• General Notes

  1st Baron le Despencer
  He was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.
  He was summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort, and so might be deemed a baron, though the legality of that assembly is doubtful. He remained allied with Montfort to the end, and was present at the Battle of Lewes. He was killed fighting on de Montfort's side at the Battle of Evesham. He was slain by Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore; this caused a feud to begin between the Despenser and Mortimer families.
  By his wife, Aline Bassett, he was father of Hugh the elder Despenser.
  (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
  
  Hugh de Spenser, born in or before 1223. He had Loughborough. Burton, Freely, and Arnesby in Co. Leicester; Parlington and Hillam in Co. York; Sibsey and Aukborough in Co. Lincoln; Ryhall and Belmesthorpe in Rutland. He took part with the barons and was nominated under the baronial power in 44th of Henry III, 1260, Justiciary of England. After the battle of Lewes he was one of those to whom the custody of the captive monarch was committed, and he was entrusted with the castles of Orford in Suffolk, of Devises in Wilts and Barnard Castle in Duram. He was summoned to Parliament on Dec. 14, 1264, as "Hugh le Despenser Justic' Angliae" and lost his life under the baronial banner at Evesham, where he joined the Earl of Leicester and was slain with him Aug. 4, 1265, and was buried in Evesham Abbey. His lordship married Aliva, daughter of Philip Bassett of Wycomb, Co. Bucks, by whom he left at his decease Hugh, of whom presently, and a daughter Alinore. Aliva's mother was Hawise, daughter of Sir Matthew de Lovaine of Little Easton in Essex. Some Genealogists say she was a daughter of John de Grey. After the forfeiture and decease of Lord Despenser, his widow Aliva found such favor with the king, that she was enabled to retain a considerable proportion of his property, and at her death, in the 9th of Edward I (1729), it devolved upon her son Hugh, when he paid a fine of 500 marks.
  (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 414)
  

Details of Hugh's family with Aline Basset