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Abt 1354 - 1405 (51 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Maurice DE BERKELEY was born in 1330 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England (son of Thomas DE BERKELEY and Margaret DE MORTIMER); died on 8 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Lord Berkeley
- Military Service: 19 Sep 1356, Wounded at the battle of Poitiers
- Fact: 1362-1368, Member of Parliament
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He was born about 1330 (aged eight at time of marriage). He was a commander in Glascony in 1355, and distinguished himself at the battle of Poitiers on 19 Sep 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner, ransomed for L1000. He was summoned to Parliament 1362-1368.
Maurice married Elizabeth LE DESPENSER in Aug 1338. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, Knt. and Alianor DE CLARE) was born in 1322 in Stoke, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Jul 1389. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
6. | Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, Knt. (son of Sir Hugh The Younger LE DESPENSER and Isabel DE BEAUCHAMP); died on 24 Nov 1326 in hanged and quartered. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Baron Despenser
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He was summoned to Parliament from 29 July 1314 by writs directed 'hugoni le Despenser juniori'. he was disinherited and exiled on 19 Aug 1321. He took refuge in the Cinque Ports, and engaging in piracy, with the King's connivance did considerable damage. After the battle of Boroughbridge, he received large grants of the lands forfeited by the rebels. He accompanied the King in his flight to Wales in October 1326, and with the King was captured near Llantrisant, co. Glamorgan, on 16 Nov 1326. Hugh Le Despenser, Lord Le Despenser, was taken to Hereford, tried, without being allowed to speak in his own defence, condemned to death as a traitor, and hanged on 24 Nov 1326, buried some years afterwards at Tewkesbury Abbey.
Hugh married Alianor DE CLARE after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster. Alianor (daughter of Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt. and Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND) was born between Oct and Nov 1292 in Caephilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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