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Hugh II le Despenser, Lord Falmouth, 1st Lord Despenser
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Hugh II le Despenser, Lord Falmouth, 1st Lord Despenser 3 5 8 9 10 11
- Born: 1223, Rhyall, Rutland, Wales 3 5 11 12 13
- Marriage: Aliva Basset before 1260 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Died: 4 Aug 1265, Battle Of Evesham, Worcestershire, England at age 42 3 5 8 11 14 15 16
 Cause of his death was Slain in battle of Evesham, Yorkshire.
Another name for Hugh was Hugh Le Despenser Lord Despenser Of Falmouth.
General Notes:
Per Cokayne's "Complete Peerage (Despenser, pp. 259-261): This Hugh was at the parl. of Oxford, 1258, he was one of the 12 elected by the barons to redress grievances and treat with the council of KING HENRY III. Appointed Justiciar of England 1260. Attended Montfort's parl. of 1063. Was at the battle of Lewes 1264. In 1265 he was appointed an arbiter between the Earls of Leicester [Simon de Montfort (RIN 2884*)] and Gloucester [GILBERT DE CLARE (RIN 726)]. He was prominent in the rebellion against KING HENRY III and died alongside Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Eversham in 1265.
Noted events in his life were:
• Fact: of Loughborough & Arnesby, Leicestershire. 11 16
• Fact: Offered sanctuary to Jews in the Tower of London during said rioting. 11 18
• Political: Steadfast ally of Simon de Montfort despite his father in law being Royalist. 11 18
• Political: Formally renounced his allegiance to Henry III on the eve of the battle. 11 18
• Political: Baron's Justiciar after Oxford Provisions forced on Henry III., Jul 1258. 11 18
• Political: Present at Henry's capitulation to de Montfort at Tower of London, 13 Jul 1263. 11 18
• Political: Tried to control London riots after the fall of Northampton to Royalist forces., 9 Apr 1264. 11 18
• Military: Fought directly under Simon de Montfort in the new reserve command at Lewes., 14 May 1264. 11 18
Hugh married Aliva Basset, daughter of Lord Wycombe Philip Basset, Of Hedenon and Hawise de Louvaine, before 1260.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Aliva Basset was born in 1241 in Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England,3 11 16 19 died about 11 Apr 1281 3 11 14 16 19 and was buried in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 3 11 19.)
Marriage Notes:
Believed to be ancestors of President George Washington.
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