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Hugh Despencer 1286–1326 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 May 1286

Birth Location: Barton, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 24 Nov 1326

Death Location: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Hugh Despenser

Mother: Isabel Despenser

Spouse(s): Eleanor Clare

Children(s): Isabel Despencer, Edward Despencer, Isabella FitzAlan, Hugh Despencer, Elizabeth (19thGGM)

Hugh Despencer was born in 1286 in Barton, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Hugh Despenser And Isabel Despenser. Hugh Despencer married Eleanor Clare, and had children including Edward Despencer, Elizabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley Abt 1325 1389 19Thggm, Hugh Le Despencer, Isabel Le Despencer, Isabella Fitzalan. Hugh Despencer passed away in 1326 in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh Despencer was born in 1286 in Barton, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Hugh Despenser And Isabel Despenser.
  • Hugh Despencer married Eleanor Clare, and had children including Edward Despencer, Elizabeth Le Despenser Baroness Berkeley Abt 1325 1389 19Thggm, Hugh Le Despencer, Isabel Le Despencer, Isabella Fitzalan.
  • Hugh Despencer passed away in 1326 in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Despenser
1260–1326
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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Isabel Despenser
1256–1306
Birth Location: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor Clare
1292–1337
Birth Location: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, Great Britain
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Children(s)

Isabel Despencer
1312–1356
Birth Location: Stoke, Gloucestershire, England
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Edward Despencer
1312–1342
Birth Location: Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England
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Isabella FitzAlan
1312–1356
Birth Location: England
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Hugh Despencer
1308–1349
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth (19thGGM)
1326–1389
Birth Location: Stoke Albany, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England
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Hugh Despencer's Ancestors

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Hugh Despencer
1286–1326
Birth Place: Barton, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Hugh Despenser
1260–1326
Gloucestershire, England
Isabel Despenser
1256–1306
Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (II , 1st Baron le Despenser ( Despencer ) Justiciar, Knight, Lord Constable of the Tower of London . Died at the Battle of Evesham (Born 1223) (20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rdGGF)) *
1223–1265
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Aliva (( Aline Ellen ) BASSETT of WYCOMBE Countess of NORFOLK (20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rdGGM)) *
–1281
Wiltshire, England
William (III de Beauchamp , 9th ( 1st ) Earl of Warwick , 6th baron Beauchamp (21st,) 23rdGGF)
1237–1298
Elmley Castle, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England
Maud Beauchamp
1235–1301
Shere, Guildford Borough, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Hugh *
1197–1238
Emma *
1206–1265
Philip (22ndGGF)
1190–1271
Hawise *
1215–
William (21stGGF)
1215–1268
Isabel (21stGGM)
1216–1268
John (21stGGF)
1205–1258
Isabel Bigod
1210–1250
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard *
1180–1206
Alan 24thGGF)
1160–1233
Aline *
1159–1230
Matthew (23rdGGF)
1199–1258
WALTER *
1195–1236
Joan *
1194–1225
William (22ndGGF)
1196–1257
Alice *
1196–1262
Geoffrey (23rdGU)
1162–1213
Eveline descendants
1172–1225
Hugh Carta
1186–1224
Matilda Warenne
1192–1310

Hugh Despencer's Descendants

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Hugh Despencer (1 May 1286–24 Nov 1326) m. Eleanor Clare (1 Oct 1292–30 Jun 1337)
  1. 1. Isabel (le) Despencer 1312–1356 m. Richard ("Copped Hat," FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Warenne, 9th Earl of Surrey, Ancestor to the Hosmer family thru both wives, and the Haugheys) too 1313–1375
    1. 1. Mallt FitzAlan 1330–
    2. 2. Isabel FitzAlan 1331–1361
    3. 3. Helen FitzAlan 1335–1363
    4. 4. Eleanor FitzAlan 1335–1356
    5. 5. Elizabeth Fitzalan 1330–
    6. 6. Philippa FitzAlan 1325–1393
    7. 7. Mary Fitzalan 1332–1396
    8. 8. Sir (Edmund FitzAlan) (merge?) 1327–1377 m. Sibyl (de) Montagu 1330–1352
      1. 1. Lady (Phillippa FitzAlan, de) Arundel 1352–1399 m. Sir (Richard II Cergeaux ( Sergeaux Serjeaux ) of Colquite Manor) (1346-1393) 1346–1393
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Sergeaux ( Cergeaux) ) 1378–1414 m. Sir (William de) Marney 1370–1414
        2. 2. Philippa (Sergeaux (of Colquite Manor) (1381-1420)) (2ndC16XR) 1381–1420 m. Robert (de Pashley , III , Knight (1370-1406)) (1stC20XR) 1370–1406
        3. 3. Johanna Sergeaux 1392–
        4. 4. Alice (de Sergeaux Countess of Oxford (1384)) (2ndC16XR) 1384–1452 m. Richard (de Vere , 11th Earl of) Oxford 1385–1417
        5. 5. Richard ((III)) Sergeaux 1374–1396
      2. 2. Alice Fitzalan 1349–1384
      3. 3. Katharine FitzAlan 1355–1382
      4. 4. Alice FitzAlan 1349–1384
  2. 2. Edward Despencer 1312–1342 m. Anne (de) Ferrers 1315–1367
    1. 1. Edward (Despenser) (17th,19thGGF) 1335–1375 m. Elizabeth (Burghersh) (19thGGM) 1342–1409
      1. 1. Thomas (Le) Despenser 1373–1400 m. Constance (van) LANGLEY 1374–1416
        1. 1. Isabel (Le) Despenser 1390–1439 m. Richard (13th Earl of Warwick De Beauchamp , KG (no male heirs) (1382-1439)) (17thGGF) 1382–1439 m. Richard (de) Beauchamp 1397–1422
        2. 2. Elizabeth Despenser –1398
        3. 3. Richard (4th Baron Burghersh le) Despenser 1396–1414 m. Eleanor NEVILLE 1430–1504
      2. 2. Anne Despenser –1426
      3. 3. Margaret Despenser 1338–1415 m. Robert ("Baron of Chartley" De) Ferrers 1359–1412
        1. 1. Philippa Ferrers 1393–1457
        2. 2. Edmund (de Ferrers, baron of Chartley (Knight) (17thGGF)) * 1386–1435 m. Eleanor (De La Roche (17thGGM)) * 1370–1440
    2. 2. Henry (le Despenser , Bishop of Norwich . Despenser's Crusade (or the Bishop of Norwich's Crusade, sometimes just Norwich) Crusade) 1341–1406
  3. 3. Isabella FitzAlan 1312–1356
  4. 4. Hugh (le) Despencer 1308–1349
  5. 5. Elizabeth (le Despenser , Baroness Berkeley (Abt. 1325-1389)) (19thGGM) 1326–1389 m. Maurice (4th Baron de Berkeley "the Valiant" ( Fitzharding male line) (1330-1368) (17th,) 19thGGF) 1330–1368
    1. 1. James (Baron de Berkeley (1354-1409) (16thGGF)) * 1354–1409 m. Elizabeth (de Bluet (1358-1420)) (16thGGM) 1358–1420
      1. 1. James ("the Just" Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley (Wales and England) (15thGGF)) * 1394–1463 m. Isabel (de Mowbray , Baroness Berkeley , Ferrers ( Isabelle )) (15th,19thGGM) 1396–1452
        1. 1. Maurice ("the Lawyer" Berkeley , de jure 3rd Baron Berkeley) (14thGGF) 1436–1506 m. Isabel (Meade Berkeley (1444)) (14thGGM) 1444–1514
    2. 2. Thomas (the Magnificent de BERKELEY , 5th Lord Berkeley ( Fitzharding male line) (1352-1417)) (18thGGF) 1352–1417 m. Margaret (De LISLE , 3rd Baroness Lisle ( of Kingston ) (1362-1391)) (18thGGM) 1362–1391
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Berkeley (1386-1422) (17thGGM) Ancestry) chart 1386–1422 m. Richard (13th Earl of Warwick De Beauchamp , KG (no male heirs) (1382-1439)) (17thGGF) 1382–1439
        1. 1. Elizabeth Wake 1417–1480 m. George (Neville Lord Latimer (1415-1469) (16thGGF) !) * 1414–1469 m. Thomas (Wake "The Great") (2ndC17XR) 1402–1458
        2. 2. Eleanor Beauchamp 1408–1467 m. Thomas (8th Baron of Roos ( Ros ) Thomas I de Ros, 8th Lord Ros of Helmsley (1406-1430)) (17thGGF) 1406–1430 m. Edmund (Beaufort\ Duke -) 15-6 1406–1455

Hugh Despencer's Timeline

2 Records

1286
1 May 1286
Birth of Hugh Despencer in Barton, Gloucestershire, England
Barton, Gloucestershire, England
1326
24 Nov 1326
Age 40
Death of Hugh Despencer in Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 May 1286
    Event Place: Barton, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 24 Nov 1326
    Event Place: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: Findagrave, Hugh le Despenser, III 24 Nov 1326

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Nov 1326
    Event Place: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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