Hugh Despenser the Younger

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1. 1321Glamorgan · GlamorganIn 1321 Hugh Despenser the Younger expanded his lands in Glamorgan and elsewhere in Wales, provoking a joint protest by the Marcher lords; under noble pressure Edward II briefly agreed to exile him and his father, but Despenser secretly returned later that year and prepared with the king to strike back against the rebels.
2. 1322–1324London · EnglandAfter the victory at Boroughbridge in 1322, Despenser was fully restored, granted vast confiscated rebel property, and appointed to high offices including Keeper of the Privy Seal; he manipulated appointments, suppressed Parliament and the judiciary, and together with his father formed the de facto ruling core of Edward II's later reign.
3. 1324–1326Westminster · EnglandFrom 1324 to 1326 Despenser's power reached its zenith, further seizing the queen's and other nobles' property and dominating decision-making in the war with France; his arrogance aroused widespread resentment, and after Isabella's departure for France in 1325 relations became irreconcilable, planting the seeds of his downfall in 1326.
4. 1326Hereford · HerefordshireIn November 1326, as Isabella and Mortimer's forces approached, Despenser fled west with Edward II and was captured near Neath in Wales; after trial he was hanged, disemboweled, drawn, beheaded, and quartered at Hereford on charges of treason, with his father executed the same day.