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Castle, an event possibly orchestrated. Early in the following year, with Mortimer's barons busy putting down uprisings in their lands, the Despensers were able to return. Edward, with the Despensers backing him once more, was able to crush the rebellion, securing first Mortimer's surrender and then that of Lancaster, who was subsequently executed.
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is a study of Edward's reign during the years that the Despensers' power was at its peak. Fryde pays particular attention to the subject of the Despensers' landholdings. The numerous accusations against the younger Despenser at the time of his execution have never been the subject of close critical
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Despenser was stripped of his clothes and had biblical verses written on his skin before being dragged by four horses across the city to the walls of his own castle where a scaffold had been erected. There he was hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Isabella, Mortimer and their followers.
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had a special dislike for Despenser. While Isabella was in France to negotiate between her husband and the French king, she formed an alliance with Roger Mortimer and began planning an invasion of England, which ultimately came to fruition in September 1326. Their forces numbered only about 1,500
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Finally the barons took action against King Edward and, at the beseeching of Queen Isabella, forced Despenser and his father into exile in August 1321. However, Edward's intent to summon them back to England was no secret. The king rallied support after an attack against Isabella's party at Leeds
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King Edward quickly reinstated Despenser as royal favourite. The period from the Despensers' return from exile until the end of Edward II's reign was a time of uncertainty in England. With the main baronial opposition leaderless and weak, having been defeated at the
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The Despensers fled west with the King, with a sizeable sum from the treasury; however, the escape was unsuccessful. Separated from the elder Despenser, the King and the younger Despenser were deserted by most of their followers and were captured near
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Like his father, the younger Despenser was accused of widespread criminality. Amongst other examples, Despenser seized the Welsh lands of his wife's inheritance while ignoring the claims of his two brothers-in-law. He further cheated his sister-in-law
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dated the body to between 1050 and 1385, and later tests suggested it to be that of a man over 34 years old; Despenser was 39 at the time of his execution. In addition, the abbey is located on lands that belonged to
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as it had been beheaded and chopped into several pieces with a sharp blade, suggesting a ritual killing. Furthermore, it lacked several body parts, including the ones given to Despenser's wife.
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mercenaries to begin with, but the majority of the nobility rallied to them throughout September and October, preferring to stand with them rather than Edward and the hated Despensers.
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Anticipating that he would receive no mercy, Despenser tried to starve himself before his trial, but he was unsuccessful. He did face trial on 24 November 1326, in the market square
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and the head displayed above the gates of London. His torso was cut into four pieces and likewise were displayed above the gates of York, Bristol, Newcastle and Dover.
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under the misapprehension that it belonged to his mother-in-law; he relinquished it on discovering that the rightful owner was, in fact, the
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He was sentenced to death. As a thief he was sentenced to hanging and as a traitor he was sentenced to being drawn and quartered.
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and other properties. In just a few years Hugh went from a landless knight to one of the wealthiest magnates in the kingdom.
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Four years later, in December 1330, his widow was given permission to gather and bury Despenser's remains at the family's
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in 1318 while the Welshman was being held hostage, and during his exile he spent a period of time as a
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Hamilton, J. S. (January 2008) . "Despenser, Hugh, the younger, first Lord Despenser (d. 1326)".
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This translated excerpt from Froissart's account of the execution is given, for example in:
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What may be the remains of Despenser were identified in February 2008 in the village of
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estate, but only the head, a thigh bone and a few vertebrae were returned to her.
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Margaret le Despenser (c. August 1323 – 1337), nun at Whatton Priory
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along with its television adaptations. In 2006, he was selected by
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The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, from a manuscript of
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called them "ingenuous" and noted their propagandistic nature.
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Sponsler, C. (April 2001). Burger, G.; Kruger, S. F. (eds.).
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in Devon recorded, "the king and his husband" fled to Wales.
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plot to kill Despenser by sticking his wax likeness with pins
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Anon. (2005). Nöel Denholm-Young and Wendy R. Childs (ed.).
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Shopland, Norena 'The man with the upside-down arms' from
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Eleanor and Hugh had nine children who survived infancy:
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Eleanor le Despenser (c. 1319 – February 1351), nun at
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Joan le Despenser (c. 1314 – 15 November 1384), nun at
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He was also Keeper of the castles, manor, and lands of
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in mid-November. King Edward was imprisoned and later
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and in England. At various points he was a knight of
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(eds.). 1223: 1076:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 824:Relationship with Isabella and downfall 680:Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley 663:John le Despenser (c. 1317 – June 1366) 27:English peer and favourite of Edward II 14: 1780: 1558: 1462: 1234: 1140: 851: 762:Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln 649:Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel 402:William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick 1739: 1595: 1535: 1510: 1433: 1400: 945:in Staffordshire, the former site of 554:, had owed the elder Despenser 2,000 432:Despenser the Younger rose to become 396:, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife 1808:British and English royal favourites 1577: 1217: 1146: 1128: 1104: 1033:. Cracroft's Peerage. Archived from 796:wrote that "he was a sodomite", and 58:adding citations to reliable sources 29: 1605:(Master thesis) (in German). Kiel: 1411:. London. p. 3. Archived from 382:Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser 24: 1704: 1618:. 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