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Hugh Despenser the Elder is born

1st March 1261

Hugh Le Despenser (in full Hugh Le Despenser, Earl of Winchester), also known as Hugh the Elder, was born on 1 March 1261. He died in Bristol on 27 October 1326. He was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1295.


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