and de Beauchamp, Isabella [F12944]
Married Wife de Beauchamp, Isabella [I33552] ( * about 1266 + before 1306-05-30 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E59292] before 1286    
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_FA1 [E59293] BET. 1286 - 1287 Hugh paid a fine of 2000 marks to King Edward I for marrying her w/out license.  
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  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Despenser, Phillip [I25041]
Lord Despenser, Hugh le Despenser the Younger [I32716]BET. 1280 - 12901326-11-29

Pedigree

  1. Lord Falmouth, Hugh le Despenser II Justiciar [I33881]
    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
        1. de Beauchamp, Isabella [I33552]
          1. Despenser, Phillip [I25041]
          2. Lord Despenser, Hugh le Despenser the Younger [I32716]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
  2. Moncreiffe: Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child [S70502]
      • Page: p 29
  3. Ancestors of Deacon Edward Converse [S285910]
      • Page: p 89
  4. Frederick Lewis Weis: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 [S72360]
      • Page: line 4 p 3
      • Page: line 4 p 3
      • Page: line 4 p 3
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        no place

      • Page: line 4 p 3
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        her 2nd m, m by 1286

  5. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

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        d aft 1140

      • Page: 1st ed, pp 263-264 "Talbot"
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        no date

      • Page: 1st ed, pp 263-264 "Talbot"
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        no date

  6. 11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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        Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

  7. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S11883]
      • Page: 74-31
      • Page: 74-31
      • Page: 74-31
      • Source text:

        bef 1287

  8. G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage [S336368]
      • Page: IV, 262-266
      • Page: IV, 262-266
      • Source text:

        bef 1287

  9. Ed Mann: Mann Database [S331348]
      • Source text:

        bef 1286

  10. Sir Bernard Burke: Burke's Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages of the British Empire [S340764]
      • Source text:

        No date, 2nd marriage for Isabella