Hugh 1St Baron Le Despenser 
Hugh 1St Baron Le was born in 1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.1 Hugh 1St Baron Le's father was Hugh Le Despenser and his mother was Mrs-Hugh Le Despencer. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Despenser and Rohese De Foix. He had three sisters named Pernell Le, Miss Le and Julianna Le. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 42 on August 4th, 1265 in Battle Of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. He was buried in Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestersire, England.1 1 General Notes
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Sir Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord (Baron) Despenser of the putative 1264 creation; knighted c1244, Constable of Horston Castle 1255, one of twelve representatives by the barons at the Parliament (a convention rather than full Parliament as recognised today) of Oxford June 1258 to press for action by Henry III to right the wrongs done them and negotiate with the King's Council, nominated Justiciar of England by the barons and accordingly appointed to that post by Henry 1260 but dismissed by him 1261, renominated 1263 by the barons and reappointed with Henry's agreement, Constable of the Tower of London 1263 and Devizes, Oxford, Orford, and Nottingham Castles 1264; called to a form of Parliament 24 Dec 1264 by writ whereby according to peerage law doctrine as it stood at the time of the judgement of 1604 he may be reckoned to have been created Lord le Despenser; and was killed at the Battle of Evesham 4 Aug 1265, fighting for Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, against Henry III. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1034 in Of, Perche, France d.08 May 1131 in a prisoner at Warner Castle, Dorsetshire
- b.1084 in Of, Elington, Lincolnshire, England d.29 Jun 1172
- b.~ 1050 in Normandy, France d.> 1103 in Ponthieu, France
- b.~ 1122 in London, Middlesex, england d.1199
- b.1060 in Of Bourgogne, France d.23 MAR 1102/03 in TARSUS, ASIA MINOR
- b.~ 1090 in Normandy, France d.28 FEB 1141/42
- b.~ 1060 d.> 1103
- b.~ 1159 in Elington, Lincolnshire, England d.1218 in Arnesby, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1126 in Of, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1197 in Ryhall, Rutland, England d.<30 May 1238 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1065 in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyreneees, France
- b.~ 1104 in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyreneees, France
- b.~ 1075 in Besalu, Spain
- b.~ 1130 in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyreneees, France d.Nov 1188
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- b.~ 1108 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- b.~ 1084 in Spain d.< 1112
- b.~ 1165 in Foix, Ariege, Midi-Pyreneees, France d.> 1200
- b.> 1066 in Carcassonne, Narbonne, Languedoc, France d.1129 in Albi, Tarn, Languedoc, France
- b.1098 in Nimes, Gard, Languedoc, France d.15 Oct 1167 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France
- b.~ 1070 in Forcalquier, Alpes-DE-Haute-Provence, France d.1150
- b.~ 1132 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France d.> 1188
- b.~ 1080 in Beziers, Narbonne, Languedoc, France d.1105
- b.~ 1105 in Beziers, Narbonne, Languedoc, France d.< 1134
- b.~ 1090 in Carcassonne, Narbonne, Languedoc, France
- b.1223 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Battle Of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1202 d.Deceased
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1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions byWalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 4-5, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, byFrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 51-30, 50-30, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, CharlesMosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1029, GEDCOM File : emsuggs.ged, daveanthes.FTW
Further sources/citations:
The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions byWalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 4-5, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, byFrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 51-30, 50-30, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, CharlesMosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1029, GEDCOM File : emsuggs.ged, daveanthes.FTW
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