Baron le Despencer, Justiaciary of England, Killed at Evesham byhis wife Lady Aliva Bassett, widow of Roger Bigod, Earl ofNorfolk. Hugh was summoned as Lord Despencer Dec. 14, 1264 andwas Chief Justiciar of England and a leader of the baronialparty - and was killed at Evesham in August, 1265{- he had agrandfather of the same name who was sherrif of Salop andStaffordshire under King Henry III, and he had both a son andgrandson named Hugh who figured largely in the struggles ofKings Edward II & III - see Burke's "Dormant Peerages" (London,1883, pp. 165-66.)} The second Sir Hugh was Earl of Winchester(1322-26) and was executed by Mortimer's party 10-27-1326 atBristol at age 64. The third Sir Hugh married the eldest of theClare heiresses (and thereby received part of the Gloucesterholdings); he was executed late in November, 1336 at Herefordfor assisting Edward II to elude the Marcher barons. See "EdwardII," Harold F. Hutchison (N.Y.: Stein and Day, 1972). Carr P.Collins, Jr., "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas:1959), p. 78, identifies him as son of Thomas le Despencer andstates that Sir Hugh is of Loughborough, Burton, Freely,Arnesby, Parlington, Hillam, Ryhall, Belmesthorp, Rutland,Sibsey and Aukborough, was a Knight, Constable of Horston,Devizes, Oxford, Orford, Nottingham Castles and the Tower ofLondon, Justiciar of England; was born about 1223 and slain atthe Battle of Evesham on 08-04-1265; married about 1260 AlineBasset, heiress of Wycombe, Compton-Basset and Woolton-Basset.Aline Basset m. (2) Roger Bigod; she is dau. of Sir PhilipBasset of Wycombe, Bucks, Justiciar, and Hawise, dau. of SirMatthew de Louvaine of Little Easton, Essex. NOTE: It appearsthat his father is a son of Thomas named Hugh le Despencer, b.ca. 1197 at Ryhall, Rutlandshire, died Feb. 23, 1238, wifeunknown. Above copied from Internet Pagehttp://www.ezonline.com/aem/gen/d0006/g0000007.htm#I12680