Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh

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Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh (* before 1324 - † April 5, 1369 ) was an English nobleman .

He was the son and heir of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (before 1304-1355) from his marriage to Elizabeth de Verdun, daughter of Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Baron Verdon .

In the Hundred Years War for the first time in 1339 King Edward III. to France and fought in Brittany from 1342 to 1343 . In 1346 he belonged to the retinue of the young "black prince" Edward of Woodstock and from then on accompanied him on almost all of his campaigns. He fought at his side in 1346 in the Battle of Crécy and in 1356 in the Battle of Poitiers . On April 23, 1348 King Edward III took him. as a founding member of the Order of the Garter .

In 1354 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and in 1355 inherited his father's title of nobility as 2nd Baron Burghersh when his father died .

Before 1335 he had married Cecilia († 1354), heir to Richard Weyland. With her he had a daughter:

In his second marriage, he married Margaret († 1393) at the latest in 1369, the widow of Henry Pichard and sister of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere . This marriage remained childless. Since he had no sons, his baron title fell to his only daughter from his first marriage when he died in 1369. He was buried in the Augustinian Monastery of Walsingham , Norfolk . His widow later married William Burcestre.

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 1.
predecessor Office successor
Bartholomew de Burghersh Baron Burghersh
1355-1369 		Elizabeth de Burghersh
personal data
SURNAME Burghersh, Bartholomew de, 2nd Baron Burghersh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH before 1324
DATE OF DEATH 1369