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 422 BURGH BURGH, BOURGH, or BOROUGH (of Gainsborough) BARONY BY i. Thomas Burgh, s. and h. of Thomas B., or ■^ny™ Borough, of Gainsborough, co. Lincoln, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Percy,(^) of Harthill, co. J. York, sue. to the estates of his mother (who m. 2ndly Sir 4 /• William Lucy) 28 Sep. or 16 Oct. 1455, being then aged 24 and more. M.P. for co. Lincoln 1467 and 1478. He was by Richard III cr. K.G. about 1484, and by Henry VII was sum. to Pari, from i Sep. (1487) 3 Hen. VII to 12 Aug. (1495) n Hen. VII, by writs directed Thome Burgh, whereby he is held to have become LORD BURGH. (*>) He m., between May 1462 and 1464, Margaret, widow of "William, Lord Botreaux, da. of Thomas (Ros), Lord Ros, by Eleanor, da. of Richard (Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick. She d. 10 Dec. 1488, and was hur. at Gainsborough. Inq. p. m. 26 June (1489) 4 Hen. VII. He d. 18 Mar. 1495/6, and was bur. there. Inq. p. m. 31 May (1496) 11 Hen. VII. Will dat. 18 Feb. 1495/6, pr. 19 May 1496. II. 1496. 2. Edward (Burgh), Lord Burgh, s. and h., aged 32 and more at his father's death; M.P. for co. Lincoln 1492, and distinguished himself in a tournament at Westminster, Nov. 1494. He was, however, found a lunatic in 15 10, and being "distracted of memorie," was never sum. to Pari. He »;., in 1477, Anne, according to modern doctrine, mo jure Baroness Cobham (of Sterborough), widow of Edward (Blount), 2nd Baron Mountjoy,('=) and da. and h. (^) He was s. of Sir Thomas Percy (2nd s. of Henry, ist Earl of Northumberland) by Elizabeth, da. and coh. {b. 1361) of David, Lord Strathbogie [E.], and Earl of Atholl [S.]. See vol. i, p. 308, note "e." By this alliance the manor of Gains- borough, which belonged to the Strathbogie family, came into that of Burgh. (*") Nevertheless in a list of those to whom the King gave robes in 1487, he does not appear among the lords, but among the commoners, being called simply "Thomas Burght." (See Appendix B to this volume, p. 545, note "a"). So also in his Inq. p. m. and in that of his wife. A Warrant for the Great Seal, 22 Sep. 1487, declares the King's intention to call " Our right trusty and well-beloved Knight and Counsaillour, Sir Thomas Borough, to the dignitie and pre-eminence of Baronie," and directs a writ to be issued under the Great Seal to summon him to Pari, accordingly. But J. H. Round points out that this was three weeks after his writ of summons had been enrolled on the Close Rolls. He also considers it important that this Thomas is not proved to have sat in Parliament. V.G. (<^) She had been affianced to Edward (Blount), 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1474), who d. aged 8, in 1475, and is spoken of in the will, pr. 31 Oct. 1480, of Anne, Duchess of Buckingham (who had married for her 2nd husband, Walter, Baron Mountjoy), as " my da. i.e. granddaughter] Montjoy," then in her " nonage." See Surrey Archao- logkal Soc. Publications, vol. ii, pp. 1 15-194.