Sir Hugh le Despenser 
Sir Hugh was born in 1197 in of Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England. Sir Hugh's father was Thomas le Despenser and his mother was Rohese (le Despenser). He had two brothers and two sisters, named Galfridus (Geoffrey) le, Thomas, Rohese and Muriel. He was the youngest of the five children. He died in Sibsey & Aukborough, Lincolnshire.General Notes
King Henry III, in the 8th year of his reign [1224], constituted Hugh de Spencer sheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford, and governor of the castles of Salop and Bruges (Bridgnorth). He was subsequently sheriff of Berkshire and governor of Wallingford Castle. To this Hugh Henry II gave the manor of Rithal, co. Rutland, and in the 21st of that monarch's reign, upon the death of John Scot, Earl of Chester, he was deputed with Stephen de Segrave and Henry de Aldithley to take charge of the castles of Chester and Beeston. After this Hugh came his grandson, another Hugh Despencer. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 165-6, Despencer, Earl of Winchester]
He had a biological son and a biological daughter, and also an biological child of unknown gender, named Hugh le Despenser II, Eleanor and Pernell.
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Children
Death Notes
Slain in battle of Evesham, Yorkshire.
Pernell le Despenser
Pernell was born in 1210 in of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Pernell is no longer alive.
Hugh le Despenser II Lord Falmouth Justiciar
Hugh le Despenser II was born in 1223 in Rhyall, Rutland, Wales. He died at the age of 42 on August 4th, 1265 in Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
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