BADLESMERE, BARTHOLOMEW, BARON (I275-1322)

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BADLESMERE, BARTHOLOMEW, BARON (I275-1322) , English nobleman, was the son and

heir

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a
house
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

of Gunselm de Badlesmere (d. 1301), and fought in the English army both in France and

Scotland

during the later years of the reign of

Edward

EDWARD

I. In 1307 he became

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Bristol Castle, and afterwards

Edward

EDWARD

II. appointed him steward of his household; but these marks of favour did not prevent him from making a compact with some other noblemen to gain supreme influence in the royal council. Although very hostile to

Earl

EARL

Thomas

Lancaster

LANCASTER
LANCASTER,
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF
LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
THOMAS
_EARL_OF_c_127.html">LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

, Badlesmere helped to make peace between the king and the

earl

EARL

in 1318, and was a member of the middle party which detested alike Edward's minions, like the Despensers, and his violent enemies like

Lancaster

. The king's conduct, however, drew him to the side of the earl, and he had already joined Edward's enemies when, in October 1321, his wife, Margaret de Clare, refused to admit Queen

Isabella

ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
ISABELLA, ISABEAU

to her husband's castle at Leeds in Kent. The king captured the castle, seized and imprisoned Lady Badlesmere, and civil war began. After thedefeat of Lancaster at Boroughbridge, Badlesmere was taken and hanged at Canterbury on the 14th of April 1322. His son and

heir

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

, Giles, died without children in 1338.

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