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Personal data Bartholomew de BURGHERSH 

• He was born in the year 1321 in Burghersh, Sussex.Source 1

  Attention: Age at marriage (May 10, 1335) below 16 years (14).

• Title: 2nd Baron Burghersh
• (Titles) in Knight of the Garter.
• He died on April 5, 1369 in Walsingham, Norfolk, he was 48 years old.Source 1
• He is buried April 1369 in Our Lady of Walsingham Chapel, Walsingham, Norfolk.Source 1
• A child of Bartholomew de BURGHERSH and Elizabeth de VERDUN

Household of Bartholomew de BURGHERSH

(1) He is married to Margaret GISORS.

They got married August 1366 at Burghersh, Sussex, he was 45 years old.

(2) He is married to Cecily WEYLAND.

They got married on May 10, 1335 at Burghersh, Sussex, he was 14 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth de BURGHERSH  1342-1409 

Notes about Bartholomew de BURGHERSH

Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh KG (bef. 1329 - 5 April 1369) was an English nobleman and soldier.

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 1339, 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 1342-3. In 1346, 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 1349, he was in the campaign in Gascony.

On the institution of the Order of the Garter in 1350, he was chosen to be one of the first knights companions. In 1354, he fulfilled a religious vow by taking a journey to the Holy Land.

On his return home he joined the Black Prince in the expedition, in 1355. He was one of the most eminent of the commanders of the invading army, and had a leading share in the events of the campaign, especially in the battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356. A daring exploit of Burghersh is recorded by Froissart shortly before the battle. In company with Sir John Chandos and Sir James Audley, and attended by only four-and-twenty horsemen, he made an excursion from the main body of the army, and, falling on the rear of the French army, took thirty-two knights and gentlemen prisoners. His prowess and skill were again tried about the same time, when, on his return with a small foraging party at Romorantin near Berry, he was attacked from an ambuscade by a much more formidable force, which, however, he managed to keep at bay till relieved by the Black Prince. During this campaign his father, Lord Burghersh, died, and he received livery of his lands as his heir.

In 1359, he again accompanied Edward III on his last and most formidable invasion of France, ending in the decisive treaty of Bretigny, 8 May 1360. He was deputed to aid in the negotiation of this treaty between ‘the firstborn sons of the kings of England and France’ at Chartres, for which letters of protection were given him. He and his brother commissioners were taken prisoners in violation of the bond, and Edward had to interpose to obtain their liberation. During this campaign Knighton records his successful siege of the castle of Sourmussy in Gascony, in which he appears to have evidenced no common skill.

In 1362, he was appointed one of the commissioners on the state of Ireland. When, in 1364, King John II of France, to make atonement for the Louis I, Duke of Anjou’s breach of faith, determined to yield himself back to captivity, to die three months alter his Landing at the Savoy Palace, Burghersh was one of the nobles deputed to receive him at Dover and conduct him by Canterbury to Edward‘s presence at Eltham. In 1366 he was one of the commissioners sent to Urban V, who had rashly demanded the payment of the arrears of the tribute granted by King John.

His death took place in 1369. By his desire he was buried in the lady chapel of Walsingham Abbey.

Family
He married before 10 May 1335 Cecily de Weyland, by whom he had one daughter:
Elizabeth Burghersh (c. 1342-1409), suo jure Baroness Burghersh, she married Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer before December 1364.

After the death of Cecily, he married Margaret Gisors, by whom he had no children.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_de_Burghersh,_2nd_Baron_Burghersh

Knight of the Garter, of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, of Burwash Sussex, of Heytesbury, Stert, Colerne, Wiltshire. Steward and Constable of Wallingford and St Valery, Justiciar of Chester. 4th Lord Burghersh.

Son and heir to Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun. Grandson of Sir Robert de Burghersh, Lord Burghersh and Maud Badlesmere, Sir Thebaud de Verdun and Maud de Mortimer.

He was aged 26 and more at his father's death. He fought alongside his father at Crecy in 1346, and in 1348, was one of the 25 original Knights of the Garter. He was a companion of the Black Prince (Prince Edward) in nearly all of his expeditions. He fought at Poitiers 19 Sep 1356, and was one of the most distinguished warriors of his day.
SOURCE: www.geneajourney.com

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