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 78 BURGHERSH. II. 1330. 1. Bartholomew de Burghersii, 3d s. of Robert, Lord Burghersii abovenarned, having m. Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Theobald (de Verdon), Lord Verdon, by his 1st wife Maud, da. of Edmund (Mortimer), Loud Mortimer of Wiomore, acquired with her the Castle of Kwyas Lacie, co. Monmouth, Stoke-upon-Tern, co. Salop, and other considerable estates, He was in the wars of Scotland and France, temp. Edward II., and joined the Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion, and was defeated with him at Boronghbridge, 16 March 1322 and taken prisoner, but restored by Isabel, the Queen Consort. Being Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Torts, he was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LOUD BURGHERSH) 25 Jan. (1329/30) 4 Ed. III. to 15 March (1353/4) 2S Ed. HL(») the later writs having the word "Senior" added to Ins description. In 1340 being then aged 36 and upwards he was found heir to certain lands of his br. Henry, Bishop of Lincoln and Lord Treasurer. He was at the battle of Cressy, 25 Aug. 1316, was Chamberlain of the Household, Constable of the Tower of London, &c. He d. Aug. 1355, and was bur- in the Grey Friars, London. His widow d. 1360 and was also bur. there. III. 1355. 2. Bartholomew (de Burghersii), Lord BuRGnERsn, 1st surv. s. and h., aged 26 and upwards( b ) at his father's death, having, with him, been present at the battle of Cressy in 1316. He had previously, in 1341, been elected K.G. as one of the 25 Original Knights of that most noble order. ( c ) He accompanied the Black Prince in nearly all his expeditions, was at the battle of Poitiers in 1356, and was one of the most distinguished warriors of the day. He also made a journey into the Holy Laud. Hem. tartly (1335) 9 Ed. III., Cicely, da. and h. of Richard DE Weyland, of whose age he made proof, having livery of her lands (1339) 13 Ed. III. He m. secondly Margaret, widow of ( — ) Richard, sister of Bartholomew (Badlesmere), Lord Badi.esmeke. He </. 5 April 1369. Will dat. the day previous, directing his burial to be at Walsiugham. His widow nt. (for her 3rd husband) William de Bcrcestkr, and d. (1393) 17 Ric. II. IV. 1369. 3. Elizabeth, sno jure Baroness Burghersh, aged 27 at her father's death and then wife of Edward (Desfekcer) Lord Le Despencer, who d. 11 Nov. 1375. She d. a widow, Aug. 1409. Will, calling her- self " Elimbethdc Burghersh, Lady Despencer," dat. 4 July, and pr. 10 Aug. 1409. See fuller account under "Le Despencer," Barony. V. 1409. 4- Richard Despencer, de jure, apparently, Lord Bcrghei!Sh( <1 ), grandson and h., being s. and h. of Thomas, Earl of Gloucester, and Lord Le Despencer, beheaded and attainted 5 Jany. 1399/400, which Thomas was s. and h. ap. of Elizabeth, Baroness Burghersh abovenamed, but d. v.m. He m. when a child, Eleanor, da. of Ralph (Nevill), Earl of Westmorland, by his 2d wife, the Lady Joaue de Beaufort. He d. s.p. at Merton, Surrey, 7 Oct. 1424, aged 14, and was bur. (with his father) at Tewkesbury. His widow m. Henry (Percy) Earl of Northumberland, who d. 23 May 1455. (■) There is proof of his sitting in the Rolls of Pari. ( b ) Probably eonsidcruUi/ upwards. ( L ') See list thereof, Vol. I, p. 276, note " a." It is somewhat remarkable that he and not his Father (then "at the Zenith of his military fame ") should have been so honoured. The designation of " Le Filz " and his possession of the stall long after his father's death makes the fact certain. See Beltz's " Order of the Garter," p. 45. ( d ) " In theAthol case (1764) it was held that if the attainted person died in the lifetime of the person in possession of the dignity, the attainted person's son could take." See "Hewlett," p. 12.