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Baron le Despencer information


Barony of le Despencer

Arms of Despencer, Barons le Despencer: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable
Creation date1264/1295 (abeyant 1449-1604) (first creation)
1314 (second creation)
1338 (third creation)
1357 (fourth creation)
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderHugh Despenser (justiciar)
or
Hugh Despenser, 1st/2nd Baron le Despencer
Extinction date1349 (third creation)

Baron le Despencer is a title that has been created several times by writ in the Peerage of England.

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Baron le Despencer

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Baron le Despencer is a title that has been created several times by writ in the Peerage of England. Sir Hugh le Despenser I was a large landowner in Leicestershire...

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Despencer

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le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1335–1375), the son of Edward le Despencer Elizabeth le Despencer,...

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Baron Wentworth

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Baron Wentworth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Thomas Wentworth, who was also de jure sixth Baron le Despencer of the...

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Elizabeth le Despenser

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Sir Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, by Lady Elizabeth Burghersh, daughter and heiress of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh. She...

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Viscount Falmouth

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in 1845 Mary Frances Elizabeth Boscawen, 17th Baroness le Despencer (see the Baron le Despencer). In 1872 Viscount Falmouth was listed as one of the top...

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Hugh Despenser the Elder

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Edward, he was hanged and then beheaded. Despenser was the son of Hugh le Despencer (1223–1265, briefly Justiciar of England) and Aline Basset, only daughter...

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Spencer family

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claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the ancient House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by J. Horace...

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Philip Basset

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son-in-law, Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer. He served during the period that Henry III regained control of the government from the barons. He was married...

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Hugh

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Norfolk Hugh le Despencer (justiciar) (1223–1265), Baron le Despencer Hugh le Despenser (sheriff) (died 1238), High Sheriff of Berkshire Hugh le Despenser...

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Hellfire Caves

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They were excavated between 1748 and 1752 for Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (2nd Baronet), founder of the Society of Dilettanti and co-founder...

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Peerage of England

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English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of...

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Dashwood

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Dashwood (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1847) Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781), English rake and politician Gemma Dashwood (born 1977)...

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Thelema

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Francis of Assisi, but after its founder, Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer. John Wilkes, George Dodington and other politicians were members...

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Dashwood baronets

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uncle as eleventh Baron Le Despencer. He died without male issue in 1781 when the barony fell into abeyance (see Baron Le Despencer for further history...

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Abeyance

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father had been re-created Baron De La Warr in 1570) claimed the title and its precedence. In 1604, the Baron le Despencer case was the first peerage...

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Hugh Despenser the Younger

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the 14th century's worst Briton. The exact birth date is unknown ("le Despencer, Baron (E, 1295 with precedency from 1264)". Cracroft's Peerage. Archived...

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