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3 unusual facts about Hugh le Despenser


Alice de Warenne

He had allied himself to the King's favourite Hugh le Despenser, and agreed to the marriage of his son to Despenser's granddaughter.

Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere

Although very hostile to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, Bartholomew helped to make peace between the king and the earl in 1318, and was a member of the middle party which detested alike Edward's minions, like the Despensers, and his violent enemies like Lancaster.

Llantrisant RFC

The club badge is a representation of the Seal of the Llantrisant Town Trust representing the arms of the Consul, De Clare and Despenser families who had historical connections with Llantrisant.


Elizabeth de Comyn

By the mid-1320s, however, England was in the grip of the oppressive rule of the Marcher lords Hugh le Despenser the older and his son Hugh Despenser the younger, the royal favourites of King Edward II.


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