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Sir Hugh le Despenser, Justiciar of England

Male 1223 - 1265  (42 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Hugh le Despenser, Justiciar of England was born in 1223; died on 4 Aug 1265 in battle of Eveshsam; was buried in Evesham Abbey.

    Hugh married Aline Basset in 1260. Aline (daughter of Sir Philip Basset, Justiciar of England and Hawise de Lovaine) died on 11 Apr 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Anne le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 3. Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1260; died on 27 Oct 1326.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anne le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hugh1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Sir William de Ferrers. William (son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quency) was born in 1240; died before 20 Dec 1287. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1271 in Yoxall, Staffordshire; was christened in Yoxall, Staffordshire; died on 20 Mar 1324.
    2. 5. Anne de Ferrers, Baron Grey of Wilton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1258; and died.

  2. 3.  Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hugh1) was born on 1 Mar 1260; died on 27 Oct 1326.

    Hugh married Isabella de Beauchamp, Countess Winchester in 1286. Isabella (daughter of William de Beauchamp, 1st\9Th Earl of Warwick and Maud FitzJohn) died on 30 May 1306. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Hugh the younger le Despenser, Lord Le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born on 30 Jan 1271 in Yoxall, Staffordshire; was christened in Yoxall, Staffordshire; died on 20 Mar 1324.

    Family/Spouse: Ellen de Segrave. Ellen (daughter of John de Segrave, 2nd Lord Segrave and Christian de Plessetis) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1303; died on 15 Sep 1343 in Groby; was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.
    2. 8. Thomas de Ferrers, Keeper of Channel Islands  Descendancy chart to this point died in Jul 1353.
    3. 9. Ralph de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1309; died about 1377.
    4. 10. Anne of Groby de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 Aug 1367.

  2. 5.  Anne de Ferrers, Baron Grey of Wilton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1258; and died.

    Anne married John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton about 1285 in Groby, Leicestershire, England. John (son of Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Wilton and Maud de Longchamp) was born in 1258 in Ruthyn, Denbigh; died on 28 Oct 1323. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Joan de Grey, Baroness Bassett  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1283 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died before 5 Apr 1353.
    2. 12. Henry de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Wilton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Oct 1281 in Wilton, Herefordshire, England; died on 10 Dec 1342.

  3. 6.  Hugh the younger le Despenser, Lord Le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.

    Hugh married Eleanor de Clare in 1306 in Westminster. Eleanor (daughter of Gilbert the Red de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Princess Joan of Acre Plantagenet) was born in Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan; died on 30 Jun 1337. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Isabel Despencer, Countess of Arundel  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 14. Hugh le Despenser, Lord le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1308; died on 8 Feb 1348.
    3. 15. Edward le Despencer  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Sep 1342.
    4. 16. Elizabeth de Despencer  Descendancy chart to this point died on 13 Jul 1389; was buried in Saint Botolph's, London, Greater London, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born before 1303; died on 15 Sep 1343 in Groby; was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.

    Henry married Isabel de Verdon before 20 Feb 1330. Isabel (daughter of Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Baron Verdun and Elizabeth de Clare) was born on 21 Mar 1316 in Amesbury, Wiltshire; was christened in Amesbury, Wiltshire; died on 25 Jul 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Phillippe de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point died on 10 Aug 1384.
    2. 18. William de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1332 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire; was christened on 28 Feb 1332 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire; died on 8 Jan 1371 in Stebbing.
    3. 19. Elizabeth de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 20. Ralph de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 21. Anne de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 8.  Thomas de Ferrers, Keeper of Channel Islands Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) died in Jul 1353.

    Family/Spouse: Angharad le Botiller. Angharad (daughter of William le Botiller, 3rd Lord Boteler) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 9.  Ralph de Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born in 1309; died about 1377.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Henry de Ferrers  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    Ralph married Jane (Joan) de Grey in 1350. Jane (daughter of Richard de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor and Joan FitzPayn) was born about 1302 in Codnor, Derby, England; died on 6 Jun 1369 in Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England; was buried on 21 Jul 1369 in Priory of Ronton, Stafford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 10.  Anne of Groby de Ferrers Descendancy chart to this point (4.William3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) died on 8 Aug 1367.

    Anne married Edward le Despencer on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby. Edward (son of Hugh the younger le Despenser, Lord Le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare) died on 30 Sep 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Edward le Despencer, Lord le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1335 in Essendine; was christened on 24 Mar 1335 in Essendine; died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorgan; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.
    2. 24. Sir Hugh le Despencer  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1374.

  5. 11.  Joan de Grey, Baroness Bassett Descendancy chart to this point (5.Anne3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1283 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died before 5 Apr 1353.

    Joan married Ralph Basset, 2nd Baron Basset of Drayton on 27 Mar 1304. Ralph was born after 1278; died on 25 Feb 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Margaret Basset, Cuontess Hereford and Essex  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1347.

  6. 12.  Henry de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Wilton Descendancy chart to this point (5.Anne3, 2.Anne2, 1.Hugh1) was born on 28 Oct 1281 in Wilton, Herefordshire, England; died on 10 Dec 1342.

    Henry married Anne de Rockley about 1310. Anne and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Reginald de Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Wilton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1311; died on 28 May 1370.

  7. 13.  Isabel Despencer, Countess of Arundel Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hugh3, 3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) and died.

    Isabel married Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, 5th (10th) Earl of Arundel on 9 Feb 1320 in King´s Chapel, Avering-At-Bower, Sussex, England. Richard (son of Edmund FitzAlan, 4th (9th) Earl of Arundel and Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel) was born between 1306 and 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1375 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Edmund Arundel FitzAlan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1327; died in 1377.
    2. 28. Mary FitzAlan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1332 in Corfham, Shropshire, England; died on 29 Aug 1396.
    3. 29. Phillippa FitzAlan  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1349; died on 30 Sep 1393.

  8. 14.  Hugh le Despenser, Lord le Despenser Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hugh3, 3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) was born about 1308; died on 8 Feb 1348.

    Hugh married Elizabeth de Mountagu before 27 Apr 1341. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Mountagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine de Grandison) was born after 1327 in Donyatt, Somersetshire, England; died on 31 May 1359 in Ashley, Hampshire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 15.  Edward le Despencer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hugh3, 3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) died on 30 Sep 1342.

    Edward married Anne of Groby de Ferrers on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby. Anne (daughter of William de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby and Ellen de Segrave) died on 8 Aug 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Edward le Despencer, Lord le Despenser  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1335 in Essendine; was christened on 24 Mar 1335 in Essendine; died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorgan; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.
    2. 24. Sir Hugh le Despencer  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1374.

  10. 16.  Elizabeth de Despencer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hugh3, 3.Hugh2, 1.Hugh1) died on 13 Jul 1389; was buried in Saint Botolph's, London, Greater London, England.

    Elizabeth married Maurice the Valiant de Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley in Aug 1338. Maurice (son of Thomas the Rich de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer) was born in 1330; died on 8 Jun 1368; was buried in Saint Augustine's, Bristol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Thomas the Magnificent de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1352 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire; died on 13 Jul 1417; was buried in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester.
    2. 31. Sir James de Berkeley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1354 in Littlemarshfield, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Jun 1405; was buried in Jun 1405 in Bristol, England.
    3. 32. Catherine de Berkeley, Nun  Descendancy chart to this point and died.



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