Robert de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, was born between 1252 and 1256, at

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, in

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, and died in 1306. He married Maud de Badlesmere (born between 1260 and 1270; died 1306), of

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, England, the daughter of Gunselm de Badlesmere, Justiciar of Kent, around 1282. Lord Robert Burgersh was the son and heir of Reynold de Burghersh, and was Constable of

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, and Lord Warden of the

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from 1299 until his death. He was summoned to

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from 12 November 1303 until 13 July 1305, 'whereby he is held to have become Lord Burghersh'. He had at least three children with Maud: *Stephen de Burghersh (d. 1310), who succeeded him * Henry de Burghersh,

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* Bartholomew de Burghersh, later created Baron Burghersh in his own right.

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*''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 70–33. 1250s births 1306 deaths 13th-century English people 14th-century English nobility Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports Barons Burghersh {{England-baron-stub