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BURGHERSH, HENRY (1292-1340)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 816 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BURGHERSH, See also:HENRY (1292-1340) , See also:English See also:bishop and See also:chancellor, was a younger son of See also:Robert, See also:Baron Burghersh (d. 1305), and a See also:nephew of See also:Bartholomew, See also:Lord See also:Badlesmere, and was educated in See also:France. In 1320 owing to Badlesmere's See also:influence See also:Pope See also:John XXII. appointed him bishop of See also:Lincoln in spite of the fact that the See also:chapter had already made an See also:election to the vacant bishopric, and he secured the position without delay. After the See also:execution of Badlesmere in 1322 Burghersh's lands were seized by See also:Edward II., and the pope was urged to deprive him; about 1326, however, his possessions were restored, a proceeding which did not prevent him from joining Edward's See also:queen, See also:Isabella, and taking See also:part in the See also:movement which led to the deposition and See also:murder of the See also:king. Enjoying the favour of the new king, Edward III., the bishop became chancellor of See also:England in 1328; but he failed to secure the archbishopric of See also:Canterbury which became 'vacant about the same See also:time, and was deprived of his See also:office of chancellor and imprisoned when Isabella lost her See also:power in 1330. But he was soon released and again in a position of influence. He was treasurer of England from 1334 to 1337, and high in the favour and often in the See also:company of Edward III.; he was sent on several important errands, and entrusted with important commissions. He died at See also:Ghent on the 4th of See also:December 1340. The bishop's See also:brother, Bartholomew Burghersh (d. 1355), became Baron Burghersh on the See also:death of his brother See also:Stephen in 1310. He acted as assistant to Badlesmere until the execution of the latter; and then, trusted by Edward III., was See also:constable of See also:Dover See also:Castle and See also:warden of the Cinque Ports. He filled other important positions, served Edward III. both as a diplomatist and a soldier, being See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Crecy in 1346; and retaining to the last the royal confidence, died in See also:August 1355.

His son and successor, Bartholomew (d. 1369), was one of the first knights of the See also:

order of the Garter; and earned a See also:great reputation as a soldier, specially distinguishing himself at the battle of See also:Poitiers in 1356.

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