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Despenser was the son of Hugh le Despencer (1223–1265, briefly Justiciar of England) and Aline Basset, only daughter and heiress of Philip Basset.His father was killed at the Battle of Evesham when Hugh was a boy, but Hugh's patrimony was saved through the influence of his maternal grandfather, who had been loyal to the king.
Hugh Despenser may refer to: Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (died 1238), High Sheriff of Berkshire; Hugh Despenser (justiciar) (1223–1265), son of the above; Hugh Despenser the Elder (1261–1326), son of the above; Hugh Despenser the Younger (died 1326), son of the above; Hugh le Despenser, Baron le Despenser (1338) (1308–1349), son of the above
Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 [1] [2] – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", [3] was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. [4]
Hugh le Despenser the Elder, 1st Earl of Winchester (1262–1326), for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England; Hugh le Despenser the Younger (1286–1326) became Royal Chamberlain in 1318 and the favourite of Edward II of England but developed a reputation for greed and, after falling out with the Barons, was accused of treason ...
The first creation was in 1295, when Hugh the elder Despenser was summoned to the Model Parliament. He was the eldest son of the sometime Justiciar Hugh Despenser (d. 1265), son of Sir Hugh le Despenser I (above). The sometime Justiciar was summoned in 1264 to Simon de Montfort's Parliament and is sometimes considered the first baron.
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edmund Fitzalan were both hanged, drawn, and quartered. The deaths of Fitzalan, Despenser the Younger, Despenser the Elder and Edward II brought an end to the civil war, saw the start of a year of looting of the Despensers' estates and the issuing of pardons to thousands of people falsely indicted by them. [22]
Barony of le Despenser: Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (1218–1238) Hugh Despenser (justiciar) (1238–1265) Hugh Despenser the Elder (1285–1326) [Later as Earl of Winchester] Barony de Ross: Robert de Ros (died 1227) (~1205–1227) Barony of Prudhoe: Richard Umfraville (1182–1226) Gilbert Umfraville I (1245)
The subsequent revival of royal authority and the growing ascendancy of the Despensers (Hugh the elder and younger) led Bohun and other barons to rebel against the king again in 1322. Bohun had a special reason for opposing the Despensers, for he had lost some of his estates in the Welsh Marches to their rapacity and he felt they had besmirched ...