Henry Burghersh

Henry Burghersh
Bishop of Lincoln
Arms of Burghersh: Gules, a lion rampant double queued or
Church	Catholic
In office	27 May 1320
Predecessor	Anthony Bek
Successor	Thomas Bek
Orders
Consecration	20 July 1320
Personal details
Born	1292
Died	4 December 1340 Ghent

Henry Burghersh (1292 – 4 December 1340), English bishop and chancellor, was a younger son of Robert de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (died 1305), and a nephew of Bartholomew, Lord Badlesmere, and was educated in France.

On 27 May 1320 owing to Badlesmere's influence Pope John XXII appointed Burghersh bishop of Lincoln^[1] in spite of the fact that the chapter had already made an election to the vacant bishopric, and he was consecrated bishop on 20 July 1320.^[1] After the execution of Badlesmere in 1322 Burghersh's lands were seized by Edward II, and the pope was urged to deprive him; about 1326, however, his possessions were restored, a proceeding which did not prevent him from joining Edward's queen, Isabella, and taking part in the movement which led to the deposition and murder of the king.

Enjoying the favour of the new king, Edward III, the bishop was Lord Treasurer from 1327 to 1328^[2] and then became chancellor of England in 1328;^[3] but he failed to secure the archbishopric of Canterbury which became vacant about the same time, and was deprived of his office of chancellor and imprisoned when Isabella lost her power in 1330. But he was soon released and again in a position of influence. He was treasurer of England from 1334 to 1337,^[2] and high in the favour and often in the company of Edward III; he was sent on several important errands, and entrusted with important commissions. He died at Ghent on 4 December 1340.^[1]

Citations

1 2 3 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 255
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 105
↑ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 86

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Burghersh, Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Political offices
Preceded by Adam Orleton	Lord High Treasurer 1327–1328	Succeeded by Thomas Charlton
Preceded by John Hotham	Lord Chancellor 1328–1330	Succeeded by John de Stratford
Preceded by Adam Orleton	Lord High Treasurer 1334–1337	Succeeded by William la Zouche
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Anthony Bek	Bishop of Lincoln 1320–1340	Succeeded by Thomas Bek

Bishops of Lincoln

High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton

Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell

Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow

Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) Hon George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 11943698 LCCN: no99064785 ISNI: 0000 0000 4003 146X GND: 1013632907 BNF: cb137532185 (data)

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