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4 unusual facts about Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh


Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh

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

During this campaign his father, Lord Burghersh, died, and he received livery of his lands as his heir.

John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun

He married Joanne, daughter of Sir Bartholemew de Burghersh the elder, who was sister to Sir Bartholemew de Burghersh KG, one of the founders of the Garter.

Philippa de Mohun

She was the third daughter of John Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c.1320 – 15 September 1375), and Joan Burghersh (d. 4 October 1404), daughter of Bartholomew de Burghhersh (c.1304 – 3 August 1355), 1st Baron Burghersh, whose mother was Maud de Mortimer.


Bartholomew de Burghersh

Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh (died 1369), son of the above, English nobleman and soldier and Knight of the Garter

Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh

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.

Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, and Kaleen E. Beall.

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.


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