Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh

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Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh (* around 1488; † February 20, 1550 ) was an English nobleman and politician of the Tudor period.

family

Thomas Burgh came from an old English family. His grandfather, also a Thomas Burgh, was called to the House of Lords through a Writ of Summons under Henry VII , but he never attended the meetings of the House of Lords . Although this actually made him 1st Baron Burgh in the Peerage of England, he and his son were not included in the later count of the barons. Only his grandson Thomas Burgh, who received a writ of summons in 1529, is listed as No. 1 in the Barony Burgh, which still exists today.

Life

Thomas Burgh was born around 1488. He was the son of Edward Burgh, died on August 20, 1528. When his father, de iure 4th Baron Strabolgi and 6th Baron Cobham, died, Thomas Burgh was 40 years old. He had started his career as a soldier. Under the Earl of Surrey, son of the Duke of Norfolk, he took part in the war against Scotland in 1513. After the Battle of Flodden , which was victorious for England , he received the knighthood. After that he was appointed bodyguard by Henry VIII . He was sheriff of Lincolnshire from 1516 to 1519 and from 1524 to 1525 . On December 2, 1529 he received a Writ of Summons and thus became Baron Burgh . On the occasion of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn , the King appointed him Lord Chamberlain of the Queen. In 1536 Henry VIII appointed him one of the 36 judges who should try Anna Boleyn. Burgh was an avid follower of the new religion. He died on February 20, 1550. He was married three times. He had twelve children from his first wife, Agnes Tyrnwhitt; the other two marriages were childless.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage, article Burgh
  2. ↑ The Complete Peerage, Volume II, page 423.
  3. ↑ The Complete Peerage, Volume II, footnote b, page 423.
  4. ^ Charles Mosley, in Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th Edition, Volume 1, 2007.
  5. ^ Robert Eden George Cole: History of the manor and township of Doddington
personal data
SURNAME Burgh, Thomas, 1st Baron Burgh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and politician of the Tudor period
DATE OF BIRTH around 1488
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1550