Mortimer and Henry, Earl of Lancaster, insisted that both father and son should face trial and execution. One day after being captured, the elder Despenser was hanged in his armour at Bristol on 27 October 1326. He was then beheaded, after which his body was cut into pieces and fed to dogs. His head was sent to be displayed in Winchester, which had supported the king. Despenser's Winchester title was forfeit, not to be revived until 1472. The younger Despenser was hanged, drawn and quartered at Hereford the following month. After Despenser's death, pardons were issued to thousands of people whom he had falsely accused. Marriage and issue He married Isabel de Beauchamp, a daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c.1238–1298) by his wife Maud FitzJohn, and widow of Sir Patrick de Chaurces. By his wife he had two sons and several daughters, including: Hugh Despenser the Younger; Philip le Despenser (grandfather of Philip le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser); Isabel le Despenser, second wife of John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and second wife of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer; Margaret le Despenser, wife of John de St Amand, 1st Baron Amand (1283/6–1330). Notes References Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 72–31, 74–31, 74A-31, 93A-29 Karau, Björn: Günstlinge am Hof Edwards II. von England – Aufstieg und Fall der Despensers, MA-Thesis, Kiel 1999. (Free Download: http://www.despensers.de/download.htm) 1261 births 1326 deaths 13th-century English nobility 14th-century English nobility 14th-century crime Earls of Winchester Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports Executed English people People convicted under a bill of attainder People executed under the Plantagenets for treason against England People executed by the Kingdom of England by hanging 14th-century executions by England Hugh Medieval English criminals Barons le Despencer