Section OF: Descendants of Hugh le Despencer, [Sir Knight]

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Report generated by MagiCensus Deluxe v3.2.0 on 7 May 2012
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Generation One

1. HUGH1 LE DESPENCER, [SIR KNIGHT] of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom was born before 1223, died on 4 Aug. 1265 in Battle Of, Evesham, England and was buried in Abbey, Evesham. He married about 1260, (DY-2) ALINE (ALIVA) BASSET of Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England, daughter of (DY-1) Sir Philip and (ALJ-29) Hawise (de LOVAINE), who was born about 1228, and died before 11 April 1281. [2]
Justiciar of England
(50-30...) in Ancestral Roots
same as (74-32 or 74-31+ ?)
Children:
2i.HUGH2 LE DESPENCER, (EARL) of Winchester, Hampshire, England, d. in 1336.
(Same as RIN#1084 or son of him?)
+3ii.JOAN LE DESPENCER, (LADY), d. between 30 Jan. 1272 and 1368; m. (PT-18) WILLIAM DE FERRERS, EARL OF DERBY of Groby, Leicestershire, b. about 1240, d. before 20 Dec. 1287[1], son of (PT-13) William, 5th Earl of Derby and (AHX-10) Lady Margaret (de QUINCY).
+4iii.LADY ANNE LE DESPENCER of Loughborough, b. about 1248; d. between 30 Jan. 1272 and 1368; m. about 1262 of Wooten Basset (PT-18) WILLIAM DE FERRERS, EARL OF DERBY of Groby, b. about 1240, d. before 20 Dec. 1287[1], son of (PT-13) William, 5th Earl of Derby and (AHX-10) Lady Margaret (de QUINCY).
+5iv.ELEANOR LE DESPENCER, b. about 1240 in Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England; d. on 30 Sept. 1328 in London, Middlesex, England; m. in 1291 of Okehampton, Devonshire, England (MV-5) SIR HUGH DE COURTENAY, b. in Okehampton on 25 March 1251[6], d. in Cullicomb, Devonshire on 28 Feb. 1291/2[6], son of (MV-4) John, Baron of Oakhampton and (ARE-10) Isabel (de VERE).


Generation Two

3. JOAN2 LE DESPENCER, (LADY) (Hugh1), daughter of (1) Hugh1, [Sir Knight] and (DY-2) Aline (Aliva) (BASSET), was born between 1232 and 1258, and died between 30 Jan. 1272 and 1368. She married (PT-18) WILLIAM DE FERRERS, EARL OF DERBY of Groby, son of (PT-13) William, 5th Earl of Derby and (AHX-10) Lady Margaret (de QUINCY), who was born about 1240, and died before 20 Dec. 1287[1].
Children: See (PT-18) William de FERRERS, Earl of Derby
4. LADY ANNE2 LE DESPENCER (Hugh1) of Loughborough, daughter of (1) Hugh1, [Sir Knight] and (DY-2) Aline (Aliva) (BASSET), was born about 1248, and died between 30 Jan. 1272 and 1368. She married of Wooten Basset, about 1262, (PT-18) WILLIAM DE FERRERS, EARL OF DERBY of Groby, son of (PT-13) William, 5th Earl of Derby and (AHX-10) Lady Margaret (de QUINCY), who was born about 1240, and died before 20 Dec. 1287[1]. [3, 8, 3, 8]
or Joan
Children: See (PT-18) William de FERRERS, Earl of Derby
5. ELEANOR2 LE DESPENCER (Hugh1), daughter of (1) Hugh1, [Sir Knight] and (DY-2) Aline (Aliva) (BASSET), was born about 1240 in Ryhall, died on 30 Sept. 1328 in London[6] and was buried on 1 Oct. 1328 in Cowick, Devonshire. She married of Okehampton, in 1291, (MV-5) SIR HUGH DE COURTENAY, son of (MV-4) John, Baron of Oakhampton and (ARE-10) Isabel (de VERE), who was born on 25 March 1251 in Okehampton[6], died on 28 Feb. 1291/2 in Cullicomb[6], and was buried in Cowick[7]. [6, 5, 4, 8]
Children: See (MV-5) Sir Hugh de COURTENAY



1. Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
2. Ibid., (50-30+. 51-30+).
3. J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 96.
4. Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), 122, 161, 176.
5. Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 382.
6. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005), 234.
7. John Lambrick Vivian, The Visitations of the County of Cornwall (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887), 106; digital images, UK Genealogy Archives (http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/).
8. Ancestral File, CD-ROM database (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1998).