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Family of Hugh + of DESPENCER and Iline + BASSETT

Husband: Hugh + of DESPENCER (1223-1265)
Wife: Iline + BASSETT (1241-1281)
Children: Anne + of DESPENCER (1248- )
Hugh of DESPENCER (c. 1250- )
Marriage 1260 Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Husband: Hugh + of DESPENCER

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Hugh + of DESPENCER

Name: Hugh + of DESPENCER
Sex: Male
Father: Hugh + of DESPENCER (1197-1238)
Mother: -
Birth 1223 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Occupation Chief Justicar of England
Title frm 1260 to 1261 (age 36-38) Chief Justicar of England
Title frm 1263 to 1265 (age 39-42) Chief Justicar of England
Death 4 Aug 1265 (age 41-42) Evesham, Worcester, England
Cause: killed in the Battle of Eversham

Wife: Iline + BASSETT

Name: Iline + BASSETT
Sex: Female
Father: Philip + BASSETT (1184-1271)
Mother: Hawise + of LOUVAINE (1215- )
Birth 1241 Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England
Death 11 Apr 1281 (age 39-40)

Child 1: Anne + of DESPENCER

Name: Anne + of DESPENCER
Sex: Female
Spouse: William + of FERRERS (1242- )
Birth 1248 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

Child 2: Hugh of DESPENCER

Name: Hugh of DESPENCER
Sex: Male
Birth 1250 (est)

Note on Husband: Hugh + of DESPENCER

Sir Hugh (1223 – 4 August 1265) was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.

 

Hugh Le Despenser, chief justiciar of England, first plays an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on the baronial side in the Mad Parliament of Oxford. In 1260 the barons choose him to succeed Hugh Bigod as Justiciar, and in 1263 the king was further compelled to put the Tower of London in his hands.

 

He was the son of Hugh le Despenser I and was summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort Hugh was summoned as Lord Despencer Dec. 14, 1264 and was Chief Justiciar of England and a leader of the baronial party, and so might be deemed a baron, though the legality of that assembly is doubtful. He remained allied with Montfort to the end, and was present at the Battle of Lewes. He was killed fighting on de Montfort's side at the Battle of Evesham in August, 1265. He was slain by Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore; this caused a feud to begin between the Despencer and the Mortimer families.

 

By his wife, Aline Bassett, he was father of Hugh the elder Despenser. She was the daughter of Philip Basset, who had also served as Justiciar