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Hugh Despenser, 1st earl of Winchester

(1261—1326) administrator and courtier


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(1261–1326).

Despenser's father had been a leading member of the baronial opposition to Henry III, acted as justiciar, and was killed with de Montfort at Evesham. A coming man under ...

Subjects: British History.

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Despenser, Hugh, the elder, earl of Winchester (1261-1326), administrator and courtier
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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Despenser, Hugh, the younger, first Lord Despenser (d. 1326), administrator and royal favourite
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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Despenser, Hugh, 1st earl of Winchester
in The Oxford Companion to British History

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