Robert Burdet (Warks MP 1320)
Sir Robert Burdet | |
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| Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1320, 1325, 1327 | |
| Monarch | Edward II |
| Sheriff of Warwickshire | |
| In office 1329 | |
| Monarch | Edward III |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1333[2] |
| Spouse | Elizabeth de Camville |
| Children | Sir Gerard Burdet Sir Robert Burdet Isabel Burdet |
| Parent | Hugh Burdet[3] |
Sir Robert Burdet (died 1333) was a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and was Sheriff of Warwickshire.
Origins[edit]
He was the son of Hugh Burdet and was a nephew of Sir William Burdet of Loseby who represented Leicestershire in Parliament in 1297.
Career[edit]
He was summoned to Parliament for Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1320, 1325 and 1327 and served as Sheriff from 1328 to 1329.[4]
Marriage and children[edit]
He married Elizabeth de Camville, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Gerard de Camville, and by the marriage he inherited the manors of Arrow[b] and Seckington in Warwickshire.[3] By his wife he had children including:
- Sir Gerard Burdet[5] (d. abt 1349), of Arrow, Warwickshire, eldest son and heir apparent, predeceased his father.
- Sir Robert Burdet[5] (born Seckington, 1345[6]) of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, eldest surviving son and heir. Ancestor of the Burdett baronets of Bramcote, Warwickshire (cr.1619).
- Isabel Burdet[7] who married Sir John Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire
Notes[edit]
- ^ the martlets were a difference added to the original Burdet arms based on the fact that Robert's father, Hugh Burdet, was a third son, the difference for whom is a martlet.
- ^ which had passed to the Camvilles upon their marriage to Albreda, daughter of Geoffrey, Baron Marmion of Llanstephan
References[edit]
- ^ ParlWrits 1827, p. 417.
- ^ Betham 1884
- ^ a b Betham 1884, p. 160
- ^ Harleian 1929, p. 157
- ^ a b Betham 1884, p. 161
- ^ 'Parishes: Seckington', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 198-200 [1]
- ^ Taylor 1996, p. 95
Bibliography[edit]
- Betham, William (1884). The Baronetage of England. Vol. 1. London: Warde & Betham.
- Harleian (1929). The Knights of Edward I. Vol. I. London: Harleian Society.
- Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Leicester: John Nichols.
- Parliamentary Writs. Vol. I. London: Public Record Office. 1827.
- Taylor, Ralph Penniston (1996). A History of Wymondham. Wymondham: Witmeha Press.
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