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A History of the County of Berkshire
… 126 from whom it was purchased in 1656 by Charles Lord le Despenser. 127 No complete descent can be made out from the … of Francis first Earl of Westmorland and aunt of Lord le Despenser (Courthope, Hist. Peerage, 156, 507), who purchased …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the Crown. 106 In 1308 Edward II gave Beckley to Hugh Despenser the elder, 107 who, later in the same year, leased … for when the marchers and their adherents ravaged the Despenser lands in 1321, his manors in Oxfordshire and … were looted. 111 Nevertheless, Sir John avoided sharing in Despenser's fall in 1326, and continued to hold Beckley. 112 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the manor which she held of the abbot of Hyde. 11 Hugh le Despenser the elder held Bedhampton in 1316 12 by enfeoffment …
A History of the County of Worcester
… afterwards held by the Beauchamps, may have been Robert le Despenser, brother of Urse D'Abitot. 70 A survey of a later …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… in 1322, 37 when it was granted by the king to Hugh le Despenser the younger. 38 In 1324 the Hospitallers, whether … or unwillingly, quitclaimed their right to Hugh le Despenser. 39 He was executed in 1326 and the manor escheated … his title by a quitclaim from Sir Hugh son of Hugh le Despenser the younger. 49 Despenser. Argent quartered with …
A History of the County of Worcester
… was succeeded by a daughter, Elizabeth wife of Edward le Despenser, and Edward was holding the fee in her right at the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… because of the distance from the parish church. 617 Edward Despenser received similar permission for the other manor of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… his heirs were his three sisters, Eleanor wife of Hugh le Despenser the younger, Margaret, who married first Piers … rector of Blechingley, at the request of Hugh le Despenser, husband of Eleanor, eldest sister and co-heir of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and later actively opposed the king's favourite, Sir Hugh Despenser. Although he was pardoned in 1321, his estates were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Hugh Mustel held at his death in 1325 or 1326 of Hugh le Despenser and John de Bures. 126 In 1495 Richard, Lord … in 1325 or 1326 he had not only the land held of Hugh le Despenser and John de Bures but also a house and 100 a. in … death in 1413. 160 That estate, said to be held of Lord le Despenser, descended in turn to Robert's son Edmund (d. …