Bartholomew, 2nd Baron Burghersh

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2nd Baron Burghersh

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Bartholomew first bore arms in the War of the Breton Succession, in the expedition of 1345. He fought as a knight banneret in the division of the Prince of Wales at the Battle of Crécy (1346) and was present at the Siege of Calais (1347). In 1348, he was one of the twenty-five Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter. He was made constable of Wallingford Castle in 1351.

He succeeded his father as Baron Burghersh in 1355. Continuing in the French wars, he was with the Black Prince in his chevauchée of 1356, and held off a French ambush outside Romorantin, a battle which ended in the capture of that city. The campaign ended with the Battle of Poitiers, wherein he captured the Count of Ventadour. He also served in the unsuccessful expedition of 1359.

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Bartholomew first bore arms in the War of the Breton Succession, in the expedition of 1345. He fought as a knight banneret in the division of the Prince of Wales at the Battle of Crécy (1346) and was present at the Siege of Calais (1347). In 1348, he was one of the twenty-five Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter. He was made constable of Wallingford Castle in 1351.

He succeeded his father as Baron Burghersh in 1355. Continuing in the French wars, he was with the Black Prince in his chevauchée of 1356, and held off a French ambush outside Romorantin, a battle which ended in the capture of that city. The campaign ended with the Battle of Poitiers, wherein he captured the Count of Ventadour. He also served in the unsuccessful expedition of 1359.

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Bartholomew first bore arms in the War of the Breton Succession, in the expedition of 1345. He fought as a knight banneret in the division of the Prince of Wales at the Battle of Crécy (1346) and was present at the Siege of Calais (1347). In 1348, he was one, the ninth, of the twenty-five Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter. He was made constable of Wallingford Castle in 1351.

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

Bartholomew first bore arms in the War of the Breton Succession, in the expedition of 1345. He fought as a knight banneret in the division of the Prince of Wales at the Battle of Crécy (1346) and was present at the Siege of Calais (1347). In 1348, he was one, the ninth, of the twenty-five Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter. He was made constable of Wallingford Castle in 1351.

He succeeded his father, Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh as Baron Burghersh in 1355. Continuing in the French wars, he was with the Black Prince in his chevauchée of 1356, and held off a French ambush outside Romorantin, a battle which ended in the capture of that city. The campaign ended with the Battle of Poitiers, wherein he captured the Count of Ventadour. He also served in the unsuccessful expedition of 1359.www.celtic-casimir.com

Bartholomew DE BURGHERSH 4th Baron de Burghersh, K.G. 

Born: Abt 1320, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England
Married: Abt 10 May 1355
Died: 5 Apr 1369, Walsingham, Norfolk, England

Marriage Information:
Bartholomew married Cicely DE WEYLAND, daughter of Sir Richard DE WEYLAND of Clopton and Joan, about 10 May 1355. (Cicely DE WEYLAND was born on 10 Oct 1318 in Rouse Hall, Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England and died after Aug 1354.)

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Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh
BIRTH 1323
England
DEATH 5 Apr 1369 (aged 45–46)
England
BURIAL
Our Lady of Walsingham Chapel
Little Walsingham, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
MEMORIAL ID 105801108

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.

Husband of Cecily de Weyland, daughter and heiress to Sir Richard Weyland and his wife, Joan. They were married before 10 May 1335 and had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Edward le Despenser.

Secondly, husband of Margaret Gisors, daughter of Thomas of London and widow of Henry Picard, vintner of London. They married after 1354 and before 1366.

Bartholomew accompanied King Edward III to Flanders in 1339, and took part of the French invasions. He accompanied the king to Brittany in 1342, fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346 in the retinue of Edward the Black Prince. Bartholomew was a founder of the Order of the Garter, fulfilled a religious vow in his journey to the Holy Lands in 1354, fought at Poitiers 19 Sept 1356, and was considered one of the most distinguished warriors of the age.

Bartholomew accompanied King Edward III on his last and most strenuous invasion of France which ended with the treaty of Bretigny 08 May 1360, when Bartholomew finally returned home.

Bartholomew and Cecily were granted free warren (ability to hunt freely) in their lands at Witnesham, Henley and Swilland, Suffolk in 1349. In 1366 he received a licence to celebrate mass at his manor in Henden in Sundrige, Kent.

His widow remarried to William Burcester of Lesnes, Kent, Sheriff of Kent, and died 01 July 1393.

Family Members
Parents
Bartholomew de Lord Burghersh
1304–1355

Elizabeth de Verdun Burghersh
1306–1360

Siblings
Joan de Burghersh Mohun
unknown–1404

Children
Elizabeth Burghersh Despenser
1342–1409