of WINCHESTER Hugh DESPENCER Earl^[1]

Abt 1260 - 1326  (~ 66 years)

• Name	of WINCHESTER Hugh DESPENCER Earl
  Birth	Abt 01 Mar 1260	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	1 MAR 1260/61
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1326	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Notes	Hugh - 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. Then Isabel married William Blount about 1261 while living in Belton, Rutland, England. William was born about 1223, lived in Belton, Rutland, England. He was the son of Robert Blount and Isabel Odingsells. He died in 1316 while living in Timberlake, Worcestershire, England .
  Person ID	I20913	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Hugh Le DESPENCER,   b. Abt 1223, Of, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England d. 04 Aug 1265, Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	of NORFOLK lline "Aliva-Alice" BASSETT Countess,   b. 1241, Of, Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England d. Abt 1275 (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de BEAUCHAMP Isabel,   b. Abt 1267   d. 30 May 1306, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 39 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1286  [1]
  Children	1. of WINCHESTER Hugh DESPENCER Earl,   b. Abt 1286, Of, Barton, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (Age ~ 40 years)  [natural]   2. Le DESPENCER Philip,   b. Abt 1289, Of, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England d. 24 Sep 1313 (Age ~ 24 years)  [natural]   3. Le WINCHESTER Margaret,   b. Abt 1292  [natural]
  Family ID	F12719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

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  [S265] Merged from Philip Le DespencerA on 06-Jul-08 at 12:38.