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Hugh (1st lord despencer) De spencer (maid. name Younger)[1]

Male 1286 - 1326  (40 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Hugh (1st lord despencer) De spencer 
    Birth 1286  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1326  Captured at Bristol with his father, he was Hung drawn and quatered for high treason Hereford, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tried for Treason, Hung Drawn Quatered
    Age 40 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Sir Hugh I Despencer,   b. 1197, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1238, Ryhall, Rutland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Isabel (Lady de Spencer) Beauchamp,   b. 1252, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1306, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P5702  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Hugh (1st. Earl Winchester) de Spencer (maid. name Elder),   b. 01 Mar 1261, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1326, Captured at Bristol The elder Despenser was hanged immediately in his armour at Bristol on 27 October 1326. He was then beheaded and his body cut into pieces for the dogs. His head was sent for display to Winchester Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabel (Lady de Spencer) Beauchamp,   b. 1252, Warwick, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1306, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Ancestors Eleanor DeClare,   b. 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucesetershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1306  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 20 years - She : ~ 14 years
    Children 
    Married: 1x1. Hugh (2nd Baron de spencer) De spencer,   b. 1308, Kemerton Court, Kemerton Park, Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, West Midlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1349, Buried at Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Elizabeth Montagu (maid. name 1)  m. 27 Apr 1341
     [Father: natural]
    +2. Gilbert De spencer,   b. 1309   d. 1381 (Age 72 years)
     [Father: natural]
    +3. Edward De spencer,   b. 1310, Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1342, Morlaix, Finistere, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Anne De Ferrers  m. 20 Apr 1335
     [Father: natural]
     4. John De spencer,   b. 1311   d. 1366 (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Isabel LeDespencer,   b. 1312, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1356 (Age 44 years)
     [Father: natural]
     6. Elennor De spencer,   b. 1315   d. 1384 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Margaret De spencer,   b. 1319, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1337, Watton Priory Watton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]
    +8. Elizabeth De spencer,   b. 1325, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1389, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=5702