William [Guncelin] de Badlesmere

From “The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities.” Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686. <link>

Badlesmere.

[3 Edw. 2.]

THe first mention I find of this Family, is in 16 H. 2. at which time Bartholomew de Badlesmere* was in sutea with William de Cheney, for certain Lands in Kent: and after∣wards, scilicet, in 22 H. 2. amerc'tb at Twenty Marks, for trespassing in the King's Forests.

To him succeeded William de Badlesmere. Which William,* adheringc to the Rebellious Barons, a∣bout the latter end of King Iohn's Reign, was ta∣ken Prisoner,d with some others, their Compli∣ces, in the Castle of Rochester; and not re∣leased tille 6 Hen. 3.

After him I meet with Giles de Badlesmere;* who, in An. 1248. (32 Hen. 3.) was slainf in a Skirmish betwixt the English and Welsh.

And, next to him, Gunceline de Badlesmere,* a Great Re∣bel g to King Henry the Third, for which cause, he was (amongst others) Excommunicatedh by the Archbishop of Canterbury: but afterwards returning to obedience, was Constituted Justice i of Chester; in which Office he continued k till 9 Edw. 1.

Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Badlesmere', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 467-481. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol6/pp467-481 [accessed 2 July 2022].

After which the manor of Badlesmere was granted by the king to Hamo de Crevequer, and together with other lands made up the barony of Crevequer, as it was called, being held of the king in capite by barony, as of his castle of Dover, for the desence of which he was bound by his tenure.

Of his heirs this manor was held by the eminent family of Badlesmere, who took their surname from their possessing it. Guncelin de Badlesmere, with his brother Ralph, accompanied king Richard I. to the siege of Acon, in Palestine. Guncelin de Badlesmere held this manor, 2s before-mentioned, in the reign of king John, and was a justice itinerant, as was his brother Giles de Badlesmere, who was slain in a conflict with the Welsh in the 43d year of Henry III. anno 1248. The former left one son Bartholomew, and two daughters, Joane, married to John de Northwood, and another to John de Coningsby.

Guncelin de Badlesmere, Justice of Chester and Cheshire, is thought to be the son of Giles [Bartholomew] who died in 1248 and the grandson of Guncelin [William] and a Miss Peyferer, the daughter of Fulk. He was born about 1232, other sources say 1244

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Badlesmere_%281%29
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Badlesmere-30