 Abt 1260 - 1326 (66 years)
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| Name |
of WINCHESTER Hugh DESPENCER Earl |
| Birth |
Abt 01 Mar 1260 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England  [1] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Oct 1326 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] |
| Notes |
- Hugh - supported King Edward I in the war against his rival, the Earl of Lancaster. He served in the Welsh war but was fined 2,000 marks because he married, without the king's license, Isabel, daughter of William Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, the widow of Patrick of Chaworth.
He accompanied Edward to Scotland and fought in the Battle of Dunbar (I) and the expediition against Flanders in 1297. The King used him to negotiate for peace between Edward I and the King of the Romans and the King of France.
He served again in Scotland and then was sent to negociate with France which led to the peace of 1303. In 1305 he was sent to see Pope Clement V at Lyons and obtained a Papal bull which absolved King Edward from the oaths he had been forced to take to his people. When Edward II was coronated as King, Hugh carried part of the royal insignia. He defended the king's favorite, Gaveston, in 1308 against the league of barons, which alienated him from the barons who regarded him as a deserter from their cause.
Then Isabel married William Blount about 1261 while living in Belton, Rutland, England. William was born about 1223, lived in Belton, Rutland, England. He was the son of Robert Blount and Isabel Odingsells. He died in 1316 while living in Timberlake, Worcestershire, England .
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| Person ID |
I20913 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Sir Hugh Le DESPENCER, b. Abt 1223, Of, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 04 Aug 1265, Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England (Age 42 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
of NORFOLK lline "Aliva-Alice" BASSETT Countess, b. 1241, Of, Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England d. Abt 1275 (Age 34 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F12725 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
de BEAUCHAMP Isabel, b. Abt 1267 d. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1286 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. of WINCHESTER Hugh DESPENCER Earl, b. Abt 1286, Of, Barton, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age 40 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Le DESPENCER Philip, b. Abt 1289, Of, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Sep 1313 (Age 24 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Le WINCHESTER Margaret, b. Abt 1292 [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F12719 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S265] Merged from Philip Le DespencerA on 06-Jul-08 at 12:38.
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