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A History of the County of Buckingham
… was rented by Sir Francis Dashwood, afterwards Lord Le Despenser, and was so skilfully restored for him by Italian … by 1762. John Wilkes, who was introduced by Lord Le Despenser, 14 played a practical joke which led to his … Charles Churchill, The Secrets of the Convent, in which Le Despenser and his friends were lampooned. This led to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of a Roger of Cherburgh, granted the manor to Sir Hugh le Despenser the elder; 247 in 1302 Peter de la Huse, grandson … manor came into the hands of Roger and his son John. After Despenser's execution in October 1326 the manor was granted … relict's life interest, to Hugh, son and heir of Hugh le Despenser the younger. 253 The relict, Margaret, died in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 100 acres of land by the grant of Robert son of William le Despenser. These lands were held of the king by serjeanty, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to her in July 1322, it was with remainder to Hugh Despenser the younger. 60 In 1324, however, she forfeited her … it was only for her lifetime, and as the tenant of Hugh Despenser. 61 Upon the fall of the Despensers in 1327 their …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Sir Ebles Lestrange granted the lordship to Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester, in 1325. 52 After Despenser's execution in 1326 the lordship passed to the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… 5 It was apparently granted with Caldecote to Hugh le Despenser in 1324 6 and afterwards to Edmund de Woodstock, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of a settlement made in 1320, to Edward the son of Hugh le Despenser the younger, hanged in 1326. 24 It is likely, … to his son Richard, 32 who by his second wife Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, left a son Henry, aged 15 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the manor of Temple Guiting with which it passed to Hugh Despenser and, in 1328, to Pancius de Controne, 166 who sold …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were apparently in the keeping of the elder Hugh le Despenser. 55 It was presumably that estate which Despenser claimed had been plundered during his banishment in … of the reversion, repeated in 1340, was made to Hugh le Despenser (d.s.p. 1349), grandson of the elder Hugh, the …