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Birth:          ABT 1320 Burghersh, Sussex, England
Death:          5 Apr 1369 
Burial:         Walsingham Abbey

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

He was the son of Bartholomew Burghersh the elder, adopted his father's profession of 
arms and rivalled him in military distinction. [1]

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. [1]

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. [1]

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 aleading 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. [1]

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. [1]

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. [1]

His death took place in 1369. By his desire he was buried in the lady chapel of 
Walsingham Abbey. [1]

Family[edit]

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.

Parents
DE BURGHERSH Bartholomew ("the Elder") (ABT 1290 - 3 Aug 1355)
DE VERDUN Elizabeth (1303 - )

Siblings
DE BURGHERSH Bartholomew (ABT 1320 - 5 Apr 1369)

Marriage To WEYLAND Cicely ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by WEYLAND Cicely 
DE BURGHERSH Elizabeth (1338 - 26 Jul 1409)

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