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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London. Despenser first played an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on the baronial side in the Mad Parliament ...
Dec 26, 2019 · About Sir Hugh le Despenser of Ryhall Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.
Ancestry. 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, 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] He rose to national prominence as royal ...
Nov 10, 2022 · Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London. Hugh Le Despenser, chief justiciar of England, first played an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on ...
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Despenser, Hugh le. Hugh le Despenser (lə dĬspĕn´sər), d. 1265, chief justiciar of England. He joined the barons in their struggle against Henry III and received various offices, becoming chief justiciar in 1260. He lost this office in 1261 but was restored to it in 1263. He fought in the Barons' War and was killed at Evesham in 1265.
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while Hugh Despenser’s grandfather, Hugh Despenser, justiciar of England, supported Simon. Hugh the justiciar was killed alongside Simon at the battle of Evesham in August 1265, and it’s possible that Roger Mortimer was the man who killed him. Hugh Despenser, the justiciar’s son, who came to be known as Hugh Despenser
