Edward ignored the law in favour of Despenser: when Lord de Braose of Gower sold his title to his son-in-law, an action entirely lawful in the Welsh Marches, Despenser demanded the king grant Gower to him instead.

The first use of attainder was in 1321 against both Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger, Earl of Gloucester ( they were both attained, not for opposing the King, but for supporting the King ) and the last in 1798 against Lord Edward FitzGerald for leading the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Further work was undertaken between 1323 – 24, following the Despenser War ; Edward II was threatened in the region by the Mortimer Marcher Lord family, and ordered his sheriff, Sir Gruffuld Llywd, to extend the defences leading up to the gatehouse with additional towers.

Ralph de Camoys ( d. 1336 ) married firstly, Margaret de Brewes, daughter of William de Brewes, 1st Lord Brewes ( d. 1291 ), and secondly, Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester ( executed 27 October 1326 ).

The heir of Thomas de Camoys ( d. 1372 ) was his nephew, another Thomas de Camoys ( d. 1421 ), who was the grandson of Ralph de Camoys ( d. 1336 ) by his second wife, Elizabeth le Despenser, and the son of Sir John Camoys by his second wife, Elizabeth le Latimer, daughter of William le Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer.

* Henry Wentworth ( c. 1448-between 1499 and 1501 ), de jure Lord Despenser and grandfather of Jane Seymour

Despenser became Edward's loyal servant and chief administrator after Gaveston was executed in 1312, but the jealousy of other barons-and, more importantly, his own corruption and unjust behaviour-led to his being exiled along with his son Hugh Despenser the younger in 1321, when Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent replaced him as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

He was born to John Fitzalan, 2nd Lord Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser and was a grandson of John Fitzalan ( D ' Arundel ) and Eleanor Maltravers ( Mautravers ).

In 1318 Llewelyn became the prisoner of the ruthless Hugh the younger Despenser, one of King Edward's favourites at court who had become Lord of Glamorgan in November 1317 and thus the largest land owner in South Wales, and was a great rival of Mortimer.

Hugh le Despenser the younger and Eleanor are generally credited with beginning the renovations to Tewkesbury Abbey that transformed it into the fine example of the decorated style of architecture that it is today.

* May – Hugh the younger Despenser, favourite of King Edward II of England, is married to heiress Eleanor de Clare.

Indeed, various authors have suggested that there is evidence that Hugh Despenser the younger may have attempted to assault Isabella herself in some fashion.

Le Despenser is a surname, most commonly associated with Norman-English barons of the 13th-and 14th-centuries and their descendants.

With only interior remodelling carried out to the castle by Hugh le Despenser in the 1320s, Caerphilly Castle remains a pure example of 13th-century military architecture and is the largest castle in Wales, and second largest in Britain ( after Windsor ).

Mortimer, in company with other Marcher Lords, led a rebellion against Edward, which is known as the Despenser War, at the end of the year.

He was the eldest son of the sometime Justiciar Hugh le Despenser ( d. 1265 ), who was summoned in 1264 to De Montfort's Parliament and is sometimes considered the first baron.

* 1440-the Splott is mentioned as bounding certain lands of Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick.

The rebels led by the ' King of the Commons ' Geoffrey Litster were defeated by a force led by Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich: the site is one of only five known battlefields in Norfolk.

The Despenser Survey of Glamorgan in 1320 is the first concrete record the Cantilupe family at Candleston, where Robert III de Cantilupe held 1 ploughland.

A primary opponent was Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by bishops like Henry le Despenser of Norwich, whom the chronicler Thomas Walsingham praised for his zeal.

But, as with Gaveston, the barons were indignant at the privileges Edward lavished upon the Despenser father and son, especially when the younger Despenser began in 1318 to strive to procure for himself the earldom of Gloucester and its associated lands.

However, a large number of men refused to fight Mortimer and the Queen ; Henry of Lancaster, for example, was not even summoned by the king, and he showed his loyalties by raising an army, seizing a cache of Despenser treasure from Leicester Abbey, and marching south to join Mortimer.

Hugh Despenser the Younger was brutally executed and a huge crowd gathered in anticipation at seeing him die – a public spectacle for public entertainment.

Edward was still relying upon his French relatives – Isabella's uncle, Louis d ' Évreux, for example had been sent from Paris to assist him – but Hugh Despenser the elder now formed part of the inner circle, marking the beginning of the Despensers ' increased prominence at Edward's court.

Hugh Despenser the younger and Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel | Edmund Fitzalan brought before Isabella for trial in 1326 ; the pair were gruesomely executed

In 2005 / 2006, BBC History Magazine chose Thomas Arundel as the 15th century's entry for their Ten Worst Britons poll, in which he tied in 9th place with Hugh le Despenser.

He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War.

In 1324, he participated in an expedition in Aquitaine against Edward II of England's estates, for Charles IV had built a fortress illegally on Edward's territory and had sent his uncle, Count Charles III of Valois, against the English possessions after Hugh le Despenser and the Younger Despenser imprisoned Isabella of France, Charles IV's sister and Edward's queen.

The antagonism was largely caused by Edward's preference for his new favourites, Hugh Despenser the Younger and his father.

During the campaign, Erpingham was responsible for the arrest of the Bishop Despenser and the ambush of King Richard II in Wales, taking him to the Tower of London, and was one of the Commissioners who accepted Richard's signed resignation as King.

Hugh le Despenser ( 1 March 1261 – 27 October 1326 ), sometimes referred to as " the Elder Despenser ", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England.

However, Edward was unable to rally an army, and on 31 October, he was abandoned by his servants, leaving him with only the younger Despenser and a few retainers.

Henry of Lancaster was then sent to Wales in order to fetch the King and the younger Despenser ; on 16 November he with Welsh rebels caught Edward, Despenser and their soldiers in the open country near Tonyrefail, where a plaque now commemorates the event.

This was followed by the trial and execution of Despenser on 24 November.

After the death of Gaveston at the hands of the barons in 1312, however, Edward later turned to a new favourite, Hugh Despenser the younger, and attempted to take revenge on the barons, resulting in the Despenser War and a period of internal repression across England.

Edward began to take revenge on his enemies, using an ever more brutal alliance with the Despenser family, in particular his new lover, Hugh Despenser the younger.

Hugh Despenser the younger was sentenced to be brutally executed on 24 November, and a huge crowd gathered in anticipation at seeing him die.

It was suppressed by the Bishop of Norwich, Henry le Despenser at the Battle of North Walsham on 25 or 26 June, when the local leader of the revolt, Geoffrey Litster, was captured and executed.

In the aftermath of the rebellion, the Despensers enriched themselves on the forfeited estates of the rebels, and Hugh Despenser the elder was created Earl of Winchester in May 1322.

Isabella and Mortimer landed in England on 24 September 1326, and due to the virulent resentment against the Despenser regime, few came to the king's aid.

Fortune turned against the Despenser party, and on 17 November 1326, FitzAlan's father was executed, and he did not succeed to his father's estates or titles.

He was the son of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, and Elizabeth le Despenser, and became Baron Arundel on his father's death in 1390 and Baron Maltravers on his grandmother's death in 1405.

As a result of spreading these views, Sawtrey was taken to Henry le Despenser on 30 April 1399.

He appeared before le Despenser in St. John ’ s Hospital the next day, and swore on the Gospels that he would never again preach Lollardy.

The elder Despenser was hanged immediately in his armor at Bristol on 27 October 1326.

The earthworks and ruins at North Elmham stewarded by English Heritage are thought to be the remains of Bishop Herbert de Losinga's late eleventh-century episcopal church and the late fourteenth century double-moated castle built on this by Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.