Le Despencer Family - Ourfolk
Hugh Le Despencer 1 MAR 1260 - 27 OCT 1326
Hugh was born on 1 MAR 1260 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 27 OCT 1326 (age: 66) in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .
He was the son of Sir Hugh Le Despencer (BEF 1223 - 4 AUG 1265) and Countess of Norfolk Iline Bassett (Le Despencer) (1241 - BEF 11 APR 1281).
Hugh was married to Isabel de Beauchamp (de Chaworth) on BEF 1286.
Isabel was born on ABT 1252 in Of, Warwick, Warwickshire, England and died on ABT 30 MAY 1306 in Emley Castle, Worcestershire, England .
She was the daughter of William de Beauchamp (ABT 1227 - 9 JUN 1298) and Maud Fitzgeoffrey (de Beauchamp) (ABT 1237 - 16 APR 1301).
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| ⌈ Hugh Le Despencer (ABT 1197 - 23 FEB 1238) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Sir Hugh Le Despencer (BEF 1223 - 4 AUG 1265) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ⌊ Countess of Norfolk Iline Bassett (Le Despencer) (1241 - BEF 11 APR 1281) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
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