Sir Hugh le Despenser of Loughborough

✓ Sir Hugh le Despenser of Loughborough, Burton, Hugglescote, Freeby and Arnesby, Leicestershire, Parlington and Hillam, Yorkshire, Sibsey, Ryhall and Belmesthorp; dispensator of the Earls of Chester; obtained Ryhall by royal grants 1227-33; dead between 23 Feb and 30 May 1238 (Patent Roll 22 Hen. III). Father of Hugh le Despenser the Justiciar (I100135). Source: Complete Peerage (2nd ed.) vol. IV, article Despenser (G. W. Watson). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 15 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] CHECKED 25 Oct 2026: Complete Peerage IV gives his father as Thomas le Despenser (d. 1218) - not yet read at the page; left unwired pending the CP page. UPDATE 25 Oct 2026: father Thomas le Despenser wired ✓ from CP IV p.259 n.(c), read on archive.org: Hugh inherited Arnesby from his eldest brother Thomas (d. by Oct 1218), 'son and heir of another Thomas le Despenser'; their sister Roese m. Stephen de Segrave.