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Burghersh, Baron (E, 1303 - abeyant or extinct ????)

Creation: writ summ. 12 Nov 1303

Abeyant: 3 Jun 1449

Family name: Burghersh

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Arms:

Gules a Lion rampant double queued Or

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Robert [de Burghersh], 1st Baron Burghersh

son and heir of Reynold de Burghersh, of Burghersh, co. Sussex, and Chiddingstone, co. Kent

born

mar.

Maud de Badlesmere (d. bef. 1345), sister of Bartholomew [de Badlesmere], 1st Baron Badlesmere, and dau. of Gunselm de Badlesmere, of Badlesmere, co. Kent, Justice of Chester, by his wife Joan FitzBernard, dau. of Ralph FitzBernard, of Kingsdown, co. Kent

children

1. Stephen de Burghersh, later 2nd Baron Burghersh

2. Henry de Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln and Treasurer of England (d. 1343)

3. Bartholomew de Burghersh, later 1st Baron Burghersh

died

betw. 2 Jul and 8 Oct 1306

created

by writ 12 Nov 1303 Baron Burghersh

suc. by

son

note

Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports 1299-1306

Stephen [de Burghersh], 2nd Baron Burghersh

born

c. 1283

mar.

[wife unknown]

only child

1. Maud de Burghersh, later de jure suo jure Baroness Burghersh

died

s.p.m. 1309/10

note

he was never summoned to Parliament

According to modern Peerage Law his only child, Maud, succeeded as Baroness Burghersh in her own right on her father's death. She married twice: (1) Walter Paveley (d. 1329), and (2) Sir Thomas d'Aldon. Her descendants, if any, are heirs to the 1303 Barony.

 First written 26 Jan 2009

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