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| Spencer Family Genealogy
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| Details for Spencer Family |
| See Descendency Chart for direct line to the Hart Family |
| Ancestry.com users - See Spencer Family Tree for individual charts. |
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Amaury Raoul D'Albetot - was born in 1066 in Lincolnshire, England and died after 1096 .
Amaury - The name Spencer or DeSpencer comes from the Latin dispensarius, or 'le dispencer' in Norman French, according to historians. The term 'spence' also means a kitchen. However the intended meaning of Spencer was 'Steward' or Stewart', one who is entrusted with the management of property and finances, and that surname also derives from the same source. 1392, that the De Spencer family dropped the French appellation De, and simply became known as Spencer.
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Robert Despencer - also known as: d'Arbetot - was born before 1086 in Lincolnshire, England.
He is the son of Amaury Raoul D'Albetot.
Robert - One of the Norman knights, who accompanied William's order of knights, was Robert the Dispencer. He had fought along side William in his invasion of England, and was rewarded by William for his support with land grants in County Bedford. His children who took the surname, married into the royal blood which descended from English, French and Spanish royalty lines. In 1086 Robert was granted the Motte and the Bailey Castle in Tamworth Burgess.
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William Talvas Montgomery Despencer - was born in 1100 in Elington, Lincolnshire, England.
He is the son of Robert Despencer.
William married Alix Ala de Bourgogne. Alix was born about 1040 in Elington, Lincolnshire, England. She is the daughter of Duke Eudes Borel I de Bourgogne and Sibylle de Bourgogne.
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Thurston Le Despencer - was born about 1122, lived in London, Middlesex, England.
He is the son of William Talvas Montgomery Despencer and Alix Ala de Bourgogne.
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Hugh Despencer - was born in 1152 in Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England and died in 1199 .
He was the son of Thurston Le Despencer.
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Thomas Despencer - was born about 1169, lived in Elington. Lincolnshire, England.
He is the son of Hugh Despencer.
Thomas married Miss /Despencer/. Miss /Despencer/ was born about 1172, lived in Rhyale, Futlandshire, England.
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Hugh Le Despencer - was born about 1197 in Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England and died on 23 Feb 1238 .
He was the son of Thomas Despencer.
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Sir Hugh Le Despencer - was born before 1223 in Loughborough, Leceistershire, England and died on 4 Aug 1265 in Battle Of Evesham, Worcestershire, England .
He was the son of Hugh Le Despencer.
Sir Hugh married Countess of Norfolk Iline Bassett about 1260 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Countess of Norfolk Iline was born in 1241 in Wooten Basset, Wiltshire, England. She died before 11 Apr 1281 .
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Hugh Le Despencer - was born on 1 Mar 1260 in Winchester, Hampshire, England and died on 27 Oct 1326 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .
He was the son of Sir Hugh Le Despencer and Countess of Norfolk Iline Bassett.
Hugh married Isabel de Beauchamp before 1286. Isabel was born about 1252, lived in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. She was the daughter of William de Beauchamp and Maud Fitzgeoffrey. She died about 30 May 1306 in Emley Castle, Worcestershire, England . Hugh - supported King Edward I in the war against his rival, the Earl of Lancaster. He served in the Welsh war but was fined 2,000 marks because he married, without the king's license, Isabel, daughter of William Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, the widow of Patrick of Chaworth. He accompanied Edward to Scotland and fought in the Battle of Dunbar (I) and the expediition against Flanders in 1297. The King used him to negotiate for peace between Edward I and the King of the Romans and the King of France. He served again in Scotland and then was sent to negociate with France which led to the peace of 1303. In 1305 he was sent to see Pope Clement V at Lyons and obtained a Papal bull which absolved King Edward from the oaths he had been forced to take to his people. When Edward II was coronated as King, Hugh carried part of the royal insignia. He defended the king's favorite, Gaveston, in 1308 against the league of barons, which alienated him from the barons who regarded him as a deserter from their cause.
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Hugh Despencer - was born on 1 Mar 1260/1261 in Barton, Gloucestershire, England and died on 24 Nov 1326 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England .
He was the son of Hugh Le Despencer and Isabel de Beauchamp.
Hugh married Eleanor de Clare after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England. Eleanor was born Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales. She was the daughter of Sir Gilbert "The Red Earl" de Clare and Joan of Acre. She died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Wales . Hugh - was hanged for treason in 1326.
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