Paternal Family Tree: Burghesh
Around 1282 Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 28] and [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh [aged 17] were married.
In 1292 Bishop Henry Burghesh was born to Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 38] and Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh [aged 27].
On 12th November 1303 Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Burghesh by writ of summons. [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Burghesh.
In 1306 Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 52] died. He was buried in the St Catherine Chantry at Lincoln Cathedral [Map]. His son Stephen [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baron Burghesh.
In 1306 [his mother] Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh [aged 41] died.
In 1310 [his brother] Stephen Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 27] died. His daughter Maud [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Baroness Burghesh.
Before 1314 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh [aged 13] were married.
Life of Edward II of Carnarvan by a Monk of Bridlington. Likewise, in the same year, around the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord [6th January], John Dalderby, Bishop of Lincoln, died [on 12th January 1320]. Through his merits and prayers, divine benefits are bestowed upon many who are sick. Master Anthony BekENDNOTE1ENDNOTE, a theologian and chancellor of the same church, was elected on the second feast of Saint Agnes [28th January]. Since he was not admitted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he went to the Roman Curia. The pope rejected him, and, at the king's insistence and also through the intervention of a considerable sum of money, Henry Burghersh was appointed bishop of the aforesaid church.
Item eodem anno circa festum Epiphaniæ Domini obiit Johannes Dalderby episcopus Lincolniensis, cujus meritis et precibus multis infirmatis divina beneficia largiuntur: et electus est magister Antonius de Bek thcologus, ejusdem ceclesiæ cancellarius, in festo Sanctæ Agnetis secundæ, sed, per archiepiscopum Cantuariensem non admissus, adivit curiam Romanam, quem papa repulit et ad regis instantiam ac etiam pecuniæ non modicæ interventionem præfectus est Henricus de Burghassche in cpiscopum ecclesiæ supradictæ.
Note 1. Anthony Bek, 1279-1343. He later became Bishop of Norwich in 1337. Not to be confused with his better known kinsman and namesake Bishop Anthony Bek, 1245-1311, Bishop of Durham.
On 27th May 1320 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 28] was appointed Bishop of Lincoln due to the influence of his uncle Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 44] despite the chapter having already elected a new bishop.
Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury. Accordingly, on the fifth or sixth day [19th or 18th June 1320] before the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the lord king crossed over to France. May God, in His mercy, preserve him safely and bring him safely back to England. The king had been preceded by his brother Edmund, Bartholomew de Badlesmere and certain others, who were travelling to the Roman Curia on business concerning the lord king. At that time, the episcopal see of Lincoln was vacant. Before the king's departure, however, the canons, having obtained permission, unanimously agreed upon the election of a pastor. The man chosen, Master Antony Bek, was noble and well mannered, a master of theology, and entirely suitable for the Church of Lincoln. He was a kinsman of the distinguished Antony Bek, formerly Bishop of Durham and Patriarch of Jerusalem. Bartholomew had a nephewENDNOTE1ENDNOTE who was capable for his age, although he had not yet reached twenty-five. Through Bartholomew's influence, the King of England was persuaded to petition the lord pope to appoint the young man to the episcopal see in question. The King of France also made the request, as did Edmund, the King of England's brother, and all of them praised the young man, commending him to the lord pope in many ways. The lord pope, therefore, moved by the entreaties of so many great men, annulled the earlier election and placed the young man at the head of the Church of Lincoln. This was indeed an astonishing act, because it was done against both law and reason. It had neither been seen nor previously heard that so young a man should be made a bishop. It was contrary to law, because no one under the age of thirty could lawfully ascend the pastoral throne, and contrary to reason, because no one chooses young men as leaders, since it is not established that they possess prudence. Solomon indeed regards the way of a young man in his youth as one of the most uncertain of all uncertain things. It is an astonishing and ridiculous presumption in this age that a young man should be placed upon the pastoral throne. A young man may happen to be raised to kingship, but it is not fitting for young men to be made bishops, because lineage and natural descent are considered in a prince, whereas virtue and learning are required in a bishop. Among flocks and herds, the boar, ram or bull that surpasses the others in strength and boldness becomes their leader and master, but this order is not observed among rational beings. Today, the less a man knows, the more boldly he presumes to place himself before his betters. One who has learnt nothing becomes the teacher of others and, like sounding brass or a clashing cymbal, usurps the office of preaching, though he is an useless block and a mute idol. An unlearned bishop is indeed a speechless herald. Among the ancients, the condition of wise men was held in immeasurable honour. Today, however, wisdom is trampled underfoot as something cheap and contemptible, while, through a certain abominable reversal, folly is raised to a place of honour. This is what Ecclesiastes laments when he says, "I saw an evil beneath the sun, a fool placed in high dignity, and wise men sitting below."
Igitur quinto sextove die ante Nativitatem Sancti Johannis Baptistæ transfretavit dominus rex in Franciam, quem Deus pro sua pietate salvo custodiat et salvo reducat in Angliam. Precesserant autem regem frater ejus Edmundus, Bartholomæus Badesmere, et quidam alii pro quibusdam negotiis domini regis ad curiam Romanam profeeturi. Eo tempore vacabat in Anglia sedes episcopalis Lyncolniensis, sed canonici ante recessum regis optenta licentia unanimiter consentiebant de electione pastoris, qui quidem, magister Antonius de Bek nominatus, fuit generosus et morigeratus, et magister erat theologiæ, ecclesiæ Lyncolniensi satis ydoneus, illius egregii Antonii de Bek quondam Dunelmensis episcopi et patriarchæ Jerosolimitani consanguineus. Habebat dietus Bartholomæus nepotem qui pro ætate industris crat. Nondum cnim xxv. annos attigerat. Procurante itaque Bartholomæo inductus est rex Angliæ supplicare domino papæ pro juvene, ut ad dictam sedem episcopalem dignaretur cum assumere. Rogabat et rex Franciæ, et Edmundus frater regis Angliæ, et laudabant juvenem omnes, personam ipsius apud dominum papam multipliciter recommendantes. Sic igitur dominus papa, tot et tantorum precibus sollicitatus, priorem electionem cassavit, et juvenem illum ecclesiæ Lyncolniensi præfecit. Mirabile quidem factum, quia contra legem et rationem actum: nec visum nec prius auditum ut tam juvenis præficeretur in episcopum: contra legem, cum nemo citra xxx annos de jure cathedram pastoralem possit ascendere, contra rationem quia nemo juvenes eligit duces, eo quod non constat eos esse prudentes. Nam et Salomon incertissimum reputat inter omnia incerta viam adolescentis in juventute sua. Siquidem admiranda sæculo et ridiculosa! præsumptio, dum juvenis pastorali locatur in solio. Juvenem contingit ad regnum sublimari, sed bene non congruit juvenes episcopari, quia sanguis et natura attenditur in principe, sed virtus et scientia requiritur in episcopo. In gregibus et armentis aper, aries cet taurus, corpore et animositate præstantior, ceterorum erit minator et ductor, sed inter rationales hie ordo non servatur. Hodie enim quanto quis minus sapit, tanto audacius melioribus ante eum esse præsumit. Qui nichil didicit aliorum doctor efficitur, et quasi æs sonans aut cimbalum usurpat prædicationis officum, cum sit cuneus inutilis et ydolum mutum. Nam episcopus illiteratus præco est mutus. Apud veteres erat conditio sapientum inæstimabiliter venerabilis Hodie vero prudentia tanquam vilis et abjecta calcatur; et quadam abhominabili mutatione stultitia in sublimi præponitur. Hoc est quod Ecclesiastes deplorando conqueritur. "Vidi," inquit, "malum quod est sub sole, stultum in sublimi dignitate positum, et sapientes sedere deorsum."
Note 1. Henry Burghesh, 1292-1340, son of Robert, 1st Baron Burghesh and Maud Badlesmere. Appointed Bishop of Lincoln in 1320, Treasurer in 1327, and Chancellor in 1328.
On 20th July 1320 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 28] was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln.
On 14th April 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46] was tried by Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 62] at Canterbury, Kent [Map].
Sentenced to death Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere was drawn for three miles behind a horse to Blean, Canterbury, where he held property, where he was beheaded. His head was displayed on the Burgh Gate, Canterbury and the rest of his body left hanging at Blean, Canterbury. He was buried at Whitefriars. His nephew Henry Burghesh's [aged 30] lands were also seized. These were restored around 1326.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Those of Hereford he hated, having been deprived of his temporal possessions; those of Lincoln, Henry de Burghesh,1 although honoured with a bishop's mitre through royal promotion, nevertheless, due to the same guilt as the aforementioned Adam, knowing himself to be guilty, greatly feared and consequently hated them as well. On the other hand, all the knights and bishops who were friends of these men were burdened with sick hearts and prone to rage, held back only by reverence for the king's peace. To make matters worse, they provoked against themselves the furious wrath of the queen,2 a most violent and womanly wrath, because, due to the greedy counsel and arrangement of those men, the royal consort's household had been diminished, and fixed incomes had been assigned to her with strict limitation, forcing her to live on a more meagre allowance than she was accustomed to. Thus, the insatiable feminine greed, frustrated in its desires, or perhaps the extravagant nature of womanhood, which that sex is ever wont to indulge, being denied its usual outlet, flared up not only against the Dispensers, but even against her husband, whom she accused of following their counsel more than hers.
Illos Herefordensis suis temporalibus privatus odiebat; illos Lincolniensis Henricus de Borewasch, quamquam regis promocione decoratus infula, tamen consimili culpa qua supradictus Adam sciens se noxium, valde metuebat et per consequens odiebat. Contra universi militum et episcoporum istorum amici habuerunt animos egro dolore sarcinatos et in furiam proclivos, et sola reverencia regie pacis manus continentes. Ad hoc contra seipsos in universum nefas rapidissimam iram femineam regine concitabant, eo quod, illorum avaro consilio et ordinacione familia consortis regie minorata, sibi certi reditus cum precisione fuerant taxati, parciori annona quam solebat victure. Unde avaricia insaciabilis feminina concupitis frustrata, aut certe prodigalitas muliebris artata, quarum alteri solet semper ille sexus indulgere, non solum contra Dispensatores, set et contra maritum, plus illos quam illam consiliis imitatum, exarsit in iras.
Note 1. Henry Burghersh [aged 32], nephew of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, had been forced by Edward into the see of Lincoln when only in his twenty-ninth year and thus under the canonical age. The papal bull of appointment is dated 27th May 1320 (Rymer's Fœdera 2.425). Previously the king had asked the pope to promote him to Winchester, 2nd November 1319 (Rymer's Fœdera 2.425). In spite of these favours he had joined in the rebellion of 1322. See Stubbs Constitutional History of England 2.386. He was treasurer in 1327, and chancellor in 1328-1330. He died at Ghent in 1340.
Note 2. On the 18th of September 1324 the king took into his own hands the queen's estates, on the threat of a French invasion. Rymer's Fœdera 2.569.
On 24th September 1326 Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 31] landed at Harwich, Suffolk with her son Edward [aged 13] and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 39], John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 36] and Nicholas Abrichecourt [aged 36]. Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 34] joined her shortly afterwards.
In 1327 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 35] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1328 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 36] was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 25th January 1330 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Burghesh. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh [aged 30] by marriage Baroness Burghesh.
On 31st August 1330 John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 61] died. His grandson John [aged 10] succeeded 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster. Given his young age he became a ward of the King who sold his wardship and marriage to Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 38] who then married him to his niece Joan Burghesh Baroness Mohun [aged 11], daugher of his brother Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 43].
In 1334 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 42] was appointed Lord High Treasurer which office he held until 1337.
Calendar Inquitisitions Port Mortem Volume 7 Edward III 691. 691. Giles, Son And Heir of Bartholomew De Badelesmere.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Giles, whose lands and tenements are in the wardship of H(enry) bishop of Lincoln, and who was born at Markettesoverton, co. Rutland, and was baptized in the church there, 7 November, 9 Edward III.
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Proof of age, 14 November [1335], 9 Edward III.
Richard de Sancto Lico, knight, aged 50 years, says that the said Giles, who was born in the manor of Hameldone, co. Rutland, and was baptized in the parish church of St. Andrew [Map] there, was, on the feast of St. Luke last, 21 years of age; and this he knows, because he was present when John de Drokenesforde, then bishop of Bath and Wells, baptized him; and Sir Robert de Watevile, knight, and Giles le Faukener, esquire of the aforesaid Bartholomew, were godfathers of the said Giles, and Lady Margery de Harington, then lady of Glaston, was his godmother.
John de Witlesbury, knight, aged 50 years and more, says that the said Giles was 21 years of age on the above feast, and this he knows, because his own son John was born on the very day when the said Giles was born at Hameldon and baptized in the church there, and his said son was 21 years of age on the above feast (last).
John de Boyvile, knight, aged 40 years and more, says the like, and knows it because he has a charter made on the same day, and from that day 21 years have elapsed.
John de Weyvile, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because he was there with his lady, Lady Margery de Haringtone, who was godmother of the said Giles, and wrote the day of his birth in a memorandum, which he still has.
John Basset, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because he has a son, who was born on the same day as the said Giles, and he was 21 years of age on the said feast of St. Luke (last).
William de la Hide, of Egelton, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because he espoused Alice his wife on the day the said Giles was born, from which day 21 years had elapsed on the feast of St. Luke (last).
William de la Hide, of Egelton, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because he espoused Alice his wife on the day the said Giles was born, from which day 21 years had elapsed on the feast of St. Luke (last).
Thomas Flemmyng, of Egelton, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because he was present when the said Giles was baptized, and the parish chaplain wrote the day of birth in the missal.
William de Sancto Petro, of Okham, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because [he has] a quit-claim of William de Okham, made on the day on which the said Giles was born, and by its date he knows the age of the said Giles.
William de Sancto Petro, of Okham, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because [he has] a quit-claim of William de Okham, made on the day on which the said Giles was born, and by its date he knows the age of the said Giles.
William de Ryhale, of Okham, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because he was (stetit) then with Sir Bartholomew de Badelesmere, when the said Giles was born, and he has the day of his birth written in a calendar.
Robert de Nevile, of Berudon, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it by the death of Walter his brother, who died on the day on which the said Giles was born.
Henry bishop of Lincoln [aged 46] being warned to be present did not appear in person or by any other.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. In this year, around the feast of the Nativity1 of Saint John the Baptist [24th June], there died at Ghent Lord Geoffrey Scrope, justice, and Lord Henry, bishop of Lincoln, principal councillors of the king; to whom Master Thomas de Beek succeeded, by provision of Pope Clement VI.
Hoc anno, circa festum Nativitatis sancti Johannis baptistæ, obiit in Gandavo dominus Galfridus Scrope, justiciarius, et dominus Henricus episcopus Lincolniensis, principales consiliarii regis, cui successit Henrico magister Thomas de Beek, per provisionem Clementis papæ sexti.
Note 1. Geoffrey Scrope [aged 55] died on 2nd December 1340. Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 48] died on 4th December 1340. It appears the author is referring to the Feast of the Nativity rather than the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [24th June].
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In this year, around the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord, Henry [aged 48],1 Bishop of Lincoln, and Sir Geoffrey Scrope [deceased], the king's chief justice and one of his principal counsellors, died in Ghent.
Hoc anno, circa Nativitatem Domini, Henricus episcopus Lin-colniensis et dominus Galfridus Scroup, iusticiarius, regis principales conciliarii, in Gandavo obierunt.
Note 1. On 4th December 1340 and 2nd December 1340 respectively.
On 4th December 1340 Bishop Henry Burghesh [aged 48] died at Ghent [Map]. He was buried in the St Catherine Chantry at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere 
Mother: Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh
Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard
