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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Dacre to Dysart
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in 1226 and 1238. He held eleven manors in England, in the counties of
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He was the son of Thomas Despencer and Rohese de Foix , daughter of
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Roger-Bernard I, Count of Foix
Stephen de Segrave
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Sheriff of Shropshire
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Leicestershire
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Lincolnshire
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Porchester Castle
Hampshire
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Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer

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