Hugh Sir Earl of Winchester le Despenser

1260 - 1326  (66 years)

• Name	Hugh Sir Earl of Winchester le Despenser
  Birth	1 Mar 1260	Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Death	He was hanged in his armour and then beheaded. His body was cut into pieces for the dogs, his head sent to Winchester and put on display there.
  Cause of Death	hung, beheaded and dismembered
  He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Despenser [E., 1264].	4 Aug 1265
  He was created 1st Lord le Despenser [England by writ.]	24 Jun 1295
  Military+service	1314
  Title of Nobility	From 1322 to 1326
  	Earl of Winchester
  He was created 1st Earl of Winchester [England]	10 May 1322
  Executed+in+his+armor	27 Oct 1326	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  	Hung, beheaded and dismembered
  Title %28Nobility%29	1st Earl of Winchester
  _FSFTID	LB55-134
  Death	27 Oct 1326	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  Burial	Aft 27 Oct 1326	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I16992	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Hugh Le Despenser,   b. 1223, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 4 Aug 1265, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Aline Bassett,   b. 1228, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 11 Apr 1281, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1260	Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
  Family ID	F5989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella de Beauchamp,   b. 1 Mar 1262, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom d. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1285
  Children	1. III Hugh the Younger le Despenser,,   b. Abt 1280, Barton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 46 years)   2. Isabel le Despenser,   b. 1286, Salisbury St Edmund, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 4 Dec 1334, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 48 years)   3. Aline le Despenser,   b. 1288, Ibstock, Leicestershire, England d. 28 Nov 1353 (Age 65 years)   4. Philip Despenser,   b. Abt 1290, England d. 24 Sep 1313, Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England (Age 23 years)   5. Margaret le Despenser,   b. Abt 1290, England d. Bef 25 Jan 1330 (Age < 40 years)   6. Elizabeth Despenser,   b. Abt 1300, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom d. Bef 17 Feb 1331, England, United Kingdom (Age < 31 years)   7. Philip Despenser,   b. 18 Oct 1342, Gedney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom d. 4 Aug 1401, Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F5626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023