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Lord Hugh "The Younger" LE DESPENCER

Lord Hugh "The Younger" LE DESPENCER[1, 2, 3]

Male 1287 - 1326  (39 years)

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  • Name Hugh "The Younger" LE DESPENCER 
    Prefix Lord 
    Nickname The Younger 
    Born 1287  Barton, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Death   [4] 
    The younger Despenser was hung, drawn and quartered at Hereford the following month, November 1326, after his father was hung, beheaded and quartered. 
    TitleOfNobility Between 1314 and 1326  [4] 
    Lord of Glamorgan 
    Execution 24 Nov 1326  Hereford, Herfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Hanged, drawn and quartered 
    FamilySearch ID 9CQ1-X4J 
    Name The Younger 
    Occupation   [4] 
    2nd Lord Despenser (29 Jul 1314-10 Oct 1325); King's Chamberlain; Constable of Odiham Castle; Keeper of the castle and town of Dryslwyn and Cantref Mawr, Carmarthenshire; Keeper of the Castle and town of Portchester; Keeper of the Castle, won and barton 
    _UID 09DC8F794CEF4A62A5549114FED7F1B1E9E4 
    Died 24 Nov 1326  Hereford, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23418  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

    Father Hugh III "The Elder" Le DESPENCER, Sir/Earl Winchester,   b. 1 Mar 1260, Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Or Louch Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1326, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng (Hanged, Drawn And Quartered) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Isabel De BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1255, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married Bef 1286 
    Family ID F10566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanore (Alianore) De CLARE,   b. 3 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 1 May 1306  Westminister, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hugh LE DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1308, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1348-1349  (Age ~ 41 years)
     2. Sir Edward LE DESPENCER,   b. Oct 1310, Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1342, Morlaix, Brittany, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     3. Isabel LE DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1312, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1371, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     4. Joan DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1316, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1394  (Age ~ 78 years)
     5. Eleanor LE DESPENSER,   b. Abt 1319,   d. 1351, Sempringham with Pointon and Birthorpe, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     6. Gilbert DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1320, Of Mowbray, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elizabeth Le DESPENCER,   b. 1322, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1389  (Age 67 years)
     8. Margaret DESPENCER,   b. Aug 1323, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1337, Whatton Priory Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 13 years)
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F7326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • He and his father were banished in 1321 but returned in 1322 after barons were defeated at Boroughbridge; he and his father were the real rulers of England until they were executed in 1326 after the invasion of Queen Isabella. See J.C. Davies,
      "Baronial Opposition to Edward II" (1918, repr. 1967). COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPAEDIA. from materials provided by Debrett's: "Having gone to parts beyond seas without licence, contrary to the King's inhibition, in Jan. 1309/10, his lands and goods were
      taken into the King's hand for a time. Chamberlain towards the end of this year, he being then an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster. Appointed Constable of Odiham Castlel, 1 Nov. 1317: this he had to resign next year. Appointed Keeper of the
      castle and town of Dryslwyn, and Cantref Mawr, co. Carmarthen, 18 Nov. 1317; this he had to resign, 14 Sept 1318, but it was regranted to him with the assent of the Par. of York, 21 Nov. following. At this Parl. he was re-appointed Chamberlain.
      He was appointed a Constable of Odiham Castle, 22 Feb. 1319/20 to 21 June (or July 9) 1321. He accompanied the King to France in June 1320. Keeper of the castle, town, and barton of Bristol, 1 Oct 1320 to 10 May 1321. On 19 Augl. 1321 he was disinherited and exiled, as mentioned above, his lands being taken into the King's hand, 15 Sep. 1321. He took refuge in the Cinque Ports, and, engaging in piracy, with the King's connivance, did considerable damage. He had letters of safe
      conduct for a year, 8 Dec. 1321, and of protection, 9 Jan. 1321/2. In Mar. following he accompanied the King against the contrariants, and is said to have urged him, when at Burton-on-Trent (10 Mar.), not to prosecute war. After the battle of
      Boroughbridge, he received large grants of lands forfeited by the rebels. He was appointed Keeper of the castle, town, and barton of Bristol during the King's pleasure, 3 May 1322, and for life, 1 June 1325. Appointed Keepr of the castles,
      manors, and lands of Brecknock, Hay, Cantref Selyf, Talgarth, Blaen Llyfni, and Pencelly, co. Brecon, and Huntington, co. Hereford, 10 July 1322. He received a pardon for all his debts at the Exchequer and in the Wardrobe, 5 June 1323. In
      1324 he complained to the Pope that he was threatened by magical and secret dealings: but the Pope could only advise him to tur to God with his whole heart and to make a good confession. He was appoitned a commissioner to make peace with the Scots, 8 Nov. 1324. On 1 June 1325 he received a pardon for the acts of piracy which he had committed in 1321. He was sum. for Military Service from 30 June (1314) 7 Edw. II to 1 May (1325) 18 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 29 July (1314) 8 Edw.
      II to 10 Oct (1325) 19 Edw. II, by writes directed Hugoni le Despenser juniori, whereby he is held to have become LORD LE DESPENSER. He was taken to Hereford, tried -- without being allowed to speak in his own defence -- condemned to death as a traitor, and 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. Some years afterwards, his bones were collected, and bur. in Tewkesbury Abbey. On his death all his honors were forfeited, the sentence of "Exile" passed on him in 1321 being re-affirmed in Parl. I Edw. III. The Queen obtained his movables, plate, and jeweles, 8 Jan. 1326/7.SOURCE: Dict. Nat. Bio. 863-5; Ligon Book p.196-859; Amer. Royal Desc. p.449;
      Fosters p. 121; The Royal Line (Adamic Genealogy) March 1980, Albert F. Schmuhl


      Despenser, Hugh le, English nobleman, son of Hugh le Despenser. A supporter of the king against the barons, he fought under Edward I, for whom he secured a papal release from an oath to refrain from excessive taxation. When the barons forced Edward's son and successor, Edward II, to banish his favorite, Piers Gaveston, le Despenser supported Gaveston and in 1312 succeeded him as the royal favorite. Edward II made him earl of Winchester in 1322, and le Despenser, together with his son, Hugh, acquired vast wealth. The barons established a coalition to challenge Edward II and le Despenser, and open warfare broke out between the king and the barons. At the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, the king's forces defeated the coalition. The elder le Despenser became virtual ruler of England, instituted several important administrative reforms, and concluded peace with Scotland in 1323. In 1326 Isabella, queen consort of England, formed an alliance with the barons against Edward and the le Despensers in favor of Edward's and Isabella's son, young Prince Edward. In a general uprising, the forces of Edward II were defeated and both father and son le Despenser were hanged.

  • Sources 
    1. [S640] Americans Of Royal Descent, Browning, Charles H., (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969).

    2. [S641] Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England Between 1623 And 1650, Weis, Frederick Lewis, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1992).

    3. [S878] CHART=Through The Loins Of Joseph.

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Hugh "The Younger" LE DESPENCER, person ID 9CQ1-X4J. (Reliability: 3).


  

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