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    The Despenser Reredos or Despenser Retable is a medieval altarpiece now in St Luke's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral. It is the cathedral's most important work...
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    Altarpiece and lateral reredos in the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Morelia, Mexico, built in the late 18th century. Despenser reredos at Norwich Cathedral...
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    altarpiece, known as the Despenser Retable or Despenser Reredos. It was named after the Bishop of Norwich, Henry le Despenser (1369–1406). During the Peasants'...
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    successful crushing of the rebellion, Despenser may have commissioned the Despenser Reredos in Norwich Cathedral. The reredos, which has survived, illustrates...
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    held the manor until 1297 when John of Cherburgh granted it to Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. After Hugh was hanged in 1326, Seend was granted...
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    and its cells joined the crusade in Flanders in 1383, under Henry le Despenser, bishop of Norwich. Among them was William York of Wymondham Priory. Of...
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    This conflict may have arisen from political differences relating to the Despenser War. In 1247, the manor once belonging to Countess Judith was held by...
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