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Paternal Family Tree: Badlesmete
On 18th August 1275 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere was born to Gunselin Badlesmere and Joan Fitzbernard.
Around 1287 Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh was born to Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 33) and [his sister] Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh (age 22). He was named for his uncle Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 11).
In 1301 [his father] Gunselin Badlesmere died.
In 1303 Gilbert Umfraville and [his future wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 15) were married. He the son of Gilbert Umfraville 7th Earl Angus (age 58) and Elisabetha Comyn. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1307 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 31) was appointed Governor of Bristol Castle.
After 13th June 1308 [his daughter] Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 32) and [his future wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 21).
On 30th June 1308 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 32) and Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 21) were married.
After 30th June 1308 [his daughter] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford was born to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 21) at Castle Badlesmere [Map].
In 1309 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 33) was created 1st Baron Badlesmere. [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 21) by marriage Baroness Badlesmere.
In 1312 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 36) was appointed Constable of Leeds Castle.
In 1313 [his daughter] Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton was born to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 37) and [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 25) at Castle Badlesmere [Map].
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 39) including, James "Black" Douglas (age 28), heavily defeated the English army led by King Edward II of England (age 30) at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 23) was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 20), Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton (age 44) and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 36) was killed. His son John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 40) was killed. His son Roger (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel (age 25) was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg (age 50) possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 38), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 38), Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 35), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 39) and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus (age 37) fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot (age 34) was killed. His son [his future son-in-law] John succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort (age 23) was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey (age 34) undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 38) was captured.
Michael Poynings (age 44) was killed.
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On or before 18th October 1314, the day he was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Hambleton [Map], [his son] Giles Badlesmere 2nd Baron Badlesmere was born to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 27).
In 1315 [his daughter] Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot was born to Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 27).
On 2nd January 1315 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map] some two and a half years after his murder. The ceremony was attended by King Edward II of England (age 30) and his wife Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 20) as well as Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 39), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 40), Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk (age 14), Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 39), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 7) and his son Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 29).
On 27th June 1316 [his son-in-law] Edmund Mortimer (age 13) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton (age 3) were married at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer [Map]. He the son of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 29) and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 30). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th July 1316 [his son-in-law] Robert Fitzpayn 3rd Baron Fitzpayn (age 16) and [his daughter] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (age 8) were married.
Before 25th November 1316 [his son-in-law] William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 31) and [his daughter] Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 8) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
On 27th May 1320 Bishop Henry Burghesh (age 28) was appointed Bishop of Lincoln due to the influence of his uncle Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 44) despite the chapter having already elected a new bishop.
In 1321 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 45) attended a tournament at Witney, Oxfordshire [Map].
In October 1321 Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 26) was returning from Canterbury, Kent [Map] to London. She sought accommodation at Leeds Castle, Kent [Map] which was under the protection of [his wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 34) the wife of Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46). Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere refused entry to the Queen killing around six of her retinue when they tried to force entry. King Edward II of England (age 37) commenced the Siege of Leeds Castle. Once King Edward II of England gained possession of the castle, he had the garrison hanged from the battlements. His wife Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere, her five children ([his daughter] Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 13), [his daughter] Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford (age 13), [his daughter] Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton (age 8), [his son] Giles Badlesmere 2nd Baron Badlesmere (age 6) and [his daughter] Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot (age 6)), and her nephew Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 34), were imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map].
Before 15th January 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) sacked Elmley Castle, Worcestershire.
Before 15th January 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) sacked Hanley Castle, Worcestershire.
Before 15th January 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) occupied and burned the town at Bridgnorth, Shropshire [Map].
On 1st March 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) reached at Pontefract [Map].
Before 11th March 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) had taken Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [Map].
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.
Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured.
After 16th March 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) arrested at Stow Park.
On 14th April 1322 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46) was tried by Henry Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 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 (age 30) lands were also seized. These were restored around 1326.
On 22nd October 1333 [his former wife] Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere (age 46) died.
[his father] Gunselin Badlesmere and [his mother] Joan Fitzbernard were married.