NameBartholomew DE BURGHERSH 3d Lord Burghersh, 20G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Bartholomew DE BURGHERSH 3d Lord Burghersh
Notes Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (70:33). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage (Burghersh, p.426):
He served in the wars of Scotland during the reign of King Edward II, and joined Thomas, Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion and was defeated with him at Boroughbridge in I32I/2, and taken prisoner, but restored by Isabel, the Queen Consort. Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports I327, I343, and 1346-50. Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent, 1335-43. In 1340, he was found to be heir to certain lands of his brother, Henry, Bishop of Lincoln and Lord Treasurer. He was a Banneret in I341. In 1343 he formed part of an important embassy to the Pope. He fought at the battle of Crecy, I346, was Chamberlain of the Household and Constable of the Tower of London.