Hugh (Earl of Winchester) Le Despencer^[1]

1261 - 1326  (65 years)

• Name	Hugh (Earl of Winchester) Le Despencer
  Birth	1 Mar 1260-1261
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1326	Hanged
  Person ID	I111582	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Hugh (Sir) (Justiciar of England) Le Despenser   d. 4 Aug 1265, Battle Of Evesham
  Mother	Aline (of Wycombe) Basset   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F42529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella De Beauchamp   d. Abt 30 Mar 1306
  Marriage	Bef 1286
  Children	1. Hugh The Younger (1st Baron) Le Despencer   d. 29 Nov 1326, Hanged   2. Isabel (of Winchester) Le Despencer   d. 4 Dec 1344   3. Eleanor Le Despenser   d. Aft Mar 1315   4. Philip (of Parlington) Le Despenser   d. 24 Sep 1313
  Family ID	F41347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  "Sir Hugh le Despenser (or Despencer) of Loughborough, 'the Elder', Earlof Winchester (b 01.03.1260/1, d 27.10.1326) Hugh and his son were great favourites of King Edward II but abusedtheir position and earned the enmity of many other barons which ended intheir downfall and that of King Edward. For the main line, we move herefrom identifying the family name as le Despenser to Despencer to make itconsistent with most other sources and cross-references. However, TCPcontinues to use the name "le Despenser". m.(by 1286) Isabel de Beauchamp (dau of William de Beauchamp, 1st Earlof Warwick) " From Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/dd/despencer1.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.