Sir Thomas Burgh | |
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| Baron Burgh of Gainsborough Baron Strabolgi Baron Cobham of Sterborough | |
| Born | c. 1488 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 28 February 1550 (aged 61–62) |
| Buried | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Tyrwhitt Alice London |
| Issue | Sir Edward Burgh Sir Thomas Burgh William Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh Anne Burgh Margaret Burgh Agnes Burgh Henry Burgh Eleanor Burgh Dorothy Burgh Elizabeth Burgh John Burgh Richard Burgh |
| Father | Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh |
| Mother | Anne Cobham |
Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough, KG (/ˈbʌrə/ BURR-ə; also spelt Borough; c. 1488 – 28 February 1550), de jure 5th Baron Strabolgi and 7th Baron Cobham of Sterborough, was an English peer. In 1513 he was knighted on Flodden Field, where he was one of the King's Spears, a bodyguard of King Henry VIII. He later became Lord Chamberlain to Anne Boleyn. He was also one of the twenty-six Peers summoned to the trial of Anne Boleyn in May 1536.[1]
- ^ Cole, Robert Eden George, History of the manor and township of Doddington, otherwise Doddington-Pigot, in the county of Lincoln and its successive owners, with pedigrees, (James Williamson, Printer, 1897), pp 41-50