Baron Badlesmere was a title in the

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. On 26 October 1309 Bartholomew Badlesmere, Governor of

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, was summoned to

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, regarded as a

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. In 1322, he was

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and executed for joining the rebellion of the

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, and the barony was forfeited. In 1328, the attainder was reversed for his only son, Giles Badlesmere, who became the second and last baron. On his death in 1338 without a son, the barony lapsed. Theoretically, the title remains "abeyant" between the descendants of his four sisters.

Barons Badlesmere (1309–1338)

* Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron (1275–1322) (forfeit 1322) * Giles Badlesmere, 2nd Baron (1314–1338) (reversed 1328, abeyant 1338)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badlesmere 1309 establishments in England Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1309