Robert Burnell , Bishop of Wells & Bath 
Robert was born before 1244 in Acton Burnell Castle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Robert's father was Hugh Burnell , of Acton, Sir. He had a brother named Philip. He was the younger of the two children. He died on October 25th, 1292.General Notes
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From: Robert O'Connor (roconnor@@es.co.nz)
Subject: Burnell of Acton Burnell
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1999/06/14
ROBERT BURNELL, of Acton Burnell., He had issue: Foss, p 143
Robert, of Acton Burnell., In 1265 he was described as secretary to Prince Edward (later Edward I), whom he accompanied to the Holy Land in 1269. At about this time he became Canon of Wells & Archdeacon of York. When Edward returned from the Holy Land after the death of Henry III he was appointed Lord Chancellor in which office he continued until his death. Elected Bishop of Bath & Wells, Jan. 1275. On the abdication of the archbishopric of Canterbury by Robert Ashwardby in 1278 he was elected as his successor, however the Pope annulled the appointment & appointed John Peckham to the archbishopric. Edward I visited Acton Burnell during the Shrewsbury Parliament in 1283 called to determine the fate of the Welsh Prince David. Died 25 Oct. 1292 at Berwick-on-Tweed. Bur at Wells. [Foss, p 143, Sanders, p 29]
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From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry@@msn.com)
Subject: Passage of Princess Joan's maritagium
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2001-12-13 13:18:44 PST
Dear Newsgroup ~
I recently posted that Joan, wife of Llywelyn ap Iowerth, received several properties in marriage, among them the manors of Bidford, co. Warwick, and Suckley, co. Worcester. Bidford and Suckley are known to have passed to Joan's daughter, Ellen, wife of Robert de Quincy, and then onto Ellen's Wake heirs. However, this past week, I learned that the Wake family subsequently conveyed or subinfeuded both of these manors to Bishop Robert Burnell, whose nephew and heir, Sir Philip Burnell, married Maud Fitz Alan, a great-granddaughter of Gladys Dhu and Ralph de Mortimer. The manors thereafter show up in the hands of the Burnell family (see, for example, Index of Placita de Banco, Part II, pp. 685, 723).
I have no idea why the properties were conveyed to the Burnell family.
However, I find it interesting that two manors which formed Joan's maritagium ended up in the hands of descendants of Gladys Dhu.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry@@msn.com
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