Robert Burdet (Warks MP 1320) explained

Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire
Sir Robert Burdet
Office1:	Member of Parliament
Term1:	1320, 1325, 1327
Monarch1:	Edward II
Office2:	Sheriff of Warwickshire
Term2:	1329
Monarch2:	Edward III
Death Date:	1333
Parents:	Hugh Burdet
Spouse:	Elizabeth de Camville
Children:	Sir Gerard Burdet Sir Robert Burdet Isabel Burdet

Sir Robert Burdet (died 1333) was a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and was Sheriff of Warwickshire.

Origins

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

He was summoned to Parliament for Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1320, 1325 and 1327 and served as Sheriff from 1328 to 1329.

Marriage and children

He married Elizabeth de Camville, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Gerard de Camville, and by the marriage he inherited the manors of Arrow and Seckington in Warwickshire. By his wife he had children including:

• Sir Gerard Burdet (d. abt 1349), of Arrow, Warwickshire, eldest son and heir apparent, predeceased his father.
• Sir Robert Burdet (born Seckington, 1345^[1]) of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, eldest surviving son and heir. Ancestor of the Burdett baronets of Bramcote, Warwickshire (cr.1619).
• Isabel Burdet who married Sir John Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire

Bibliography

• Book: The Baronetage of England. William. Betham. 1884. 1. Warde & Betham. London.
• Book: The Knights of Edward I. Harleian. 1929. I. Harleian Society. London.
• Book: The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. John. Nichols. 1795. John Nichols. Leicester.
• Book: Parliamentary Writs. 1827. I. Public Record Office. London. .
• Book: A History of Wymondham. Ralph Penniston. Taylor. 1996. Witmeha Press. Wymondham.

Notes and References

1. 'Parishes: Seckington', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 198-200 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp198-200