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Name |
SPENCER, Hugh de |
Prefix |
Governor |
Birth |
1 Mar 1260 |
Louchborough, Leicestershire, England |
Christening |
Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Gender |
Male |
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Reviewed on FS |
Death |
27 Oct 1326 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
Burial |
Nov 1326 |
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Headstones |
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Person ID |
I45715 |
Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2021 |
Father |
SPENCER, Knight Hugh de II , b. Bef 1223, Louchborough, Leicestershire, England Louchborough, Leicestershire, Englandd. 4 Aug 1265, Evesham, Worcestershire, England (Age > 42 years) |
Mother |
BASSETT, Countess Aliva , b. 1223, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, Englandd. 11 Apr 1281, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England (Age 58 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1244 |
Buckinghamshire, England |
Family ID |
F18315 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
BEAUCHAMP, Lady Isabell de , b. 1 Mar 1262, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Warwick, Warwickshire, Englandd. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England (Age 44 years) |
Marriage |
1306 |
Children |
5 daughters |
| 1. SPENCER, Ada Elizabeth de , b. Abt 1262, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. Aft 7 Jul 1326 (Age > 64 years) | | 2. SPENCER, Joan de , b. Abt 1264, Southampton, Hampshire, England Southampton, Hampshire, Englandd. Bef 15 Feb 1351 (Age < 87 years) | | 3. SPENCER, Aveline Oliva de , b. Southampton, Hampshire, England Southampton, Hampshire, Englandd. May 1363 | | 4. SPENCER, Eleanor de , b. 1268, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. Aft 1351 (Age > 84 years) | | 5. SPENCER, Isabell de , b. Abt 1270, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. 4 Dec 1334, Allesley, Warwickshire, England (Age 64 years) | |
Family ID |
F23837 |
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Last Modified |
24 Jan 2022 |
Family 3 |
CLARE, Alianore de , b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Walesd. 30 Jun 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 44 years) |
Marriage |
14 Jun 1306 |
Buckinghamshire, England |
Children |
4 sons and 4 daughters |
| 1. SPENCER, Baron Hugh de , b. Abt 1308, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 8 Feb 1349, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 41 years) | | 2. SPENCER, Philip de , b. 1308, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 24 Sep 1313, Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England (Age 5 years) | | 3. LE DESPENCER, Margaret , b. Abt 1310, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 15 Feb 1351, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 41 years) | | 4. DESPENSER, Joan le , b. Abt 1316, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 26 Apr 1394, England (Age 78 years) | | 5. DESPENCER, Gilbert le , b. Abt 1320, Mowbray, Leicestershire, England Mowbray, Leicestershire, Englandd. 1381 (Age 61 years) | | 6. SPENCER, Elizabeth de , b. 1322, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 13 Jul 1389, St Botolph, Lincolnshire, England (Age 67 years) | + | 7. DESPENCER, Sir Edward Le , b. 3 Jan 1308, Buckinghamshire, England Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 30 Sep 1342, Vannes, Morbihan, Bretagne, France (Age 34 years) | + | 8. DESPENCER, Countess Isabelle Le , b. Abt 1314, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, England Stoke, Buckinghamshire, Englandd. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 58 years) | |
Family ID |
F18729 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2022 |
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- The Catastrophic Fall of the Despensers - Banks, Dormant and Extinct Baronages Hugh Despencer, Senior (to distinguish him from Hugh, his son) who had always the addition of Junion. He was hanged at Bristol in 1326. These, his son and grandson, rose to an amazing height of power and prosperity in the reigns of Edward I and II especially in that of the latter, whose great favourites they were; and over whom they had such an absolute ascendency, that they turned him which way soever their ambition, covetousness, revenge, or caprice prompted them; and thereby, at length, plunged both him and themselves in the sulph of irrevocable ruin. The elder was advanced to the title of earl of Winchester, 15th of Edward II; and the younger was styled earl of Gloucester, in right of his wife, eldest of the three daughters and coheirs of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. But the barons shocked at the pride and covetousness of both these Despencers, took up arms, with the Earl of Lancaster at their head, and demanded their banishment, to which the king was obliged to consent: but in a short time they were recalled, and became more powerful than ever. Their arrogance and oppressions, however, having rendered them odious to the people in the greatest degree; the queen and young prince, who had gone over to France, and dare not return for fear of them (through their instigation having been proclaimed traitors, and banished), understanding how the dispositions of the people were affected, ventured over; and landing at Harwich, with those lords, who through the prevalence of these two powerful favourites, had suffered exile, raised a considerable army, in consequence whereof the Spencers were taken, tried, and executed: the elder (then ninety years of age, with hoary locks), at Bristol, in sight of the king and of his own son, Hugh, in October 1325; and the younger at Hereford, on a gallows fifty feet high. It is said by some writers, that the body of the elder was hung up with two strong cords for four days, and then cut to pieces, and given to the dogs; and that his head was sent to Winchester because he had the title of the place. The sentence passed upon the younger was, "To be drawn upon an hurdle, with drums and trumpets, throughout the city of Hereford, and then to be brought into the market-place, and there to be tied on a high ladder, that everyone might see him; and in the same place a great line to be made, and his privy members to be cut from him (because he was reputed an a heretic), and so to be burnt before his face; then his heart to be taken out, and cast into the fire; then to be hanged beheaded and quartered." Which sentence having been executed, his head was sent to London, and his quarters to four other places.
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