Sir John de Burghersh, 3rd Baron Burghersh

Family and Education

b. Ewelme 29 Sept. 1343, s. and h. of Sir John Burghersh of Ewelme and East Worldham, Hants by Maud, da. and h. of William, Lord Kerdeston of Kerdiston, Norf. and Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Bacon of Ewelme. m. aft. 1372 and bef. 1376, Ismania (d. 28 Sept. 1420), da. and coh. of Simon Hanham of Glos., wid. of Sir John Raleigh† of Nettlecombe, Som., 2da. Kntd. bef. 1369.

Burghersh died on 21 Sept. 1391, aged just under 48. His widow received a substantial dower, after the completion of the several transactions and divisions to be expected in such a scattered estate, and married, thirdly, Sir Laurence Berkerolles, son and heir of Sir Roger Berkerolles of Coity, Glamorgan. Burghersh’s daughters and coheirs were both married into well-known families: Margaret, then aged 15, was already the wife of Sir John Grenville* of Bideford and later married John Arundell II*; and Maud, then aged 12 and unmarried, was later wedded to Thomas Chaucer*, son of the poet and cousin of the Beautorts.

Biography

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