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5 days ago · On the partition of their inheritance among the sisters and coheirs of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester (d. 1314), Tewkesbury was allotted to Eleanor, who married Hugh le Despenser the younger, and passed through the Despenser family to Anne daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. After the death of her husband, Richard Neville ...
4 days ago · Also they say that the aforesaid Hugh died on the 8th day of February. Also that Edward, the son of Edward le Despenser, brother of the aforesaid Hugh, is the next heir of him the said Hugh; and that he is of the age of 12 years and upwards. In witness whereof, to this Inquisition the aforesaid Jurors have set their seals. [Endorsed.]
4 days ago · Edward III granted them with the manor of Ashley to Hugh le Despenser, the elder son of Hugh le Despenser the younger, in 1334. (fn. 38) From this date they descended with the manor of Ashley until 1571, (fn. 39) when they were alienated by Edward Bellingham, lord of, Ashley, to William Waller, (fn. 40) and were probably merged in the manor of ...
5 days ago · Hugh de Audele the younger and Margaret his wife v. Hugh le Despenser the younger and Eleanor his wife; manor of Rihale in Rutland, manor of Retherfeld with 7000 acres of wood in Retherfeld in Sussex, [ ] thousand acres of wood in Westpekham and Tonbrigge in Kent, 300 acres of pasture, 200 acres of wood in Bisseye in Middlesex, 3 knights' fees ...
5 days ago · Hugh Despenser the Younger ~1287–1326 Hampshire At this point he was a youth, possibly in the kings household Sir John Deyville: 1234–1291 An outlaw loyal to Simon de Montfort Robert Deyville ~1236–12?? His brother Adam de Everingham ~1225–1280 Yorkshire Keeper of Sherwood Forest, lord of Everingham, Shelford, & Fairburn.
5 days ago · 77. ROGER DE CLIFFORD. Writ, 12 February, 1 Edward III.: CUMBERLAND. Inq. 10 May, 1 Edward III.: Skelton. Two parts of tenements (extent given), including lands, rents, a water-mill, &c., held, together with the third part, which Maud, late the wife of Robert de Clifford, deceased, held in dower of the inheritance of the said Roger, of the late King Edward in chief by service of rendering to ...
3 days ago · The area of Cliffe with Lund, excluding Newhay, was 2,740 a. in 1850. (fn. 4) The ridge of ground near the old course of the Ouse and large areas further north reach a little over 25 ft. above sea-level. Nevertheless, much of the eastern side of the civil parish as well as the flat land bordering the river are below that level.
