Hugh le Despenser

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• Name	Hugh le Despenser
  Birth	of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England   [2]
  Death	24 Nov 1326	Hereford, Herefordshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Alternate death	29 Nov 1326	Hereford, Herefordshire, England   [7]
  Burial	Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [3, 4]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Philip le Despenser ,   b. of Parlington, Yorkshire, England d. 24 Sep 1313 ▻ Margaret de Goushill   2. Isabel le Despenser   d. 4 Dec 1334 ▻ John de Hastings ,  m. Bef 1309 ;  Ralph de Monthermer   3. Hugh le Despenser ,   b. of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England ▻ Eleanor de Clare ,  m. Aft 14 Jun 1306
  Person ID	I12415	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Hugh le Despenser,   b. 1 Mar 1261, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 27 Oct 1326, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Isabel de Beauchamp   d. Bef 30 May 1306
  Marriage	Between 10 Sep 1285 and 27 Jan 1287  [2, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor de Clare,   b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Aft 14 Jun 1306	Westminster, Middlesex, England   [2, 11, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Isabel le Despenser,   b. Between 1312 and 1313   2. Edward le Despenser,   b. of Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England d. 30 Sep 1342, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France   3. Elizabeth le Despenser   d. 13 Jul 1389
  Family ID	F8096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "The Younger". Favorite of Edward II; ultimately convicted of treason. "Outside the city he was stripped and then reclothed with his arms reversed, and he was crowned with stinging nettles. Condemned to death as a traitor, on 24 November 1326 he was drawn on a hurdle to the gallows, and then hanged from a height of 50 feet. Still alive, he was cut down and eviscerated before finally being beheaded. His head was displayed on London Bridge; his quarters were sent to Bristol, Dover, York, and Newcastle. In December 1330 Eleanor de Clare received royal permission to collect her husband's bones and inter them in Tewkesbury Abbey." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

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