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1261 - 1326 (65 years)
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Name |
Hugh The Younger LE DESPENSER [1, 2] |
Prefix |
Sir |
Birth |
01 Mar 1260/1 |
Barton, Gloucestershire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Also Known As |
Baron Despenser [2] |
Fact |
1st Earl of Winchester [2] |
Death |
27 Oct 1326 [1, 2] |
Burial |
Tewesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England [1] |
Notes |
- Hugh and his father were beheaded in 1326. Both father and son were loyal to the king, Edward II, the young Despenser being his especial favorite. This engendered great jealousy on the part of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, cousin-german to the King, and first prince of the blood, the most opulent and powreful subject in England, possessed in his own right of no less than 6 earldoms, who raised an army against the king and was joined by many of the barons who wre dissatisfied with King Edward. In the civil war which followed, Lancaster was defeated and captured and condemned by court-martial and beheaded. The two Despencers were condemned to death by the rebellious barons whithout trial, or witness, or accusation, or answer.
Excerpts from Blood Royal: Hugh was hanged on a gallows 50 feet high, 24 Nov 1326. His head was set up on London Bridge, 4 Dec., and his quarters in four different places (towns). Some years afterwards his bones were collected, and bur. in Tewkesbury Abbey. The permit for his bones to be collected and buried was given on 15 Dec 1330.
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Person ID |
I35486 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
18 Apr 2018 |
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| Birth - 01 Mar 1260/1 - Barton, Gloucestershire, England |
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Sources |
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
- [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.
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