Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHugh Le Despenser 1st Baron Despenser, 23G Grandfather
Birth1223
Death4 Aug 1265, Battle of Evesham
BurialEvesham Abbey
FatherHugh Le Dispenser (-1238)
Spouses
1Aline BASSETT, 23G Grandmother
FatherPhilip BASSETT (~1185-1271)
MotherHawise Of Louvain (~1221-<1225)
Marriage1260
ChildrenHugh Le Despenser (1260-1326)
Notes for Hugh Le Despenser 1st Baron Despenser
Justiciar of England
The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.259-261.
Ally of Simon de Montfort during the second Baron’s War
Slain by Roger Mortimer [also a 23G Grandfather], 1st Baron Wigmore at the Battle of Evesham
Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Despenser_(justiciar)
The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.259-261.
Ally of Simon de Montfort during the second Baron’s War
Slain by Roger Mortimer [also a 23G Grandfather], 1st Baron Wigmore at the Battle of Evesham
Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Despenser_(justiciar)