Nicholas Burnell, 1st Baron Burnell

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Bream by Nicholas Burnell. Illustration in the Encyclopædia Britannica published in 1911

Nicholas Burnell, 1st Baron Burnell (around 1323 - January 19, 1383 ) was an English nobleman.

Nicholas Burnell was born Nicholas Haudlo, the younger son of John de Haudlo and his wife Maud . His mother had inherited the extensive estates of her brother Edward Burnell, 1st Baron Burnell , in 1315 , and Nicholas inherited those estates as a younger son. Accordingly, he changed his name to Nicholas Burnell in 1348. On November 24, 1350 he was called to Parliament by Writ of Summons , making him Baron Burnell . After the two daughters of his nephew Edmund de Haudlo, the only son of his older brother Richard de Haudlo, who had also died, died in 1355, he became his father's heir on May 15, 1355. Burnell took part in campaigns during the Hundred Years War in France, thereby claiming against Robert de Morley the right to use his coat of arms. The case was eventually brought to the Court of Chivalry for decision during the Siege of Calais in 1346 . The court finally agreed with Burnell. This dispute is one of the oldest known cases about the use of a coat of arms. He was buried in St Mary's Church in Acton Burnell , where his funerary monument with a bream is preserved.

Before July 12, 1339, Nicholas was married to Mary, whose origin is unknown. With her he had at least one son who became his heir:

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Individual evidence

  1. John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England . Oxford University, Oxford 1846. p. 249
  2. ^ Maurice Keen: Nobles, knights and men-at-arms in the Middle Ages . Hambledon, London 1996, ISBN 1-4411-3949-4 , pp. 145-146
  3. ^ British Listed Buildings: Church of St Mary. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .