Biography of bartholomew de burghersh 2nd

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    Bartholomew Burghersh the younger

    English nobleman and soldier

    Bartholomew Burghersh, 2nd Baron BurghershKG (bef. &#; 5 April ), called 'the younger', was an English nobleman and soldier.

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    He was the son of Bartholomew Burghersh the elder, adopted his father's profession of arms and rivalled him in military distinction.

    His recorded career begins in , when he accompanied Edward III in his expedition to Flanders and took part in the first invasion of French territory. We find his name also as attending the king on his third inglorious and unprofitable campaign in Brittany in –3. In , he was one of the retinue of Edward the Black Prince, then in his fifteenth year, in the Battle of Crécy, and in the following year was present at the Siege of Calais, being rewarded for his distinguished services there by a rich wardship. In , he was in the campaign in Gascony.

    On the institution of the Order of the Garter in , he was chosen to be one of the first knights com

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    Bartholomew (Burghersh) de Burghersh (abt. - )

    SirBartholomew"3rd Lord Burghersh"de Burghersh formerly Burghersh

    Born about in Burghersh, Sussex, England
    Ancestors

    Son of Robert (Burghersh) de Burghersh and Maud (Badlesmere) Burghersh

    Brother of Stephen (Burghersh) de Burghersh and Henry Burghersh

    Husband of Elizabeth (Verdun) de Burghersh — married before 11 Jun [location unknown]

    Descendants

    Father of Elizabeth (Burghersh) Fitzgerald, Maud (Burghersh) Grey, Joan (Burghersh) Mohun, John (Burghersh) de Burghersh, Henry (Burghersh) de Burghersh, Bartholomew (Burghersh) de Burghersh KG and William Burgess

    Died at about age 68in Dover Castle, Kent, England

    Profile last modified | Created 10 Sep

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    Biography

    Titles of Bartholomew de Burghersh 3rd Lord Burghersh (Royal Ancestry):

    Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports ,
    Justice of the Forest South of Trent
    Chamberlain of the King's Hou

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    Bartholomew Burghersh the elder

    English nobleman and soldier (died )

    Bartholomew Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (died 3 August , Dover), called "the elder", was an English nobleman and soldier, a younger son of Robert Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh and Maud Badlesmere, sister of Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere. He was the father of Bartholomew Burghersh the younger.

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    He was the second (or perhaps the third) son of Robert Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, and succeeded to his father's title and estates on the death of his elder brother Stephen. He was the nephew on his mother's side and namesake of Bartholomew, lord Badlesmere, one of the most powerful of the barons. He married Elizabeth, one of the three co-heiresses of Theobald dem Verdun, 2nd Baron Verdun and his first wife Maud Mortimer (c September ), an alliance bygd which Burghersh increased his wealth and power.

    Lord Badlesmere was a bitter enemy of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Burghersh took an