Burghersh, Bartholomew (1304 - 1355)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1304
Death Date: 1355-08-03

Notes

Deprived of lands 4 Nov. 1320; imprisoned in the Tower Oct. 1321--before Dec. 1326

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

3rd Baron Burghersh

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Burghersh
    Assumed By 1329/30-01-25
    Vacated 1355-08-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Kent 1326-12-1 1330-12-14
Warden, Kent 1326-12-1 1330-12-14 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1327 n.d. Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1327 1328
JP, Kent 1327 1355
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1328 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1328 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1328 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1329 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1330 n.d. Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Keeper of Forests, South of Trent 1335-10-18 1343-12-4
Admiral of the Western Fleet, England 1337-8-11 1338-07-28
Privy Councillor, England by 1341-10-10 n.d.
Constable, Kent 1343-12-3 1355-08-3
Warden, Kent 1343-12-3 1355-08-3
King's Chamberlin, England by 1347-6-13 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1348 n.d.
Keeper, Parks and Chases of the See of Canterbury, Kent 1348-8-21 1348-12-14
Keeper, Middlesex 1349-8-28 1349-12-14
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1353 n.d. Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Keeper, London 1355-6-27 1355-08-3

Lands

  • Essex
  • Kent
  • Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1353-1354 Abbot's Hall, Boxley, near Maidstone , Kent Sir Bartholomew Burghersh's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Bartholomew Burghersh's Trumpeters Burghersh, Bartholomew (1304 - 1355) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)