Robert 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. IF he died in 1349 he can not have predeceased his father (died 1333). Sir Robert Burdet ) of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, eldest surviving son and heir. Ancestor of the Burdett baronets of Bramcote, Warwickshire (cr.1619). If his father died in 1333, how was Sir Robert born in 1345? (long gestation period?) Isabel Burdet who married Sir John Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire