General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> The /Rich/
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14  Apr 1322 Executed and attained at Canterbury.
Bartholomew Badlesmere (1275 – 14 April 1322), English nobleman, was the s
on and heir of Gunselm de Badlesmere (died 1301), and fought in the Engli
sh army both in France and Scotland during the later years of the rei
gn of Edward I of England. He is said to have been an ancestor of Geor
ge W Bush
In 1307 he became governor of Bristol Castle. Edward II appointed him stew
ard of his household. Badlesmere made a compact with some other noblem
en to gain supreme influence in the royal council. Although very hosti
le to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, Badlesmere helped to make peace between t
he king and the earl in 1318, and was a member of the middle party which d
etested alike Edward's minions, like the Despensers, and his violent enemi
es like Lancaster.
The king's conduct, however, drew him to the side of the earl, and he h
ad already joined Edward's enemies when, in October 1321, his wife, Margar
et de Clare, refused to admit Queen Isabella to her husband's castle at Le
eds in Kent. The king assaulted and captured the castle, seized and impris
oned Lady Badlesmere, and civil war began.
After the defeat of the Earl of Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridg
e, Badlesmere was captured and hanged at Blean near Canterbury on April 1
4, 1322. His head was displayed on the Burgh Gate at Canterbury. His son a
nd heir, Giles, died without children in 1338.
His daughter Elizabeth Badlesmere, 3rd Baroness Badlesmere (1313-8 June 13
56), was married (27 June 1316) to the Hon. Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mor
timer (1302-17 December 1331), Lord Mortimer, eldest son of Roger Mortime
r, 1st Earl of March and Joane de Geneville, Baroness Geneville. Both we
re the parents of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
See also the history of Chilham castle, which was held (off & on) by his d
escendants until the reign of King Henry VIII