Hugh Despenser (justiciar)
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Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
)
Hugh le Despenser | |
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 Arms of Despenser: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable | |
| Chief Justiciar | |
| In office 1260 – May 1261[1] | |
| Monarch | Henry III |
| Preceded by | Hugh Bigod |
| Succeeded by | Philip Basset[1] |
| Chief Justiciar | |
| In office July 1263 – 4 August 1265[1] | |
| Monarch | Henry III |
| Preceded by | Philip Basset |
| Succeeded by | none |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1223 |
| Died | 4 August 1265 Evesham |
| Political party | Barons |
| Spouse | Aline Basset |
| Children | Hugh le Despenser Eleanor le Despenser |
| Parents |
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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (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.
Despenser first played an important part in 1258, when he was prominent on the baronial side in the Mad Parliament of Oxford. In 1260 the barons chose 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
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore
; this caused a feud to begin between the Despencer and Mortimer families.
By his wife, Aline Basset, he was father of
feudal baron of Okehampton
.
References
- ^ a b c Susan Higginbotham. "The Last Justiciar: Hugh le Despenser in the Thirteenth Century". Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
External links
- Inquisition Post Mortem of Aline wife of Hugh Despencer #389, dated 1280.
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