Joan Lady Mohun

Matilda Burghersh – wife of Thomas Chaucer, mother of Alice, Duchess of Suffolk.

May 1, 2022

genealogy

Alice Chaucer, Anne Neville, Catherine de Roet, Cecily de Wayland, Edward Despenser, Edward Duke of York, Elizabeth de Verdun, Isabel Neville, Joan Lady Mohun, John Arundell, John de la Pole, John Grey of Rotherfield, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, Matilda Burghersh, Matilda Kerdeston, Philippa de Mohun, Phillipa de Roet, Richard II, Sir Bartholonew Burghersh, Sir John Grenville, Sir Lawrence Berkerolles, Thomas Chaucer

It has taken me a long time, but I have finally figured out how Matilda, wife of Thomas Chaucer, fits into the Burghersh family tree. I was confused because Matilda is sometimes called ‘the Burghersh heiress’. Odd that, I thought, given that Elizabeth, wife of Edward Despenser was ‘the Burghersh heiress.’ Truth is, they were…
Joan, Lady Mohun.

Oct 2, 2019

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

Canterbury Cathedral, Catherine of Lancaster, clerical errors, Dunster Castle, Edward of Norwich, Father Gervase Matthew, Indulgences, Joan Lady Mohun, John of Gaunt, Knights of the Garter, Leeds Castle, Lord High Constable, Lords Appellant, Matilda Burghersh, Philippa de Mohun, Richard II, Thomas Chaucer

Joan, Lady Mohun was the daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, Lord Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun. Her brother, another Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, was the father of the heiress Elizabeth Burghersh who married Edward, Lord Despenser. It is not know exactly when Joan was born but a date somewhere in the 1320s seems likely. (Her brother…

Joan Lady Mohun

Matilda Burghersh – wife of Thomas Chaucer, mother of Alice, Duchess of Suffolk.

Joan, Lady Mohun.