Sir Hugh IV le DESPENSER, Earl of Winchester^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1259 - 1326  (67 years)

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• Name	Hugh IV le DESPENSER
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Earl of Winchester
  Born	1 Mar 1259	, Gloucestershire, England
  Christened	of, Barton, Gloucestershire
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Nov 1326	Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered   [2, 5]
  Age	67 years
  Buried	Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
  Notes	He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Hereford. King's Chamberlain 1313, banished with his father in 1321 by the Barons; they hated him for his wealth and rapacity. Recalled by the king in 1322; negotiator of truce with Scotland in 1323; taken with the King in 1326 by the Barons under Queen Isabella and hanged. has been called Earl of Gloucester by some writers but The Complete Peerage vol.V,p715 makes it clear he was not. Executed. ????? The Complete Peerage vol.IV.pp.267-271 Hugh le Despenser ("The Younger Despenser"), 1st Lord (Baron) leDespenser of the 29 July 1314 creation, KB, associated with his father inthe period of ascendancy over Edward II in the early 1320's but reckonedmore deserving than his father of the hatred of the generality of thebaronial class; convicted as a traitor and hanged 29 Nov 1326, when allhis honours were forfeited. [Burke's Peerage] -------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Hugh le Despenser, hanged and quartered 24 Nov 1326, Lord Despenser;m. 1306 aft. 14 June, Alianore de Clare (34-5). [Magna Charta Sureties] -------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh and his father were favorites of King Edward II (a weak king) andhelped him throw off the mastery of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Edward'sreliance on the Despenser's drew the ire of his wife Isabel. She hadbecome the mistress of Roger de Mortimer while on a diplomatic mission toFrance. In September 1326 the couple invaded England, executed theDespensers, and deposed Edward II in favor of his son, Edward III. Isabelwas rumored to be involved in her husband Edward II's murder. SeeEncyclopedia Britannica, Edward II.
  Person ID	I2241	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2004

  
  

  Father	Hugh Baron le Despenser, , Earl of Winchester,   b. 1 Mar 1260/1261, of Gedney, co. Lincoln, England ,   d. 27 Oct 1326, Hanged in England  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Isabel DE Beauchamp, Countess of Winchester,   b. 1252, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England ,   d. BEF. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England  (Age < 54 years)
  Married	1286	of \ Warwick, Warwickshire, England   [6]
  Family ID	F1130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanore De Clare, countess of Angus,   b. Oct 1292, Castle Prudhoe,Northumberland,England ,   d. 31 Mar 1368, Eshott,Northunmberland,England  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	Aft 14 Jun 1306	WESTMINSTER, , , ENGLAND
  Children	1. Isabel Le Despencer, Countess of Aru,   b. Abt 1312, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1371/1372, Arundel, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F1049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1259 - , Gloucestershire, England Christened - - of, Barton, Gloucestershire Married - Aft 14 Jun 1306 - WESTMINSTER, , , ENGLAND Buried - - Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 14-6, 28B-7, 34-5, 66-8, 80-7. [S14633] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edward II of England. [S14319] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 8-30. [S14310] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 1030. [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 14-6. [S14311] The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 4-5, 9-5.