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Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester 1260–1326 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Mar 1260

Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 27 Oct 1326

Death Location: Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces

Father: Sir Leicestershire

Mother: Lady Wycombe

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In 1260, Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester entered the world in Winchester, Hampshire, England, born to Sir Hugh Ii De Spencer Knight Of Louchborough Leicestershire And Lady Aline Bassett Countess Of Norfolk Baroness Of Wycombe. Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester passed away in 1326 in Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces.

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  • In 1260, Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester entered the world in Winchester, Hampshire, England, born to Sir Hugh Ii De Spencer Knight Of Louchborough Leicestershire And Lady Aline Bassett Countess Of Norfolk Baroness Of Wycombe.
  • Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester passed away in 1326 in Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces.

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Hugh Winchester's Ancestors

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Hugh Winchester
1260–1326
Birth Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Parents
Sir Hugh II De Spencer Knight of Louchborough Leicestershire
1223–1265
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Aline Bassett Countess of Norfolk Baroness of) Wycombe
1241–1281
Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Hugh I de Spencer Lord) Findon
1197–1238
Ryhall, Rutland, , England
Margaret (de) Risley
1202–1227
Ryhale, , Rutlandshire, England
Sir (Philip Basset, Lord of Wycombe.Justiciar of) England
1184–1271
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Hawise de) Lovaine
1208–1256
Little Easton, Essex
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Glouester
1169–1218
Lady Foix
1165–1241
Saer Baron
1144–1219
Margaret Winchester
1156–1236
Lord Rutland
1155–1233
Aline Gay
1159–1233
Matthew Lovaine
1185–1258
Muriel Lovaine
1198–1275
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thurston, Spencer
1122–1209
Lucia Oxfordshire
1128–1182
Roger Foix
1126–1188
Caecilia Carcassone
1132–1188
Robert Buckley
1127–1198
Orabella Leuchars
1133–1203
Robert Beaumont.
1121–1190
Petronille Grentmesnil
1123–1212
Thomas Headington
1099–1182
Alice Dunstanville
1134–1186
Phillip Gai
1122–1167
Alice Berkeley
1135–1200
Godfrey Louvain
1164–1226
Godfrey Lovaine
1175–1226
Delicia Hastings
1165–1246

Hugh Winchester's Timeline

2 Records

1260
01 Mar 1260
Birth of Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Winchester, Hampshire, England
1326
27 Oct 1326
Age 66
Death of Hugh Elder Le De Spenser 1st and last Earl of Winchester in Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces
Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Mar 1260
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Oct 1326
    Event Place: Executed Bristol, Gloustershire, England; Hanged in his armor, then beheaded, body cut into pieces
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

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