Bartholomew de Badlesmere (1st Lord Badlesmere)

Bartholomew was born about 1275.  Bartholomew's father was Guncelin de Badlesmere and his mother was Joan FitzBernard.  He was an only child.  He died by execution, hanged as a traitor, on April 14th, 1322.

• General Notes

  In 1294 he was excused from the war in Gascony.  He fought in the Scottish Wars from 1303 to 1304.  He held the office of Governor of Bristol Castle in 1307.  In 1309 he had a grant of the Castle and Manor of Chilham, Kent.  He was created 1st Lord Badlesmere [England by writ] on 26 October 1309.  He obtained a grant of the Castle of Leeds, Kent.  He held the office of Steward of the King's Household.  He held the office of Governor of Skipton Castle, and of all the castles in Yorkshire and Westmorland in 1314/15.  He joined the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion.  He lived in Badlesmere, Kent, England.  He lived in Chilham Castle, Kent, England.  He fought in the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, where the rebellion was defeated.  In Stow Park he was captured, tried and attainted.  He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography

Details of Bartholomew's family with Lady Margaret de Clare