CP Addition: Death of Bartholomew Burghersh, 3rd Lord Burghersh
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage, 2 (1912): 426 (sub Burghersh) has a good account of
Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knt., 3rd Lord Burghersh, who held many high
positions in his life, among them being Constable of Dover Castle and
Warden of the Cinque Ports, King's Chamberlain, King's justice in
Eyre, and Constable of the Tower of London. The editor of C.P.
indicates that Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh died 3 August 1355, and
was buried in the Grey Friars, London. No place of death is provided
in the C.P. account.
It appears that Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh died at Dover Castle in
Kent. This is indicated by a record found in the published Register
of Daniel Rough, Common Clerk of Romney, 1353-1380, published as Kent
Arch. Soc. Records Branch, vol. 16. On pages 90-91 of the published
register, the following information appears in French, followed by an
English translation:
MATERIA LITTERE REGIS
[The substance of a writ from the King to the Warden, written round
about August 15th, 1355. The Barons of Romney have reported that the
men of St. Martin's Hundred have taken distress from them for
contribution to foreign taxes against their liberties. If this is so
the Warden is to obtain delivery of the distress and redress.]
"Pur ceo qe nous est entendu par noz Baronz del port de Romene, qe
gent del hundred de Seyn Martyn ci ount destreint noz fitz Barons par
lour bestez a contibucioun faire a lour burghscott et as autrez
foreynz taxez encountre lour franchise et lour chartez a eux grantez a
ce qilz dient. Par kai vous mandoms q si ency soit, face faire
deliverance de lour ditz bestez et autres redressement etc. Escript a
Dele en le meis daust la feste de lassumpcioun Lau notre regne
dengleterre xxix.
[And when the Barons came to Dover Sir Bartholomew de Burgharshe was
so ill that they could not see him, and then he died, so the suit was
held up till Michaelmas [29 Sept.]. Then the King ordered the men of
Romney to come and talk with him at Stonor, for it was his intention
to buy their barge to use between Plymouth and Cherbourg].
Et quant les ditz Baronz venerent a Chastel de Dovorre le dit monsieur
B. fust ci travaile de sa dite enfermite qilz ne lui pocount aprocher
et donkes devya la dit monsieur B. et ci reposa la suite dekes at la
seynt Michel ensuant. Et donkes notre seignur le Roi ci manda a
certeines gentz de Romene de venir a lui a Stonore de lui enparler, et
fust sa entente de achater lour barge pur lez benfetz qele fist
parente Plemouthe et Charburghe."
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The editor of the Rough register identifies "Monsieur de B." mentioned
in this text as Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh. In a footnote on page
91, he adds that Sir Bartholomew "probably died on 3rd August, cf.
Cal. Inq. Post. M., vol. X. No. 253, p. 216, where various dates
betwen 23rd July and 10th August are given for the date of his death.
August 3rd is the date given by an inquest in Kent, who were most
likely to have correct information. He was buried in the chantry of
St. Catharine at Lincoln, which he founded for the soul of his brother
the Bishop, and his fine effigy is there."
Interestingly, the editor of the Rough register places the place of
Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh's burial as in the chantry of St.
Catharine at Lincoln, whereas the editor of Complete Peerage places
his burial at Grey Friars, London. If someone on the newsgroup can
provides particulars to resolve this discrepancy, I'd very much
appreciate it.
For interest sake, I've included a copy of the account of the
Burghersh family as it will appear in the forthcoming book,
Plantagenet Ancestry, soon to be released. The chief change in the
Burghersh pedigree I've made from standard accounts is to remove Maud,
wife of John de Grey, Lord Grey of Rotherfield, as the daughter of Sir
Bartholomew de Burghersh (died 1355). I find the evidence provided
by Complete Peerage to document Maud's parentage to be insufficient.
The following colonial immigrants descend from Sir Bartholomew de
Burghersh and his wife, Elizabeth de Verdun:
Robert Abell, William Asfordby, William Bladen, George & Nehemiah
Blakiston, Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles & Robert
Brent, Kenelm Cheseldine, Grace Chetwode, St.Leger Codd, Frances, Jane
& Katherine Deighton, Edward Digges, William Farrar, Edward Foliot,
Warham Horsmanden, Anne & Katherine Marbury, John Nelson, Thomas
Owsley, John Oxenbridge, Katherine Saint Leger, Thomas Ligon, Anthony
Savage, William Skepper, Diana & Grey Skipwith, Maria Johanna
Somerset, and Amy Wyllys.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royala...@msn.com
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BURGHERSH
GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou, by an unknown mistress,
_____.
HAMELIN, 5th Earl of Surrey, married ISABEL DE WARENNE.
MAUD DE WARENNE, married HENRY OF EU, 6th Count of Eu.
ALICE OF EU, married RAOUL D'EXOUDUN, 7th Count of Eu.
MAUD OF EU, married HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Knt., Earl of Hereford and
Essex.
HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Knt., married ELEANOR DE BREWES.
MARGERY DE BOHUN, married THEBAUD DE VERDUN, Knt., 1st Lord
Verdun.
THEBAUD DE VERDUN, Knt., 2nd Lord Verdun, married MAUD DE
MORTIMER.
11. ELIZABETH DE VERDUN, 2nd daughter and co-heiress, born about 1306
and inherited one-eighth of the barony of Weobley, co. Hereford,
including the Castle of Ewyas Lacy, co. Hereford, and the manors of
Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Brandon, and Sheldon, co. Warwick, and
Bishampton, co. Worcester. She married before 11 June 1320
BARTHOLOMEW DE BURGHERSH, Knt., 3rd Lord Burghersh, of Burghersh,
Sussex, Chiddingstone, Kent, Haydor and Culverthorpe, co. Lincoln,
Heytesbury, Stert, and Colerne, co. Wilts, etc., Constable of Dover
Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, Chamberlain of the King's
Household, Constable of the Tower of London, 3rd son of Robert de
Burghersh, lst Lord Burghersh, of Burghersh, Sussex, Chiddingstone,
Kent, Haydor and Culverthorpe, co. Lincoln, etc., by Maud, daughter of
Guncelin de Badlesmere, of Badlesmere, Kent. He was born about 1304
(aged 36 in 1340). They had three sons, Henry, Bartholomew, K.G. [4th
Lord Burghersh], and Thomas (clerk), and two daughters, Joan and
Margaret (wife of Maurice Fitz Thomas, 4th Earl of Kildare). He
served in the wars of Scotland temp. King Edward II, and joined the
Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion, and was defeated with him at the
battle of Boroughbridge 16 Mar. 1321/2, and was taken prisoner. He
was summoned to Parliament from 25 Jan. 1329/30. They received a
papal indult for plenary remission in 1330. He fought at the battle
of Crécy in 1346. He was heir in 1350 to his brother, Henry de
Burghersh, by which he inherited the manor of Studham, co. Hertford.
SIR BARTHOLOMEW DE BURGHERSH, 3rd Lord Burghersh, died at Dover
Castle, Kent 3 Aug. 1355. His widow died 1 May 1360. They were
buried at Grey Friars, London.
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 33 (1763): 192-193. T. Blore Hist. & Antiq. of
the County of Rutland 1 Pt. 2 (1811): 204 (Burghersh pedigree).
Sussex Arch. Colls. 21 (1869): 126 (chart). Sir B. Burke Dormant and
Extinct Peerages (1883): 92-93. Cal. of Entries in the Papal
Registers: Letters 2 (1895): 312; Petitions 1 (1896): 50 (Master John
de Bourne his kinsman), 128; Letters 3 (1897): 250,327-328,375,510.
Cal. Charters Rolls 4 (1898): 454; 5 (1920): 11. VCH Hertford 2
(1908): 274-275. C.P. 2 (1912): 426-427. VCH Worcester 3 (1913):
261. C.P. 7 (1929): 223-225 (sub Kildare). Register of Edward the
Black Prince 4 (1933): 105 (Sir Geoffrey de Stowell his kinsman). VCH
Warwick 4 (1947): 201; 6 (1951): 39,271,276. Paget (1957) 108: 1
(chart only), 557: 7. C.P. 12 Pt. 2 (1959): 252. I.J. Sanders
English Baronies (1960), pp. 95-96. C.R. Elrington Abstracts of Feet
of Fines relating to Wiltshire for the Reign of Edward III (Wiltshire
Rec. Soc., vol. 29) (1974): 70-71. T.W. Moody New History of Ireland
9 (1984): 173.
Children & grandchild of Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knt., by Elizabeth
de Verdun:
i. BARTHOLOMEW DE BURGHERSH, K.G. [see next].
ii. JOAN DE BURGHERSH, died 4 Oct. 1404, married about 1341 JOHN
DE MOHUN, K.G., 2nd Lord Mohun, of the Castle and manor of Dunster,
and manors of Carhampton, Minehead, and Kilton, Somerset, Goring, co.
Oxford, etc., son and heir of John Mohun, Knt., Dunster, Somerset,.
Goring, co. Oxford, etc., by Christian, daughter of John Segrave, 2nd
Lord Segrave. He was born about 1320 (aged 10 in 1330). They had
four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of
Salisbury), _____ (a Minoress nun), Philippe (wife of Walter Fitz
Walter, 3rd Lord Fitz Walter, John Golafre, Knt., and Edward of York,
Duke of York), and Maud. He fought against the Scots 1341. In 1342
and 1345 he went abroad with his father-in-law. He was a Founder
Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1344. He fought at the battle of
Crécy in 1346 in the division of Edward, Prince of Wales, from whom
one of his horses, named "Grisel Gris" was a present. In 1374 his
wife arranged to sell the reversion of the Castle and manor of
Dunster, the manors of Kilton and Minehead to Lady Elizabeth Luttrell.
SIR JOHN DE MOHUN died 15 Sep. 1375, and was buried at Bruton Priory.
In 1384 King Richard II granted his widow an annuity of £100 for life
in consideration of her good service to him and the Queen. She died
testate 4 Oct. 1404, and was buried in the cathedral church of
Canterbury, Kent. G.F. Beltz Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter (1841), pg. cxxxxix. E. Green Feet of Fines for the County of
Somerset, 1307-1346 (Somerset Rec. Soc., vol. 12) (1898): 234. Cal.
of Entries in the Papal Registers: Letters 3 (1897): 327,528. Cal.
Patent Rolls, 1388-1392 (1902), pg. 253 (Joan styled "king's
kinswoman"). Cal. Patent Rolls, 1391-1396 (1905), pg. 317 (Joan
styled "king's kinswoman"). Sir H.C. Maxwell Lyte History of Dunster
1 (1909): 43-58 (Joan called "King's cousin"). C.P. 5 (1926):
479-480. T.R. Gambier-Parry Collection of Charters relating to
Goring, etc., 1181-1546 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc., vol. 13) (1931):
lxi-lxv (Mohun arms: Or, a cross engrailed sable). A.H. Thomas
Calendar of Select Pleas and Memoranda of the City of London,
1381-1412 (1932): 279-282 (wife Joan specifically called daughter of
"Sir Bartholomew Borewessh"). A. Hussey Kent Chantries (Kent Arch.
Soc. Records Branch, vol. 12) (1936): 49. E.F. Jacob Register of
Henry Chichele Archbishop of Canterbury 1414-1443 (Canterbury & York
Soc., vol. 54) (1937): 664 (biog. Elizabeth Montagu), 685 (biog.
Philippa, duchess of York). Paget (1957) 230: 6; 369: 7. List of
Inquisitions ad Quod Damnum 2 (PRO, Lists and Indexes, No. 22) (repr.
1963): 596.
Child of Joan de Burghersh, by John de Mohun, K.G.:
a. MAUD MOHUN, married JOHN LE STRANGE, Knt., 6th Lord Strange of
Knockin [see STRANGE 11].
10. BARTHOLOMEW DE BURGHERSH, K.G., 4th Lord Burghersh, of Ewyas Lacy,
co. Hereford, Burwash, Sussex, Heytesbury, Stert, and Colerne, co.
Wilts, etc., 1st surviving son and heir, born say 1323 (but aged 26 at
his father's death). He married (1st) before 10 May 1335 CECILY DE
WEYLAND, daughter and heiress of Richard de Weyland, Knt., of Blaxhall
and Cockfield, Suffolk, by his wife, Joan. They had one daughter,
Elizabeth. He was a Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter in
1344. He fought at the battle of Crécy in 1346. He accompanied
Prince Edward in nearly all his expeditions, fought at Poitiers on 19
Sep. 1356, and was one of the most distinguished warriors of the age.
He also made a journey into the Holy Land. His and his wife Cecily
had grant of free warren in their lands at Witnesham, Henley,
Swilland, etc., Suffolk in 1349. She was living in August 1354. He
married (2nd) before August 1366 MARGARET GISORS, widow of Henry
Picard, of London, vintner (living 1363), and daughter and co-heiress
of Thomas Gisors, of London. In 1366 he received a license to have
mass celebrated in his manor of Henden (in Sundridge), Kent. SIR
BARTHOLOMEW DE BURGHERSH, 4th Lord Burghersh, died testate (request
for burial at Walsingham, Norfolk) 5 Apr. 1369. His widow married
(3rd) William Burcester (died 1407), of Lesnes (in Erith), Kent,
Knight of the Shire and Sheriff of Kent. She died 1 July 1393.
References:
Gentleman’s Magazine 33 (1763): 192-193. T. Blore Hist. &
Antiq. of the County of Rutland 1 Pt. 2 (1811): 204 (Burghersh
pedigree). N.H. Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 1 (1826): 76-77. G.F.
Beltz Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (1841), pg.
cxxxxix. Sussex Arch. Colls. 21 (1869): 126 (chart). Sir B. Burke
Dormant and Extinct Peerages (1883): 92-93. Cal. of Entries in the
Papal Registers: Letters 3 (1897): 528. C.P. 2 (1912): 426-427. VCH
Worcester 3 (1913): 261-262. C.P. 4 (1916): 276. Cal. Charter Rolls
5 (1920): 118. VCH Warwick 6 (1951): 39,276. A.C. Wood Registrum
Simonis Langham Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi (Canterbury & York Soc.,
vol. 53) (1956): 139. Paget (1957) 108: 1 (chart only). J.L. Kirby
Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire 1377-1509 (Wiltshire
Rec. Soc., vol. 41) (1986): 10,25-26. Cal. IPM 17 (1988): 132.
Roskell 2 (1992): 410-412. J.L. Kirby Hungerford Cartulary (Wiltshire
Rec. Soc., vol. 49) (1994): 160-162.
Child of Bartholomew de Burghersh, K.G., by Cecily de Weyland:
i. ELIZABETH DE BURGHERSH, married EDWARD LE DESPENSER, Knt.,
K.G., 4th Lord Despenser [see CLARE 9].
ADRIANC...@aol.com
Doug Richardson wrote,
> Dear Newsgroup:
>
> Complete Peerage, 2 (1912): 426 (sub Burghersh) has a good account of
> Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knt., 3rd Lord Burghersh, who held many high
> positions in his life, among them being Constable of Dover Castle and
> Warden of the Cinque Ports, King's Chamberlain, King's justice in
> Eyre, and Constable of the Tower of London. The editor of C.P.
> indicates that Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh died 3 August 1355, and
> was buried in the Grey Friars, London. No place of death is provided
> in the C.P. account
<snip>
John Stow's Survey of London p 287 has a "Bartholomew Burwashe, and John
Burwashe his son" buried at Greyfriars. - no date, nor mention of his wife.
BTW, despite the remark made after the last time I mentioned this, in the
pronunciation of the place name Burwash, Sussex, the "w" is silent.
best regards,
Adrian
Douglas Richardson
Thank you for sharing the information from Stow's Survey of London.
There were two successive Bartholomew de Burghersh'es. The younger
one died in 1369, and left a will requesting burial at Walsingham,
Norfolk. As you know, such requests were not always honored. Do you
think it could be the younger Bartholomew de Burghersh buried in Grey
Friars, London?
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry
ADRIANC...@aol.com wrote in message news:<96.2ad7b40...@aol.com>...
Renia
We always call it Bur - wash, with no silent W.
Renia
Who has visited Bur-wash often and doesn't live so far away.
ADRIANC...@aol.com
writes:
Thanks for your message, but I don't think so - who could deny the younger
Bartholomew's careful and elaborate instructions for his burial given in his
will? (Test Vet p 76) - NB Walsingham was a place of pilgrimage.
Unfortunately CP does not give a source for the burial of the elder
Bartholomew, but it cannot be Stow (who does not mention the burial of Lady
Burghersh), so the fact that he is mentions in Stow must support whatever
evidence CP had.
Adrian
> Dear Adrian ~
>
> Thank you for sharing the information from Stow's Survey of London.
> There were two successive Bartholomew de Burghersh'es. The younger
> one died in 1369, and left a will requesting burial at Walsingham,
> Norfolk. As you know, such requests were not always honored. Do you
> think it could be the younger Bartholomew de Burghersh buried in Grey
> Friars, London?
>
> Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
>
> E-mail: royalancestry
>
> ADRIANC...@aol.com wrote in message news:<96.2ad7b40...@aol.com>
> ...
Douglas Richardson
Regarding the question regarding the final resting place of Sir
Bartholomew de Burghersh, I see that A.S. Harvey refers to Sir
Bartholomew's tomb at Lincoln in his interesting article, Cottingham
Church and its Heraldry. This article appeared in Yorkshire
Archaeological Journal, 40 (1962): 265-297. On page 296, Mr. Harvey
states:
"...An early instance of the arms of Edward III and his four elder
sons appears on the tomb on Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, K.G., in
Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1355."
Mr. Harvey cites the following as his source, which reference I
haven't seen:
Archaeological Institute; Lincoln Meeting, 1848, 241.
If anyone has access to this source, I'd appreciate it if they would
post the information pertinent to Sir Bartholomew Burghersh's tomb
here on the newsgroup.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royala...@msn.com
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